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Posted
Sep 21 2009, 01:06 PM
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Teresa Mears
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
This Saturday, Sept. 26, there is no excuse for sitting alone in your room.
Via two promotions, you can either visit any of the 391 U.S. national park for free as part of National Public Lands Day or you can get into hundreds of museums free as part of Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day.
The National Public Lands Day is also the National Day of Service, in which volunteers are invited to help clean up and maintain parks. Last year, 120,000 volunteers built trails and bridges, cleared paths and planted trees. Many parks also are planning special activities.
Museum Day provides free entrance to hundreds of museums of all types on Saturday, Sept. 26. A few museums that are closed on Saturday are providing free entry on Sunday, Sept. 27. The promotion even includes some zoos. The venues are as diverse as the Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The J. Paul Getty Museum near Los Angeles and Miami Metrozoo.
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Sep 02 2009, 04:44 PM
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Karen Datko
Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
Many folks -- although 13% fewer than last year, AAA predicts -- will be hitting the road this Labor Day weekend. To make the time pass (and keep the kids occupied) maybe you'll roll out those old road trip games, like finding the letters of the alphabet in order on road signs and license plates. (If you're driving, you may not want to compete in that one.)
Or you can try out recession-inspired games and songs created by Laura Rich at Recessionwire.
For instance, sing this song to the tune of "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall":
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Jul 10 2009, 03:57 PM
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Karen Datko
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
When you've accumulated a bunch of frequent-flier miles, what's your strategy? Do you burn them on your next trip or are you more selective?
Michael B. Rubin of Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck says there's a smart way and a not-so-smart way to redeem them. It all depends, he says, on how much each mile is worth. We'll explain.
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Jun 08 2009, 08:25 AM
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Karen Datko
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
Travelers on European budget carrier Ryanair will likely have to start paying for bathroom use, and may wish they had a wooden (think hollow) leg.
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary told the Guardian newspaper in England that he's serious about charging for toilet access -- an idea he had earlier bandied about -- and also plans to reduce the number of bathrooms on his Boeing 737-800 jets from three to one.
Those bathrooms will be replaced with six more seats -- "which means more passengers will stand in line longer for the privilege of paying to potty. This can't be good for beverage cart sales," wrote Rob Manker at ChicagoTribune.com.
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Jun 03 2009, 12:26 PM
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Joan Melcher
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
America’s national parks were meant to put people face-to-face with the natural wonders of the country.
Admittance fees have usually been a relatively small price to pay for this opportunity, but with the recession and rising gas prices, many families might forgo a trip to a park this year.
U.S. Department of the Interior to the rescue: Secretary Ken Salazar announced Tuesday that admission to the 147 national parks and monuments that charge entrance fees will be free to all comers three weekends this summer.
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Jun 02 2009, 06:04 AM
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Karen Datko
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
It used to be that you had to leave the country before your credit card company would charge what was known as a "currency exchange fee."
Those were the days -- before a fee with another name began gaining traction. "Credit card companies are quietly shifting away from currency exchange fees," says Christopher Elliott at the Elliott Blog. "They're replacing them with foreign transaction fees, which cover any purchase made across the border -- even if it's in dollars."
In fact, you don't even have to leave home to pay a foreign transaction fee, which comes as a surprise to some online shoppers.
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May 20 2009, 10:59 AM
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Karen Datko
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
Reading Nora Dunn's guest post about extreme budget world travel at I Will Teach You To Be Rich nearly prompted us to turn off the computer and head for the door. (Just kidding, boss.)
But isn't IWTYTBR blogger Ramit Sethi's contention true? "Ask anyone what they wish they could do more of, and the answer is literally always the same: ‘I wish I could travel more.'"
If you really want to, Nora (a regular contributor at our partner blog Wise Bread) explains how you can travel full time on about $14,000 a year. She knows because she does it (and tales of her adventures alone make her post well worth reading).
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Posted
May 06 2009, 01:29 PM
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Karen Datko
Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
Ben Southall, a 34-year-old charity fundraiser, tour guide and world traveler from Petersfield, Hampshire, England, now has the absolute best job in the world -- "caretaker" of Australia's Great Barrier Reef islands.
Tourism Queensland cooked up the "best job in the world' worldwide contest to promote travel to the region, which has slumped, through no fault of its own. The winner's job: Relax, swim, walk about, mix with locals, explore the reefs -- and then blog and make videos about life in and out of the water.
Oh, and you get paid -- about $100,000 (U.S.) for six months of "work" -- and live rent-free in a luxurious seaside villa. No wonder 34,684 people from around the world submitted one-minute videos required to apply for the job.
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Apr 06 2009, 06:11 AM
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Karen Datko
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
This post comes from J.D. Roth at partner blog Get Rich Slowly.
My wife and I have begun to explore the idea of taking a trip later this year. We're in the preliminary stages of our research and budgeting. Though we aren't ready to book anything yet, it's fun to look at what's available, and to dream of where we might go.
Over the weekend, I polled my followers on Twitter to ask their advice for finding great travel deals. Here are some of the tips and Web sites they recommended. I'm sure I'll refer to this list often in the coming months.
Kayak is a travel site that allows users to find deals on flights, hotels, cruises and more. More people suggested this site to me than any other. "K3n85" reports that he's had good luck with Kayak's deals section. And I have to say: A $649 six-night trip to London, Paris and Rome (including airfare and lodging!) sounds like a bargain. I love Kayak's bare-bones user interface. It's refreshing.
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Posted
Mar 24 2009, 12:05 PM
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Joan Melcher
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
Southwest Airlines heated up the airfare wars by starting summer discounts -- $49 to $99 one-way fares between many major cities -- earlier than ever this year and extending flying time through the middle of August.
Aaron Crowe reported in a WalletPop post how he scored after checking to see if other airlines would try to match Southwest’s fares. “I was looking for a July flight from San Francisco to Minneapolis last week, and was about to buy a $350 round-trip ticket but decided to wait. Saturday night the price dropped to $189 round-trip on United Airlines and I snatched it up.”
We decided to see if there are real bargains for those of us who don’t fly the major routes.
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