smarter traveling, driving and spending
Life should be downhill in winter, and there’s plenty of great snow left to ski and ride this season. Simplify your spring skiing or snowboarding vacation with one of these FREE apps that track your runs, speed and vertical, even your kids and friends, and allow you to share the info. Warning – These apps
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Scam Alert: Is that advertised summer rental a great find or an expensive fraud? These tips will protect your budget and save your vacation from being ruined by scammers, and other disappointments. Fraudsters often lift a legitimate ad from websites like Craigslist and add a bargain-basement rental price and a fake email address to reel
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Where to Go Next: Plan your spring and summer getaways now and take advantage of these three discount deals for airfare, cruises and hotels in the Caribbean, South Pacific and more. Take Your Sweetie to Tahiti – Paul Gauguin Cruises is celebrating Valentine’s Day with half-off all-inclusive fares with included roundtrip airfare from Los Angeles,
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Bad news for lovers of the National Park System. FREE admission days have been slashed from 16 in past years to just four in 2018, and none span an entire weekend. Worse, admission fees may double or more, to $70 per vehicle and $15 per person, for the most popular national parks, including Yellowstone, Yosemite,
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Forget filling your closet or your electronics collection with Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. Fill your bucket list instead. If you have the travel itch, you can save money with these great discounts on airfare, hotels, cruises, and packages including both air and accommodations, for travel as soon as Dec. 1. Black Friday &
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Flight delays and cancellations, rescheduled, getting bounced for a premier frequent flyer or even off-duty airline crew, lost baggage. Unless you are truly lucky, you will fly into one of these frustrating experiences, especially at peak travel times such as the holiday season. If you are offered an airline voucher for your trouble, read the
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Once again this year, national chain restaurants and other businesses are thanking our veterans and active military members on Veterans Day with FREE or discounted food or services on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. Some deals are available for veterans only, while others are valid for both vetarans and active military personnel, and some deals are valid the day
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Got snow? It will be here soon, so now is the time to plan your winter getaway and take advantage of discount deals on lodging, lift tickets and airfare. Here are the best deals for downhill diehards, but act fast, since many of these ski vacation bargains melt away on Labor Day or soon after.
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Time is running out to get one of the best deals on the planet. The price of a lifetime pass to America’s National Parks for those of us 62 and older jumps from $10 to $80 on August 27, 2017, so get your pass now to avoid the the price increase. It’s first price increase
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Time is running out to get one of the best deals on the planet, the $10 lifetime pass to America’s National Parks for those of us 62 and older. That deal vanishes soon, when the price jumps to $80, so get your pass now before the price increase goes into effect. It’s first price increase
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