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New York State of Mine: How to Avoid “Home for the Holidays” Syndrome in Hotels
Slow-roasted chicken. Taking a shower with your father shooting questions at you through the bathroom door. Twin trundle beds, on wheels, on a waxed wooden floor, for you and your wife to push (and try to keep) together during a hot night in your childhood bedroom. There are myriad attractive reasons to choose to stay in your parents’ home when you’re visiting for the holidays–that is, if you have parents, and if they have a home. But if you do, and if you hail from New York, and if you come from a close-knit family, and if you are me (and many others at the tail end of Generation X, who…
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Consumer Suggestions to Avoid Car Rental Surcharges
Compare All-Inclusive Car Rental Rates at Car Rental 8 Tampa, FL (PRWEB) May 9, 2009 An associate at Car Rental 8 recently ran across an excellent article titled “Tire fee? Beware of new car rental surcharges.” The article was written by Christopher Elliott who wrote on behalf of the National Geographic Traveler Magazine and originally appeared on MSNBC.com and CNN International. In the article, Christopher highlight s several ways that car rental companies are trying to recoup their down sales by taking advantage of consumers through car rental surcharges and other creative “fees.” Fees that may suspiciously find their way on your ticket could include car…