Archive for December, 2008

Weather delays when traveling can wreck havoc on a planned vacation, particularly during the holidays. Coupled with reduced airline capacity, flying during Christmas and New Year’s might be causing some anxiety for travelers. According to TripAdvisor’s December holiday travel survey, when asked about the best “gift” for travelers this holiday season, 46 percent of Americans [...]

Anyone who has perused the internet looking for discount airline tickets might be disappointed to realize that it would take a sudden windfall to get the family to Grandma’s this year. Most airlines are still working to recover from the outrageous gas prices and the prices for tickets are still running high, despite the reason [...]

Do  you find yourself reaching the end of the month with less money than you want (or need) to handle all of your living expenses and bill payments?  Maybe you’ve got just enough to pay for all of that, but never anything more for entertainment or a few “extras”…  The problem is most likely that [...]

Free From Broke hosted the 182nd edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance.  It’s all about avoiding going broke over the holidays.  Woops… guess I could have used this one a couple weeks ago.  Some of the articles from this week’s episode include: Mighty Bargain Hunter explains why Bailouts Hurt Our Standard of Living Accumulating [...]

We are preparing for a mini tropical escape to the Keys in Florida where we’ll be staying at Hawks Cay Resort. We are anxious to experience the amenities and location off this family-friendly location. When traveling with kids to any hotel or resort, it is important to ensure that your accommodations are kid-proofed, just as [...]

There are people around the world who would give more to charities, make more donations to causes they believe in, and just generally “give” more – if only they had the means to do so.  People who are experiencing (or have gone through challenging times in the past) times of financial difficulty are often the [...]

As Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales surged, the travel industry is experiencing a predicted increase this holiday season with 42 percent traveling for the holidays, an increase compared to last year. Stemming from its holiday travel survey, TripAdvisor® reports of those traveling for the holidays, 66 percent plan to drive and 52 percent will [...]

Many families like to bake a variety of cookies around the holidays.  They’re great to have when people drop in unexpectedly, which tends to happen more around the holidays.  It’s also a wonderful way to give a little something to people you wouldn’t necessarily buy gifts for – your neighbors, co-workers, or children’s teachers, for [...]

Gadget enthusiasts have a new item to add to their Christmas list this year, BlackBerry’s long awaited competitor to Apples’ iPhone, the Blackberry Storm is arriving. The Blackberry Storm has a touch interface similar to that of the Apple iPhone as well as a number of Media abilities that are very impressive. The phone supports [...]