Holiday Tips from Clark Howard
Vacation homes in remote locations will see depressed prices
Airfares hit a record high last year and that's changed the behavior of people, particularly of vacation home buyers. Remember the movie Dirty Dancing? It was about people in the New York metro area who would go up to the Catskills for vacation, which is just a short distance from ...
Laptop prices to drop ahead of Windows 8 launch
Laptop prices are poised to take a drop as Microsoft readies its new Windows 8 operating system. Right now, it seems like the price point for a basic entry level laptop is hovering around $300. Back leading up to Christmas though, it was down as low as $229 for a ...
Prices of sports tickets being driven down
High definition flatscreen TVs are driving down the price of live sports tickets in an unexpected way. For the first time in decades, the cost of a Major League Baseball ticket has not increased in price. In fact, ticket prices have gone down in a lot of cities. At a ...
Americans saving more and spending less
Looking for encouraging news on the economic front? The level of debt we carry for every dollar we make is moving in the right direction. In hindsight, the financial train-wreck of the last five years was as obvious as it could have been. Starting 15 years ago, we as a ...
Holiday Inn readies fitness-themed hotel brand
If you travel a lot for work, you know how hard it is to eat right on the road, get a decent sleep pattern and get a workout in. Now there's a new hotel chain that might be able to come to your rescue. Having traveled for five months last ...
Video chatting becomes a new family holiday ritual
In an age when you hear so much about how technology makes us absent even when we're present, I want to tell you how it can actually do the opposite and bring people together. Recently while in England, the cell phone chip I bought came with unlimited Internet. So I ...
Clark talks his winter break travels
It's been weeks since I have been with you on the air. I finally took the opportunity to do something I have wanted to for years: Take a multi-week vacation with my family and clear my head. All told, I had more time off than at any time since 1990. ...
Websites and resources mentioned Dec. 27 2011
Editor's note: Lawyer and car-buying expert Adam Goldfein fills in for Clark Howard on Tuesday, Dec. 27. Below is a summary of some of what he discussed. Visit AdamGoldfein.com for more information. Throughout the holidays, we will be featuring Best of Clark repeats. Clark returns on January 3, 2011 with ...
Websites and resources mentioned Dec. 20, 2011
Editor's note: Lawyer and car-buying expert Adam Goldfein fills in for Clark Howard Monday the 19th - Wednesday the 21st of this week. Below is a summary of some of what he discussed. Visit AdamGoldfein.com for more information. Throughout the holidays, we will be featuring Best of Clark repeats. Clark ...
January is the unofficial fast food bargain month
MONEY SAVING MOMENT: I like going to fast food restaurants. Sure, I know I don't fit the profile. I'm not an 18-34 year old guy anymore. But I am who I am. I order off the value menu wherever I go. Yet right now, I'm saving even more money than ...
Websites and resources mentioned Dec. 21, 2011
Editor's note: Lawyer and car-buying expert Adam Goldfein fills in for Clark Howard Monday the 19th - Wednesday the 21st of this week. Below is a summary of some of what he discussed. Visit AdamGoldfein.com for more information. Throughout the holidays, we will be featuring Best of Clark repeats. Clark ...
Websites and resources mentioned Dec. 19, 2011
Editor's note: Lawyer and car-buying expert Adam Goldfein fills in for Clark Howard Monday the 19th - Wednesday the 21st of this week. Below is a summary of some of what he discussed. Visit AdamGoldfein.com for more information. Throughout the holidays, we will be featuring Best of Clark repeats. Clark ...
Car leasing fever hits during end of the year sales events
Editor's note: Lawyer and car-buying expert Adam Goldfein fills in for Clark Howard Monday the 19th - Wednesday the 21st of this week. Below is a summary of some of what he discussed. Visit AdamGoldfein.com for more information. Most manufacturers go on a blitz with their "End of the Year" ...
Holiday Podcast Schedule
Holiday Podcast Schedule: Adam Goldfein will be filling in as guest host for the Clark Howard Show on Monday the 19th - Wednesday the 21st of December. Those podcasts will be posted on Tuesday, Dec. 27th. Throughout the holidays, we will be featuring Best of Clark repeats. Clark returns on ...
Counterfeit designer items being sold as the real deal online
RIP-OFF ALERT: Counterfeit goods being sold on the Internet are a plague for brand-name oriented shoppers around the holidays. Federal authorities recently seized 150 domain names of organizations that were selling knockoffs as legitimate items online. But that's just the smallest tip of a big iceberg because there is this ...
Credit card applications won't take household income into account anymore
Stay-at-home spouses who can't prove income can no longer get new lines of credit, thanks to a provision of the CARD Act of 2009 that just went into effect this past October. This is a definite challenge a lot of non-working spouses are facing as we ramp up toward Christmas ...
A year-end guide for charitable giving
Each year at this time, Americans prove themselves to be the most generous people on planet Earth. We as a nation give more to charity than any other people anywhere else. But if you are considering giving a donation this Christmas season, how can you ensure you're giving to the ...
Beware of the 'grandma scam' on Facebook
Your aging relatives can be easily scammed because of what you post about them on your own Facebook page around the holidays. I read in The Arizona Republic about what's being called the "grandma scam." Here's how this one plays out: Somebody makes their way into your friends list and ...
Negotiate for a better deal on dentistry
If you've been putting off dental care other than your routine cleaning every six months, now is the time to negotiate and shop around for a better deal. I was talking to my dentist recently after she fixed my broken tooth with a new crown. She told me though patients ...
Websites and resources mentioned Dec. 8, 2011
No sites/numbers mentioned Editor's note: Listeners on Clark's flagship station of AM 750 and NOW 95.5 FM News/Talk WSB heard Adam Goldfein filling in for the consumer champ live from the 21st Annual Christmas Kids event. Clark later took the mic at 3 p.m. ET for a special three-hour broadcast ...
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