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Travel Tip: Before You Book, Compare Apples to Apples
The fine print that's tacked onto travel offers can be confusing to say the least, but when it comes to figuring out whether or not you're getting a real deal, channel something you're very familiar with — grocery shopping. Determining the value of travel promotions is a little bit like paying attention to the unit prices on supermarket products. Put the fine print aside for a moment, and focus on the numbers.
Money Tip: Suggestions and Secrets For Saving on Travel
Vacations may be fun, but they don't come cheaply. Thankfully, there are a handful of tricks that enable us to explore the globe economically. When shopping for a travel deal, it's wise to shun ridiculously expensive airplane food, be flexible about flight times, and compare apples to apples, but how can you really cut costs?
Cost of 4-Bedroom Homes in the Most and Least Pricey Cities
Homes are one category where you cannot judge the cost by its cover. Housing prices vary wildly depending on geography — the same chunk of change can buy a 1,000 square-foot condo in one part of the country or a 5,200 spacious home in another area.
The 2009 Coldwell Banker Home Price Comparison Index was released this week, and it's an "apples-to-apples" comparison of the prices around the nation for 2,200-square-foot, four-bedroom, two-and-one-half bath, single-family homes.
Fun Fall To-Do: Go Pick Your Own Produce
I'll miss my beloved Summer tomatoes, but there's a plethora of Fall produce to scoop up at the store. Better yet, celebrate Autumn by taking day trips to pick-your-own orchards where you can spend the day outside selecting your own goodies. Apple orchards and pumpkin patches are easiest to come by, but depending on where you live, there may be corn mazes that allow you to wander among the corn rows.
NJ Woman Bakes Her Way Out of Foreclosure
Mortgage apple cakes are the tastiest thing on the menu for one New Jersey homeowner. Angela Logan must make a $2,559.54 payment on July 26 if she wants to keep her home of 20 years out of foreclosure, and because of a successful bake sale it looks like she'll meet the deadline.
Logan cooked up the idea to sell apple cakes for $40 each in order to pay her mortgage, and as of Tuesday, she had more than 500 orders, including one from Hong Kong.
Free in NYC: Celebrity-Led City Tours
The Big Apple Greeter Group is spicing up its 18-year-old all-volunteer program with free celebrity-led tours. Typically, tourists are paired up with New York residents who show visitors the city they know — not the guide-book version.
They'll recommend what to order at classic eateries and take you through their favorite neighborhoods, and the celebrity-led tours essentially offer the same arrangement.
The Customer Service Halls of Shame and Fame
Nobody wants a customer service experience that leaves you swearing under your breath, but these situations aren't exactly avoidable. MSN Money knows how important customer service is to consumers and conducts an annual survey that measures customer satisfaction.
It's named 10 companies that need a lot of improvement in the customer service department and 10 that would be good examples to the companies in the Hall of Shame.
Your Two Cents: Would You Buy the World's Cheapest Car?
We know the Nano as a small Apple iPod, but the name is shared by another tiny product. India's Tata Motors' version of the Nano, with its $2,300 price-tag, is known as the world's cheapest car.
The four-seater vehicle will be sold in India starting in July, and the manufacturer's chairman hopes the cars will make it to US dealers within two years.
Shocker: New York Is Not the Most Overpriced US City
Dollar signs are often associated with New York City, and while nobody is arguing it's pricey, Forbes says the Big Apple is not the most overpriced.
Forbes factored together the average salary for residents with at least bachelor degrees, annual unemployment statistics, cost of living, and housing affordability based on local median income to determine the most overpriced cities in the US. Surprisingly, New York is not number one on this list.
How Money Are You: New York Living
New York City is notorious for being the most expensive place to live in the US. Just visiting the city makes it clear that most things cost more, but it doesn't offer a real indication of how much residents spend to live in the Big Apple. How much do you know about New York living?
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