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Travel Abroad Cheaper
You can find cheap flights out of the U.S. at farecompare.com and other such sites, but foreign websites can generally find less publicized routes and cheaper fares from one foreign location to another, such as azworldairports.com for finding the websites of foreign airports. Many of these pages are in English.
Get Better Travel Information from Fellow Travelers and Locals
New social networks, like TripAdvisor, Tripmates, Gusto.com and RealTravel.com, are springing up that allow people to get information from people who have already traveled to their desired destinations, and from people who live there. Registration and profiles are required. For greater effectiveness, profiles should contain info about destinations and participated activities to allow others to judge the quality of one's information.
IgoUgo.com, started in 2000, has added the means for social networking to posted travel journals. Readers contemplating going to a destination can read the journals of others who have been there.
Although these sites can be a good way to meet people, it is probably wise to meet them first before planning a whole trip with them, just in case the real person does not quite resemble the online persona.
Save Money on Traffic Tickets, Auto Insurance, and Commuting
description: Law firms specializing in traffic cases advertise they can beat your ticket. Are they for real?
A good, 4-part article on winning traffic tickets, with many suggestions for a better outcome even if you don't hire a lawyer:- Be kind and courteous to the officer, but don't admit guilt.
- Go to court. In many jurisdictions, especially heavily-populated ones, the officer doesn't show up, so you should win your case, since you have constitutional right to confront your accuser.
- Look for any mistakes in the ticket, which often leads to a dismissal.
- If you can't get the case dismissed, then try this: agree to pay the fine, but ask that it not be recorded, or points assessed.
I would also add that it may pay to know just what the laws are in your state, which you can find out by going to the court house law library or on the Internet. For instance, in Pennsylvania, a state trooper using a radar gun must clock you going at least 6 miles over the posted limit to give you a ticket. If the police officer is not using a radar gun—and local cops are prohibited by state law to use radar guns—then you cannot be ticketed unless you are clocked going at least 10 miles over the limit.
description: 19 tips on auto insurance, including ways you can save money and ways to make sure you get the best service.
DESCRIPTION: A carpooling commuters search engine. Enter a zip or postal code and find commuters in your area searching for you to share a ride.
"Carpools are incredibly simple to arrange. With carpoolconnect.com anyone wishing to find fellow commuters to carpool with can easily perform a search for someone in their area and contact them directly through the site. This is accomplished without compromising any ones security. All communication happens through carpoolconnect.com's messaging service."
A guide to better and cheaper business trips. DESCRIPTION: Not long ago, the price of a cup of coffee got you a phone number from directory assistance. Now, calling 411 will nick you for the price of a Starbucks coffee. But take heart. A new crop of 800 services is offering free directory assistance. The...
I never realized that directory assistance calls have gotten so expensive, but now you can get 411 assistance for free by calling 1 of 3 new services: 1-800-411-SAVE, 1-800-FREE-411, and 1-800-411-METRO. How can they be free? (Drum roll, please!) Ads! You have to first listen to an ad that may be up to 15 seconds long. Still, not bad. Free Online Tax Filing for more than 92,000,000 People
More than 70 percent of the nation’s taxpayers – more than 92 million people - qualify for Free File this year.
Taxpayers must access Free File through IRS.gov.The 3 million taxpayers who used to file their income tax return through TeleFile, an option no longer available, automatically qualify for Free File this year; Seventy percent of the nation’s taxpayers – those with an adjusted gross income of $50,000 or less – will be eligible, but each company sets its own criteria; Alliance members’ Web sites will display whether state online tax preparation and filing services are available and the associated fees, if any.
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