How to end your vacation the right way
One of the hardest parts of a vacation, if not the hardest, is coming home. The excitement’s over — now it’s back to work. But it’s even worse if you don’t know how to end your vacation.
Christopher Elliott
You need to know this before you file for personal bankruptcy
Although the number of bankruptcy protection cases continues to decline, this is no time to lower your guard, say experts.
Total bankruptcy filings fell by 1.8 percent to 790,830 last year, according to the government, the smallest decline in years. Filing for personal bankruptcy may seem routine in the wake of the Great Recession.
What you have to know before you sign an apartment lease
Nicole Watts didn’t read her apartment lease before she signed on the dotted line. She wishes she had.
This is how to avoid food fights on vacation
If you’re like me, you spend a lot of time thinking about food when you travel. And if you have kids, they spend even more time having food fights on vacation.
Her yoga studio banned her. But what about that refund?
Susan Cote’s former yoga studio banned her and won’t refund her prepaid sessions. Is her money just gone?
A Metro PCS special offer that wasn’t — until it was
Richard Edert and his wife saw an attractive offer on Metro PCS’s website. But when they went to the store, a representative told them the offer didn’t exist. Can our advocates fix it?
How to find yourself on vacation
Don’t bother trying to find yourself on vacation, most travel experts tell me. You won’t. Journeys of self-reflection, pilgrimages, and gap years are meaningless.
I beg to differ.
Help! Mice ate my rugs in a CubeSmart storage facility
The climate-controlled CubeSmart storage facility Alex Packer rents has a small problem. He claims mice ate several kilim rugs — and a leather sofa and chair. Will the company fix the damage?
The young driver fee made him furious. Will Dollar refund it?
Daniel Minton is one of us, which made his case difficult to advocate, let alone write. Actually, it’s his daughter’s story, and it involves a young driver fee imposed by Dollar Rent A Car — an unfair charge that he wanted our help reversing.
What to do when you lose your phone while traveling
What happens when you lose your phone while traveling? On a recent trip to London, Logan Abbott’s phone disappeared. Although he’s one of thousands of travelers whose gadgets go missing on the road, his story is remarkable.