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Is Your Hotel Hiding These 5 Fees in Your Bill?
Hotels have followed the airlines into the business of fee inflation. Here are the fees to look for before you book — and how to avoid them once you arrive.
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Find out how much caffeine is in your drinks, foods, and medications.
Books Get Recalled, Too (The Shocking Truth)
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12 Reasons Your Debt Isn't Diminishing
Uh oh — your debt burden has hardly budged from your initial starting balance. What are you doing wrong?
Five Frugality Hacks Straight Out of the Great Depression
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Advanced Grocery Deals: Catalinas
Have you mastered using coupons on regular grocery deals, taking advantage of clearance sales and buy-1-get-1 ofers? Then it's time to try some graduate-level deals: Catalinas.
Cheaper and Healthier Than Store-Bought: 10 Great Freeze-Ahead Burrito Recipes
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How Money Can Destroy Your Dreams
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Don't Get Taken for a Ride on a Diploma
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How to Choose and Store Fruit for Maximum Freshness and Flavor
Cut down on food (and dollar) waste by learning how to choose fresh fruits and how to store them once you bring them home.
Best Money Tips: Home Repairs to Tackle This Spring
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How I Erased $70,000 of Debt and Became an Eventual Millionaire
Personal finance blogger Jaime Tardy shares how she eliminated more than $70k of debt and then set her financial sights even higher.
Is There Such a Thing as Risk-Free Investing?
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One of the best things about simple living is how easy it is. Get started today with one (or more!) of these simplifying tricks.
The Lazy Environmentalist Teaches Us to Be Green (with little to no effort)
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10 Painless Ways to Save for Vacation
10 easy ways to save $1,650 a year--the cost of an average American vacation.
Best Money Tips: How to Save Big on Summer Flights
Today we found articles on tips for saving big on summer flights, an expert’s guide to making money from flea market flips, and the secrets to maintaining weight loss.
How to Resist Lifestyle Creep and Still Have Everything You Want
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5 Ways to Save Time and Money on Your Lawn
U.S. lawn care services is a $12 billion annual industry. Why not reduce the size of your lawn and save money, time and the environment too?