How to keep your family together on a flight
Airlines make it difficult for families to confirm assigned seats together without paying a hefty fee. But that’s about to change.
Commentary
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Read this before you sign a prenuptial agreement
Prenuptial agreements are a hot topic now, whether you’re engaged, happily married, or unhappily married.
The number of couples signing a prenup is on the rise, according to a recent survey by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Almost two-thirds of respondents have seen an increase in the total number of clients who are seeking prenups during the past three years.
Are travelers cooling to the sharing economy?
Angela Diaz suffers from travel sharing fatigue. She recently rented a two-bedroom home in Dania Beach, Florida, but wishes she’d stayed in a hotel, instead.
Passengers are tuning out preflight safety announcements. They may regret it.
Admit it, you don’t pay attention to those preflight safety announcements anymore. The whole, “Now, we request your full attention as the flight attendants demonstrate the safety features of this aircraft,” goes in one ear and out the other.
What can he take for this prescription drug headache?
When Shan Adaikalam changed jobs, his insurance coverage changed as well. And when he tried to fill some prescriptions, the price increase left him in shock — and reaching for his phone to dial the 9-1-1 of consumer advocacy.
A storm ruined their vacation. Is a refund on the horizon?
When a tropical storm ruined their vacation, Randie and Michael Wolfe turned to their hotel for a refund. But this problem didn’t end as you would expect.
What happens when you need small claims help?
Sometimes, you have no choice. You need small claims help, and you need it now. It’s time to head to small claims court.
Consider what happened to Meghan Robinson, who recently bought a mini-pig named Peaches from a business called — I’m not making this up — Mini Pig World.
This is how to master the art of travel
Travel is an art, not a science.
Read enough columns, and you might think being the world’s smartest traveler is a paint-by-number proposition, an easy formula you can follow.
Planning your estate? Watch for these shady practices
There’s a lot to watch out for when you’re planning your estate.
Bad advice. High fees. Trust mills.
“Death brings out the worst in people,” says Francine Kent, an estate appraiser from Sarasota, Fla.
Unscrupulous advisors prey on the elderly and their heirs with questionable legal advice, unnecessary bills, and the ever-present living trust come-ons.
The surprising reasons travelers file insurance claims
If you’ve bought a travel insurance policy, here’s the next logical question: What could possibly go wrong?
That’s a question Squaremouth set out to answer as part of its campaign to promote real life claims — a topic that’s near and dear to my advocates, too.