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We are going to Morocco for a month of independent travel in May. Any advice, suggestions, recommendations etc. very welcome. Especially for short 4 or 5 day trips to the Atlas Mountains. Itineray is very open. We fly in and out of Casablanca. We are doing the usual...using Lonely Plane...

Anyone had any experience snow birding in Tanzania/Zanzibar, and possibly Kenya in mid Jan-mid March? Returning to Africa is on our bucket list. We could do safari and spend a great deal of time on the beaches. Air is expensive, but not more than we would spend going to one of our usual...

My wife never, ever accepts friend requests from people she does not know or does not interact with on a fairly regular basis. Over the past week or so she has had three friend requests that she deleted. I hear her laughter each time she gets one. All were similar. Widowers in their 50's...

Perhaps I am behind the times. Had a niece die last year. Could not attend but looked up the details on the funeral home web site. Much to our surprise there was a request for cash donations to help pay for the funeral expenses. It was the full meal deal....coffin, service, meal/bar...

Year three of our home insurance. Policy went up 23 percent. I went on my insurer's web site and got a like for like quote as a potential new customer. Same home. Same T's and C's/ There was a a 20 percent difference. Called the insurer. The CS person told me that new customers and existing...

Anyone using a USB wireless adapter? I have an opportunity to get an unused business computer that has no wireless card. Wondering how reliable they are and if they are dependable. Is the set up fairly straightforward?

I understand that there can be price deltas on prescriptions/meds, but this much?? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/americans-diabetes-cross-canada-border-insulin-1.5125988

Has anyone been to Morocco on either an escorted trip or an independent trip?

WOW ceased all operations today. Lots of stranded passengers. No surprise, the writing had been on the wall for some time. It is unfortunate. We need companies like this to compete with majors and force them into fair one way pricing.

We will be in Australia for a month this winter. On a lark, on recommendation of friends who live in Oz, and in response to a domestic airfare sale, we signed up to go for eight days. Has anyone been? We fly into Hobart and out of Launceston.

I have a 2007 Toyota Solara Convertable. 60K miles. Changed the oil when I got it last year. One year later is has about 4K miles on it since the oil change (summer car only). Not burning any oil. Check the stick after every second fill. Not burning any oil and it it very clean. The...

Anyone been on a Gate 1 tour to India? We have not been on a tour nor have we been to India. Looking at a solo trip in Oct/No (DW has no interest in it).

Looking for a new carry on. It is all that I travel with so I want something light, with good wheels, and reasonably well constructed. Looking at Eagle Creek 20" Load Warrior or the Rick Steves 20" rolling carry on. The former is lighter but a little less capacity. Anyone have any good or...

We have been travelling in Ireland for the past week. We use a credit card that utilizes the then current FX rate with no add on admin charges. JUst about every time we have used the card in Ireland the cashier has handed me the the pad to input our PIN. However, the transaction was always...

About a year ago my spouse read an article about the hotel tourism levy that is frequently added to hotel bills. It is called several things and often amounts to 3 percent. This is not a mandatory tax, rather a levy by the local tourism authority. We are travelling now. Just had $6.44...

Looking at doing a one month rental in Puerto Vallarta through VRBO-perhaps 2 months. Do they have safeguards against scammers, etc. Any good or bad experiences? Is it the norm to negotiate?

I picked up Norton, as I usually do, during the cyber Monday sales. This year it was the newly packaged Norton Security product that is good for up to 5 devices including iPads and iPhones. Prior to this we have only ever used it on our two PC's. We also have two iPads. Should we even bother...

I retired from Megacorp several years ago. I am just in the process of finalizing my DB pension. The company that I started with was bought out twice. My original DB plan was kept alive and I was grandfathered-though there are not many remaining members. It is well funded. Admin was...

Does anyone out there have any current UA discount codes? I am about to book a trip for December. I do have one AA code but it is only good for travel within the 48 contiguous states. I am travelling Canada-San Juan. Thanks very much.

We do not plan to buy a second home. Rather, our preference at this point is to rent for three months and use the place as a base. Our list, based on past travels, currently includes Turkey, Greece, France, UK, Panama, Portugal, and perhaps somewhere Florida or Texas. Has anyone done this...