How the Post Office Can Make Money and Survive
8:00 AM 1/14/2011
The United States Postal Service is nosediving. In its last fiscal year, it lost $8.5 billion, which was $4.7 billion more than the year before. In an attempt to stem some of the losses, it's planning on hiking rates in April. With the use of postal mail dwindling, America's massive infrastructure...
Western Australia Gives Away 200 Free Flights to Promote Itself
8:00 PM 1/10/2011
Americans -- and Oprah -- are well acquainted with eastern Australia. The cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Cairns get so much play in the American press that the state of Western Australia, home to the sprawling city of Perth, doesn't usually even bother to promote itself in the...
Lonely Planet's Best Value Destinations of 2011
12:00 PM 12/22/2010
The world's an ever-changing place, and that change affects how far your dollar will go on vacation. Lonely Planet's U.S. editor, Robert Reid, contributed to the publisher's newly-released Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2011. He visited WalletPop to count down his picks for the places that have...
Putting Local Shopping Mobile Apps to the Test, and Failing Miserably
10:00 AM 12/22/2010
Have you ever shopped with your cell phone? You will. Don't laugh -- there was a time when no one thought Web shopping would take off, either. But the National Retail Federation, which has a vested interest in such matters, estimated that on Cyber Monday, more than seven million Americans shopped...
In 2012, Walt Disney World in Orlando will add some 2,000 new rooms in its "Value" category, which are the cheapest rooms on its property. Cosmetic details of its Disney's Art of Animation Resort were announced today.
In some idealized artist's renderings, the company unveiled the outside of the...
Airfares Rise by $10 Round Trip, and Steeper Increases Are Circling
1:15 PM 12/16/2010
The party may be over. This week, the airlines raised airfares by as much as $10. The way this usually works is one carrier raises fares and if its rivals match it, the higher rates stick. In this case, American Airlines was the first to increase fares by $5 each way or $10 round-trip for flights...
Find Cheap Hotels Using One of These Six Magic Websites
11:00 AM 12/14/2010
The Internet was supposed to make life easier, but the speedy and vast proliferation of available Web tools has only created confusion. Travel is one of the most head-spinning areas, where consumers are dazzled with hundreds of thousands of prices that vary per place, time, and the site used to...
Tune Hotels Copies Airlines and Charges Fees for Soap, Towels, Even Air Conditioning
1:00 PM 12/10/2010
If there's one thing the airlines' recent profit boom can teach us, it's that micro-charges work. They unbundled services such as checked baggage, meals and blankets, and as a result their bottom lines soared. One lodging chain now entering the Western market, Tune Hotels, is applying that price...
Oprah Winfrey and the audience from her season premiere show are Down Under right now beginning their "Oprah's Australian Adventure." As the Big O wraps up her life as a syndicated-TV demi-goddess, Tourism Australia put together the trip of a lifetime for about 300 loyal viewers who were lucky...
Travelex Money Cards Will Help Americans Spend While Traveling
12:00 PM 12/7/2010
A foreign exchange currency company has launched America's first pre-paid currency card that operates on the "chip-and-PIN" system. The new Cash Passport MasterCard requires a PIN (Personal Identification Number) and signature to work, and since it's loaded with funds before you travel, it's not...
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