As I write this we’re heading into the fourth quarter of the year, with the notable packed U.S. airport times of Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up. The end of the year is also crunch time in Europe, creating plenty of airport stress and flight delays on both sides of the Atlantic. Most travelers just take …

Spirit Airlines is the airline that seems to invite everyone to hate it, partly because of doublespeak press releases that accompany every customer-unfriendly move. Here’s the one they put up at the beginning of the decade when first announcing new bag fees. “In order to continue reducing fares even further and offering customers the option …

Are you worried that your retirement savings and social security aren’t going to be enough to support you when you’re not working anymore? Are you thinking about moving to a cheaper place for retirees so you can get more for your money? Read on for some of the cheapest places to retire abroad. If you’re …

There are plenty of places around the world where you can buy cheap-tasting beer for cheap, but if you want to drink well without spending lots of dollars or euros, head straight to the Czech Republic. There you’ll be in sudsy nirvana. Czech beers are uniformly tasty, without all the shortcuts mass breweries have sunk …

I’m posting this guest article on Labor Day, a day it seems fitting for me to take a break from writing new posts on this blog, which I’ve been doing since 2003. I’m giving the floor to a friend I’ve known almost that long: John DiScala, better known as Johnny Jet.  Take it away Johnny! …