Knowing tricks-to-the-vacation trade will make creating and sticking to a budget easier, and your vacation more enjoyable.
Held at the end of August, when many -- at least in the United States -- are away on summer vacation, these trade talks will remain lurking in the shadows, capturing little media or public attention.
While slight changes to marginal tax rates don't have a huge impact on existing firms or currently employed workers, large cumulative increases in the tax burden lead to institutional and cultural shifts that are difficult to reverse: Firms become less likely to hire, workers take longer vacations and trade taxable income for leisure, overall spending levels grow slowly or flatten.
Whether a vacation homeowner is trading a house in the woods for a pied-à-terre or exiting second-home ownership altogether, he or she needs to know that putting a vacation property on the market requires a different strategy than selling a primary residence.
There is nothing wrong with taking a little trading vacation and waiting for market conditions that mesh with your style.
The stock markets are closed on Tuesday, and most traders will be back at their desk Wednesday morning after a week of vacations and light trading.
Expedia Inc. today announced that it has agreed to acquire the publicly traded vacation rental service HomeAway and its brands (including VRBO.com) for $3.9 billion in cash and Expedia common stock.
Use albums to collect family loved recipes, vacation collectibles, craft patterns, science project instructions, detailed suggestions for a future family vacation, scrapbook mementos, trading cards collected from cereal boxes, etc. Give the gift of time.
"When Middle America goes on vacation, they don't trade stocks," he said.
Alternatively, trading lodge vacations in New Zealand and Australia for safaris in southern Africa is another way to better extend travel budgets.
