General Tips

Amazon Prime Day is sort of like Amazon’s Christmas in July–except instead of Christmas, it’s Black Friday.  It’s definitely a huge day for deals, but not every “deal” is an actual deal. There are a few things to think about. 1. Amazon bases the discount percentage off their “full-price” When ...

Last week, I read an article that really stuck in my mind.  It was one of those airline-said-she-said stories that ended with a passenger getting thrown off a flight. It really stuck with me because of one specific item in the article. Basically, a woman did not want to sit ...

Multiple friends send me a link and warned me that you can find out most people’s personal information on it.  I’ve received warnings like that in the past and found websites that listed my city and birthday. This website, FamilyTreeNow, goes a step further.  When I looked at my record, ...

One of the most simple ways you can earn points is through using shopping portals from point programs to make your online purchases. With all the online shopping that’s about to happen, I wanted to run down how to make sure you are getting the most cashback or points for every ...

This morning, I woke up to multiple different companies offering free rides to the polls, plus a few other extras.  You can get a free ride to the polls, locate your polling location easily, and get free delivery afterwards. Free Rides Via New to Via?Enter code POSTMATESDC in the Via ...

Usually, when people talk about using Uber, it’s to and from the airport.  Uber is my go to airport ride, but I also use it for a variety of other things.  It’s my designated driver when I go out. But using Uber is very different in the suburbs–especially if your ride ...

In the frequent travel world, you’ll hear “it doesn’t hurt to ask” a lot.  This is even more true in Vegas, where many things are negotiable. Someone was just asking me about my experience with getting upgrades at hotels.  While I have status at various hotels in Vegas, my major upgrades ...

Sometimes when you connect to hotel wifi, things just don’t click.  For some reason, the login screen won’t come up, and every website gives you a strange warning when you navigate there. There’s one trick my friend in IT told me years ago that can help you get connected to the ...

I recently wrote about how Uber is no longer disclosing when surge price is going on.  So you now pay Uber surge pricing without realizing it. The upside is that Uber discloses the entire price of your ride ahead of time.  You won’t be surprised when the ride ends because ...

You are driving down the road when suddenly, you see a cop behind you.  You aren’t too worried because you haven’t been speeding. But then the cop car’s lights go on. You immediately start wondering what happened.  Is your tail light out?  Did you stop long enough at that stop sign? ...