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Frugal Travel: Tips for Packing Light

Posted 21 weeks 1 day ago by Katherine Krumme

Depending on your travel plans, a small suitcase can offer oversized rewards. You can skip the check-in and baggage claim lines, explore a city between two legs of travel without trundling huge bags, and avoid searching through piles of clothing to find a buried shirt. Plus, if you’re headed outdoors, the distance you travel depends on the weight you carry: a lighter backpack means the possibility to travel farther (with a less-achy back).

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No Such Thing? Free lunch on the financial services industry's dime

Posted 23 weeks 6 days ago by Katherine Krumme

Food and Drink

There is such a thing as a free lunch: you and ten friends can dine at an upscale restaurant for little more than five minutes of your time. As part of its sales campaign, Ameriprise (an AmEx subsidiary and financial services provider) offers to sponsor lunch for ten in exchange for your attention to a short schpiel from a sales rep.

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