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Top scams targeting seniors include identify theft, sweepstakes, home repairs, romance and investments frauds. It used to be that holidays were the prime time for targeting the elderly, but now it’s year-round. Seniors lose an estimated $2.9 billion each year to financial scams, according to a recent Congressional report The vast majority of cases
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There’s one travel accessory that should be on the top of every packing list in every season – sunglasses. Besides making you look great in photos, they protect you from potential eye damage from varying intensities of UV exposure, even on a cloudy day. Whether strolling through Central Park in NYC , the Champs Elysees
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In case you missed it, here is your ecoXplorer weekend round-up of the most important stories of the week, some chosen by ecoXplorer followers, others by ecoXplorer editors. Food and travel were the top of the list again this past week, and how to save money on them all following the expensive holidays. Discount Deals
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New York City is back on top of the tourism map, which means many visitors are traveling between LaGuardia, JFK and Newark Liberty airports and Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island. This comprehensive guide gives you all your choices for Newark Airport transportation without spending a fortune. As a native and lifelong New
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What are the best 2024 cars, SUVs and crossovers on the market ? Best electric and hybrid? Best small car? Best minivan? Every year, US News & World Report releases a survey recommending the best cars for the money awards in the most popular automotive categories including SUV, EV, hybrid and Minivan. New this year
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Hertz is dumping 20,000 EVs, including Tesla models from its rental fleet, and replacing them with more gas-powered vehicles. Hertz is selling off Tesla 3 and Y models for as little as $20,000. The decision was driven (pun intended) by problems renters had driving unfamiliar EVs, which have faster acceleration than gas-powered vehicles, and therefore
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Frugal Over Fifty: There are benefits to getting older, especially discounts for shopping, dining and traveling. More than 100 retailers, supermarket chains, health and wellness chains, airlines, hotels, restaurants and movie theater chains nationwide offer discounts to seniors. Few of these offers are widely promoted. Some don’t even appear on the company website. Rules first,
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There are six FREE admission days to national parks, monuments and historic sites in 2024, one more than in 2023. There are more than 400 National Park Service sites nationwide, with at least one in every state. The fee-free days continue a tradition of FREE admission days to increase access, promote recreational opportunities, improve visitor
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Turkey and China are dropping visa requirements for tourists, including from the USA and Canada, in 2024, to visit for as long as 90 days Making travel easier is likely to boost tourism, along with political and economic ties with the countries whose passport holders no longer need to apply for a visa to visit.
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These sedans, coupes, SUVs and sports cars aren’t returning as 2024 models, killed off by slumping sales or because the manufacturer is moving to other versions, including hybrid or EV versions of the discontinued gas-powered one. Since these vehicles won’t be back in 2024, it means you can get a good buy now on the
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