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Brian Martucci writes about credit cards, banking, insurance, travel, and more. When he's not investigating time- and money-saving strategies for Money Crashers readers, you can find him exploring his favorite trails or sampling a new cuisine.
According to data from ValuePenguin, the average traveler spends 21% of their total international travel budget and 26% of their total domestic travel budget on lodging. Among travelers who do pay for lodging, that works out to $2,158 spent on…
Between March and April 2020, amid the unrelenting COVID-19 pandemic, the United States’ unemployment rate shot up more than 10 percentage points to 14.7%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The unemployment rate has since fallen closer…
Although many major population centers are blessed with beautiful surroundings, big cities also have many drawbacks, such as soul-crushing traffic and long commute times, pressure to conform to social expectations, and high living costs. For some, these tradeoffs are worth…
Looking for a place to settle down after you graduate? Big coastal cities like Boston, Seattle, and San Francisco have jobs galore for well-qualified grads. If you like energy and excitement, they’re also undeniably fun places to live. You don’t…
The pinnacle of my pre-adolescent travel career was a weeklong visit to a rustic dude ranch in Wyoming’s high country. Years later, most of the details are fuzzy, but two distinct memories remain: riding horseback along a bubbling, sun-dappled creekside…
If you live in a detached single-family home, there’s a good chance you have your own driveway. Which means that you’re responsible for its maintenance and upkeep. Lucky you! Though nothing is guaranteed in the world of real estate, upgrading…
Large home appliances are not cheap. According to Homewyse, homeowners should expect to pay anywhere from about $650 to $1,400 for a new, nondiscounted washing machine. Factor in the cost of installing the new machine and disposing of the old one, and…
At the turn of the century, Cyber Monday wasn’t even a gleam in the eye of the retail PR team that would create it, and the person commonly credited with coining the phrase was still in college. Today, Cyber Monday…
Modern grocery stores and food co-ops are testaments to humanity’s domination of planet Earth. Regardless of your location or the time of year, you can likely find dozens or hundreds of types of fresh produce at the nearest big store….
Bike sharing is a big deal. According to the National Association of City Transportation Officials, the total number of bike-share bikes operating in the United States more than doubled in 2017, the most recent year for which reliable figures are available….
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