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By Jill Black

 No matter how much gas prices climb, or how high airlines raise their prices, people will always need to travel. And though many Americans are eliminating long-distance vacations and other unnecessary trips from their schedules and their budgets, personal obligations like weddings, funerals, college visits and business trips continue to keep Americans on the go nationwide.

Many people used to cut travel expenses by skipping the airport for the national highway system (back before gas prices essentially doubled). However, this is no longer the money-saving option it once was, and Americans everywhere have to get more and more creative when it comes to planning trips in order to keep the overall expense both reasonable and manageable. Unfortunately, climbing gas prices are not only affecting American motorists, but the entire airline industry is feeling the crunch. This has resulted in the emergence of fees and costs never before seen among airline travelers fees for checked bags and even carry-on’s, and additional charges for drinks, snacks and meals on board. With all of these added fees (on top of higher ticket prices and fewer flights being scheduled across the board), air travel has become more expensive than ever.

But these primary forms of transportation are not unmanageable. Fuel efficient cars can help lighten the burden of a long distance drive, as can following simple tips like sticking to the speed limit, lightening the overall load you’re hauling, and making sure your tires are inflated to the correct pressure. These kinds of tactics will help you maximize your fuel efficiency and get where you need to go without wasting gas (and therefore, money).

Similarly, smart shopping and practical planning will allow you to plan a trip by air that won’t completely gouge your budget. One trick many people aren’t aware of is shopping for airfare on midnight of the first night of the month (so, shopping at midnight on October 31 for travel in November) this is when airlines post their newest (and lowest) fares. These are usually snapped up by travel agencies before daybreak, but a savvy Internet shopper can find a great deal if they act quickly.

Another trick for purchasing air travel is to stick to extremes, shopping either several months in advance, or only days before (if not day-of). These are the times when tickets are most reasonably priced; if it’s several months in advance, the demand for the tickets in question will likely not have peaked (which is when prices rise), while tickets bought the day of, or day before departure are usually discounted, since the airline is trying to sell off any unsold seats. Whatever you do, don’t try to buy a plane ticket within 21 to three days of travel this is when tickets are at their most expensive. And once you do purchase a ticket, make sure to carefully read the fine print associated with additional fees if they require a fee for checked bags, try to stick to a carry-on. If they charge a fee for food during the flight, bring your own.

If neither the highways nor the airlines will get you where you need to go at a reasonable price, check out your options by rail while a bit pricey, train travel can be significantly more economical (albeit more time consuming) than either of the other two travel standards.

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Helpful Hints On Time Share_zar6
By JohnJames

 I know it’s not always easy to resell your timeshare, but it’s always done, even by complete novices. But to get the better hand at reselling your timeshare, learn all you can about the process and it will be easy to do.

If you are not sure on how to go about your timeshare ownership transfer, contact a legal advisor. Only a lawyer who knows the legal aspects of transferring timeshare ownership can advise you on how best to dispose of yours. By hiring an attorney who has lots of experience in transfering timeshare ownerships, you can never make a mistake purchasing or selling timeshare.

As the name implies, TIMEshares simple mean SHARING the TIME you spend in a particular vacation accommodation. It doesn’t mean you actually OWN the building or the property. And yes, more than one person can buy the particular timeshare, depending on when they want to use it.

Whenever you find that you are unable to make use of your timeshare, take the giant step and sell it. A time may come when your life will no longer include the luxury of a vacation, thus you will have no need for a vacation home. At such moments you have to consider selling. Selling your timeshare will be the wisest decision to make the moment it becomes of no more use to you. .

How you are able to present your timeshare can assist you to sell or lose out. Stating out the great things about your vacation home can help in getting you a buyer quickly. Most buyers will go for a timeshare with excellent facilities, hence your ability to explain this out will be a great advantage.

Once you pay a yearly maintenance fee for your vacation home, you won’t have to pay for any other kind of maintenance. Water bills, electricity and the rest are forgotten issues once you provide a yearly maintenance fee for your timeshare.

If you are considering entering into timeshare selling as a profitable business, you might be making a mistake. Timeshare is not monetary business that will fetch you lots of profit. Most people who go into timeshare thinking they will smile to the bank often are usually disappointed.

Never be in haste to sell your timeshare because this might expose you to someone that will easily cheat you out of the selling process. Your goal of selling your timeshare is to get your money and even make a profit and not to fill up a fraudster’s pockets.

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Is the end nigh for low cost airlines?
By lizzie

 With the announcement of yet another low cost air carrier hanging up their hat and calling in the receivers, can we look forward to a future of taking out a personal loan in order to be able to afford a flight to our favourite European destinations?

It seems that every month or so another airline goes out of business blaming external market forces such as high fuel prices for their demise. While this may be true in part, there are some who would say that, possibly, their business model makes them a victim of their own success. With such a large number of low cost airlines in existence all offering flights to Spain for only 1, the question we must ask, is can the market sustain all of them? - after all, there are only so many passengers to go around.

Add to this the general confusion regarding their pricing structures, which seem to be designed so that the travelling public can never understand them or even the fact that no-one will ever actually travel for 1 and it makes sense that in such a cut-throat sector that not all of the airlines will survive and only the most ruthless, absolutely no-frills (i.e. lowest operating cost), will stand victorious.

This situation is obviously good news for the airlines that remain and have slashed their costs, cut staffing numbers and generally managed to weather the storm. The passenger numbers remain the same but there are now fewer airlines to choose from and it is unfortunate that these same passengers, the travellers who have kept the airlines going and have now become used to paying (relatively) small fares to visit their holiday homes or expat friends and family abroad, now find themselves scrambling for the fewer seats available and are limited to fewer and fewer departure airports.

The thirst for cheap travel is why the low cost model has become so popular but in a world heading for economic meltdown can any responsible government justifiably allow so much money to be taken out of the country? Deter travellers by increasing travel taxes seems to be the order of the day, but realistically, does that philosophy put people off escaping the rain, high prices and general doom and gloom of their home country? More likely, they will curb spending on other items in order to still have that break in the sun, with this lower consumer spending forcing many small businesses to close their doors leading to more and more people joining the ranks of the unemployed.

With less competition, it is highly likely that, even after considering the higher travel taxes, the airlines themselves may deem the low cost model to be no longer necessary to attract customers and therefore raise their own ticket prices to increase profits.

To return to the question Is the end nigh for low cost airlines? then the answer could be, given the above mentioned scenarios, that it may not be the end of the airlines themselves, just the end of the low cost travel option that we have enjoyed and have come to rely on.

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