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How to Avoid Pesky Traveling Fees – Part 2

Last week, we discussed how airlines are charging fees for almost every aspect of your booking and traveling process. Unfortunately, hotels and rental car agencies are following the same trend and noticing that added fees are an easy source of extra revenue.  Here are some top ways that they get you, and how you can […]

How to Avoid Pesky Traveling Fees

We all know that traveling can get expensive, but how can vacations be fun if you know you spent a large amount of those funds on pesky traveling fees? Airlines have some major ways they sneakily raise their prices by adding a little surcharge to every aspect of your booking and traveling processes.  Here are […]

How Restaurants Can Trick You Into Spending

Last week we mentioned that restaurants are use inventive marketing and aggressive selling strategies to try and get their guests to spend more money. This doesn’t mean that there aren’t great deals out there, but to stick with your food budget, you need to weed through the slick promotions. Here are two other strategic techniques […]

Common Ways Restaurants Get You to Spend

The food industry has become extremely competitive in the United States over the past 50 years. Before the 1960’s there wasn’t much competition, but as years have gone by, there has become an overwhelming number of dining options introduced in the market. With this high competition, successful restaurants must market themselves to both attract customers […]