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...Search term data provides more insight into where affluent users are looking for savings. Their searches (those containing "cheap," "discount," or "bargain") are dominated by travel-related terms such as "cheap airline tickets," "cheap hotels," "cheap cruises" and car rentals. Searches for electronics, autos and other expensive items are less likely to be preceded by a deal "qualifier." This focus on travel may be due to the fact that consumers expect the greatest room for price fluctuations when booking flights, hotels and rental cars...
...realistically generate. But for the first time in years, home prices have slipped enough in some regions for the math to work, including in Destin, Fla.; the Outer Banks of North Carolina; Branson, Mo.; and the Smoky Mountains, says Karpinski. Her rule of thumb: if one week of peak rental income can cover a month of mortgage expense, the deal is a winner. The trick is getting over your fears. With retirement facing all of us sooner or later, there's only so much time for that...
...organization of public entertainment, free from red ropes and costly tabs and instead open to all. In the capital, City Hall and the current (socialist) mayor have also done their fair share to improve Parisian life like Vélib, a new initiative which offers very cheap rental bikes around the city, and Paris Plage, transforming the banks of the Seine into Tahitian beaches for those who can’t flee to Saint Tropez for their summer tanning (although a French friend complained that the whole “93”—one of the more...
...plan is a win-win for time-pressed humans and dogs that would otherwise be homeless or euthanized, opponents say pet sharing is morally irresponsible and traumatic for animals that get passed around among temporary owners. "Dogs are a lifetime friend and companion, not a two-hour piece of rental equipment," says Michael Markarian, executive vice president of the Humane Society of the U.S., which encourages busy canine lovers to volunteer at shelters or hospitals instead...
FlexPetz founder Marlena Cervantes counters that the firm safeguards its animals through customer screening and mandatory training. "We are giving these pets an opportunity to be taken care of," she says. And with $700 in annual fees, plus $25 per weekday rental and $40 per day on the weekend, these pets don't come cheap. But that hasn't kept animal lovers from ponying...