Month: December 2024

Americans planning for retirement tend to have some key concerns regarding ensuring a financially secure future that fits their notions of a desired lifestyle. Personal finance bestselling author Suze Orman offers some thoughts about these Read more…

Cruise ship thrill rides are set to get even more innovative in 2025. While Disney Cruise Line prepares to debut its first roller coaster at sea on the Disney Adventure, which sets sail from Singapore Read more…

Working on a cruise ship comes with its own special challenges, even when you have one of the best jobs in the industry. Solo musicians generally work 3-4 hours per day and they almost always Read more…

Michael Bayley has a lot to be thankful for as 2024 comes to a close. The cruise line he leads, Royal Caribbean, had an incredible year during which it fully completed its comeback from the Read more…

If you’ve ever scoured the internet for ways to save on cruise vacations, you may have come across rewards programs that offer the opportunity to score discounted cruise line gift cards. Some credit cards like Read more…

There are a few more days to go in 2024, but unless something disastrous happens, the stock market will deliver a second consecutive year of impressive gains. The S&P 500 is up 26%. The tech-heavy Read more…

Home buyers enjoyed historically low mortgage rates beginning in 2010 when average 30-year mortgage rates remained below 5%. Rates became even more competitive in 2020 and 2021, when they averaged below 3%. While the COVID-19 Read more…

President-elect Donald Trump has big plans for his presidency. During campaign speeches throughout 2024, Trump vowed to impose tariffs on imported goods as soon as he takes office next year. Tariffs are taxes companies pay Read more…

While not all of the country’s 63 national parks charge an entrance fee, the number of locations that do (or have increased their fee drastically) has been rising. Wyoming’s Yellowstone, Utah’s Zion, and Joshua Tree Read more…