green living, smart spending
Enter to win a trip to Peru, which includes something on everybody’s bucket list, Machu Picchu. The sweepstakes is sponsored by Eagle Creek luggage, LAN and TAM airlines and Goway travel. The grand prize is round trip airfare to Cusco with five nights accommodation and $750 in Eagle Creek Gear. You’ll have five days to
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Those tiny bottles of booze are big profits for airlines, which are raking in the dough from selling those single-serve bottles of liquor and wine during flights. Profits from in-flight sales of booze was more than $43 million in a four month period in 2014. That’s not nearly as much as they earned from
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The bargain bus company Megabus is expanding its new reserved seating option to 30 cities in North America. It will cost you a couple of bucks to pick your seat, and seatmate, too, if you are traveling together, and help you avoid that free-for-all dash to a seat that suits you. When I book an
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If your vacation plans include a summer road trip, the last thing you want is unexpected car trouble to ruin the fun. A simple pre-trip vehicle check can save time, money and memories.
Take great photos of Fourth of July fireworks with these tips from the experts at Nikon, plus my own experiences as a travel writer and photographer: Pick your spot. Keep the backdrop in mind when you pick your spot. Try to claim the high ground, with an unobstructed, camera-eye’s view of the colorful proceedings, and
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The annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb at the end of June had a little something for everyone this year, with a 24 Hours of Le Mans winner racing right alongside an Acura NSX and a plug-in Honda Fit EV. The EV didn’t beat the racecars, but it did negotiate the 14,115-foot climb in record
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Vacation on the cheap in historic Colonial Williamsburg this summer, with a special new Kids Stay, Play and Eat FREE summer package. All kids 12 and under stay and eat free free with parents or grandparents at the Williamsburg Woodlands Hotel & Suites or the Williamsburg Lodge, with rates starting at $79 per adult per
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Get FREE mobile apps for all twelve 2014 World Cup host cities in Brazil. The city guides include reviews of local hotels, restaurants, attractions, maps and more, for host cities Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza, Brasilia, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Recife, Cuiaba, Natal and Manaus. The apps, from TripAdvisor, are for Android
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If you are in the market for a new car, get in line. Sales in May 2014 broke records for models ranging from entry level to luxury, with a strong showing for fuel efficient clean diesels and light duty trucks. Even General Motors, suffering through on-going revelations and lawsuits from the defective ignition switch in
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Standard all-wheel drive, thrifty fuel economy, roomy interior and responsive handling. The 2014 Subaru Impreza offers all that and more for a staring price just under $18,000. Even the top model with all the bells and whistles and a moonroof comes in at just over $23,000. No wonder it’s rated as the top compact car
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