You First
Up the hiking trail in Kaua’i, Hawaii.
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Have Fun
FIND BIG SPRING TRAVEL DEALS IN…
…Hawaii and Orlando, before family vacations
start, says Andrew Young of Travelzoo.com. Another
option: ski resorts, where prices can be half of
what you’d pay in winter. So when should you buy
airline tickets? A new study of nearly 144 million
purchases found that prices were lowest
six weeks before a flight. On the day of a flight,
prices were 38 percent higher than average.
PAY WAY
LESS FOR A NEW
CAR…
Save Money
…by outsmarting the
dealers. First, get price info
at sites like TrueCar.com:
Enter a car model and you’ll
get a list of dealerships with
the lowest prices. Next, be
patient. April and May are
big car-buying months, as
folks get IRS refund checks,
but dealers start to clear out
lots in July and August for
new models—so you’ll find
good year-end discounts
then, says Jeremy Anwyl
of Edmunds.com.
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Feel Great
SLASH YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE…by jumping in a pool! Older
adults who started swimming a few times a week cut their systolic blood
pressure by nine points in three months, The American Journal of Cardiology
reports. And when you get your pressure checked, test both arms: Differences
in readings can indicate a narrowing of the arteries, new research shows. ;
