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My DH and I are traveling to Ireland (west coast area), Edinburgh, walking in the Lake District, Oxford, Vienna, hiking in Hallstatt, and Dublin. A month in all. As I put together an itinerary for Edinburgh and Vienna, I realize how much there is to see and do. I'm having difficulty paring it...

I'm curious if anyone knows anything about this app. My DD wants to use it to save money. The premise is that any time you make a debit transaction, the amount is rounded up and when she reaches her savings goal, that money is put in her savings account. She said her credit union savings doesn't...

My DH had lung problems for about a year before the pulmonologist diagnosed him, after tons of tests, with exercise induced asthma. Although I've never considered putting on socks or drying yourself after a shower exercise. Panting heavily after doing those two activities were part of his...

My son married a woman with two children so, for the past three years, I have had two grandchildren. The oldest, a 23 year old boy who is in the Navy, I've only met once at Christmas a couple of years ago. My DGD is 20 and lives in the same city, and I see her more frequently and have done...

My DH and I are planning a trip to the UK, Ireland and Austria. I've only been out of the U.S. once (walking tour in England 9 years ago) so I'm unsure about some things, particularly dealing with money. In Ireland, we need cash for one of the B&Bs ($90 per day for 4 days in Euros) and...

Has anyone ever had to use trip reimbursement insurance? If so, how difficult was it to get reimbursed? We purchased a policy through Travel Insured for a rather expensive hiking trip we're taking next week. If the air quality doesn't improve, we won't be able to go for health reasons (my DH...

I am curious if anyone has completed a walking vacation. My DH and I did a walking tour of the Cotswalds several years ago and would like to do more now that he plans to retire soon. We used a company whose name I don't remember and they planned the route, giving us a map and great directions...

I did search the forum to see if this question had been asked, but couldn't find anything that matched our situation. We owe about $37K on our rental home that will be our residence next September when DH retires. The mortgage rate is 5 1/8%. I tried to refinance a while ago, but nobody was...

I just read a financial blog where the writer said she and her husband are planning a move in a year or so. Their house is underwater and the houses in her neighborhood are selling for $15-$20K less than what they paid. She plans to throw additional money at the principal in the next year. She...

I've been on disability since 2005, but have been covered under my DH's work coverage. I guess I was automatically enrolled in Medicare Part A, but I never received a card, and I had no idea I was covered. I realized today the card came to me during the time our letter carrier was hoarding...

Regarding enhanced early retirement at a megacorp, we're exploring the pros and cons of taking the employer pension as a monthly annuity or getting the lump sum rolled over into an IRA. We'd have to start taking distributions of the pension now to get the 100% survivor benefit. The pension...