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Aug 25 2008, 02:40 PM
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Karen Datko
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Do you happen to be in Ghana and want to find free wireless Internet access? Maybe you're in Spain or Hong Kong, just motoring through Hardin, Mont., or in a town near your home. Happily, several resources exist to point you in the right direction. Shaula at Your Mileage May Vary compiled a number of them for readers in a post called "Finding free Wi-Fi."
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Aug 14 2008, 03:19 PM
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Karen Datko
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We have great memories from our many travels across the country by bus: the image of the first working cowboy we'd ever seen as we crossed into New Mexico, a new card game we learned from fellow passengers as we pulled out of the Chicago terminal, our first visits to New Orleans and San Francisco. As Amy L. Fontinelle at Two Pennies Earned says, the bus is an affordable alternative to plane and train travel. The round-trip fare between New York City and Washington, D.C., is about $20 to $40 depending on which bus company you use.
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Aug 06 2008, 07:37 PM
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Karen Datko
It's a jungle out there in the airports with all the new fees airlines are charging to cover higher fuel costs. It's a real public service that FIRE Finance has assembled the baggage fees and policies all in one place. Unfortunately, the list doesn't include those other charges that seem to pop up every day: JetBlue's new $7 charge for a pillow and blanket that you get to take with you, US Airways' charge for bottled water, and the like. And, thank goodness FIRE also provides links to the airlines' Web sites. Some of the baggage fees have already changed since FIRE Finance wrote the post, or are about to go up.
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Aug 05 2008, 07:11 PM
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Karen Datko
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Lots of people are staying close to home as the price of gas makes long-distance travel prohibitive. A group of personal-finance bloggers is offering a collection of guides to low-cost fun in their own hometowns. These posts have lots of links and lots of prices. This is great if you live in one of these cities or are planning to visit. We'll start with the city we grew up near -- the venerable Steel City, home of a mighty football team.
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Jul 25 2008, 12:49 PM
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Karen Datko
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We've read about how more people are running out of gas on their way to wherever. Were they short on money for gas, or were they employing one of Punny Money's "5 incredibly stupid ways people are trying to save money on gas"? The fact is, with gas at more than $4 a gallon, auto clubs all over the country are reporting an increase in calls from stranded travelers. Some truly didn't have enough money for gas. "A select few morons are even running out of fuel on purpose -- just to get that free gallon of gas their automotive club or roadside-assistance program provides to get them going again," writes Nick at Punny Money. He's right.
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Jul 10 2008, 03:57 PM
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Karen Datko
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Note to future self: If we're traveling on US Airways after Nov. 1, take a book. That's when the downsizing airline will stop showing movies on domestic flights. The decision to end in-flight films shouldn't be a surprise. The video systems weigh 500 pounds, a lot of extra weight -- particularly when they aren't paying their freight. Fewer and fewer people have been willing to shell out $5 for the headsets.
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Jul 08 2008, 10:28 AM
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Karen Datko
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Lisa Spinelli of Greener Pastures is no stranger to a four-day workweek. She's been doing it off and on for 10 years. She says her 10-hour workdays are more than offset by having that extra day on the weekends. In a post called "Are we heading toward a 4-day workweek?" she explores how a compressed work schedule is catching on as government and business grapple with higher energy costs.
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Jun 25 2008, 06:40 PM
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Karen Datko
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Driving his pickup is now out of the question since $75 didn't even buy three-quarters of a tank -- and his plan to limit his driving to locations downhill from home has a serious flaw. So Kyle at Rather Be Shopping came up with "Frugality in practice (sorta): 5 great new uses for my truck." No. 1 on the list is "storage, baby!" His pickup has a shell, which makes it perfect for storing the lawn mower and other things you'd normally keep in a shed. Bonus: The gas tank serves as a storage tank for fuel for the mower. (Honestly, folks, complaining about gas prices gets us nowhere, so we might as well have a few laughs.)
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Jun 25 2008, 04:28 PM
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Karen Datko
Talk about secondary sources of income, a contest co-hosted by our sister MSN Money writer Liz Pulliam Weston offers the potential of lots of prize money and "not too much fame." All you've got to do is decide to save money and post a video about it at YouTube. Well, it's a little more complicated than that. Let us explain.
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Jun 17 2008, 06:51 PM
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Karen Datko
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Nickel at FiveCentNickel altered his driving methods a bit and improved his gas mileage by 15%. Not impressed? That amounted to a savings of a little over 52 cents a gallon. Still not impressed? This savvy personal-finance blogger paid with a cash rewards credit card that gives him a 5% discount on gas. "Thus, my base price was really $4.019 - 5% = $3.82. The 15% mileage boost then takes that down to the equivalent of $3.32 a gallon." When was the last time you paid that for gas?
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