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Budget Ticket Airlines are Often Rip Offs

April 15, 2013 — 6 Comments

SMB and I were returning from Boston on Spirit airline. We didn’t know the intricacies of traveling in a budget airline. Not at the time of booking. As soon as I started booking our seats, I realized there’s a charge for selecting seats. Being frugal I decided not to book out seats and waited for the airline employee at the check-in. To our surprise we were allocated seats at two extremes of the aircraft. There was a charge for the preferred seat allocation!

Budget Airline Ticket

Read through this customer grievance forum for Spirit airlines and be amazed to learn their dirty tricks. Needless to say, we will never again travel with Spirit.

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Travel & Health Insurance Coverage: 5 Questions Answered

March 29, 2013 — 11 Comments

Whether you’re planning a leisure trip abroad, or are travelling for business, it is imperative that you understand the ins and outs of what your health insurance provider will actually provide you if tragedy should strike.

Travel Insurance

In most cases, health insurance providers do not provide any kind of coverage while you’re out of the country, or they provide only very little; furthermore, that very little might be almost non-existent once it filters through all of the stipulations and requirements.

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Save Money on Summer Hotel Cost and Enjoy Post Vacation Days

July 13, 2012 — 11 Comments

The best part of vacation is the planning and anticipation, the good part is the actual vacation and the worst part is the post-travel spending calculation. Well, you can enjoy post-vacation as well, if you cut cost on travel and hotel. Enjoy this excellent guest post from Laura.

Summer is the height of travel season. Whether you’re leaving town to visit family or explore a new city, you’re probably super excited for your next vacation. As fun as it is, traveling is also very expensive. Besides gas or airfare, one of your biggest expenses is probably going to be your lodging.

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Saving Expense off my Next Great British Adventure Trip

May 3, 2012 — Leave a comment

The only way my partner was going to let me out of the house this summer for a long weekend in the highlands was if I promised to do it on the cheap. So I decided to rise to the challenge.

We’ve been saving for a deposit on a new house for what seems like forever now, so it was essential for me to not blow our budget on my selfish need to escape the rat race once every six months. So I’m writing this blog post to say thank you to her for her patience and understanding, but also to prove just how easy it is to shave a substantial amount off a break like this if you want to.

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Ways to Save in London Olympics – Infographic

April 23, 2012 — 12 Comments

This is a tribute to UK readers. Thanks for sticking with OCAAT. I remember the day when International Olympic Committee decided on awarding 2012 Olympics games to London, I was in London that day. I witnessed the joy and euphoria among masses.

If you are in UK, you may have planned to have a have a sneak peek at the Olympics events. These tips are for your Olympic trips to London.

This is once in a lifetime opportunity to see the games. Why should you not be at the venues to watch? Your family and your children should have an Olympic experience, especially since its happening in your backyard.

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