summer vacations

Do DVD Rental Store Closures Make Summer Road Trips Tougher?

Do DVD Rental Store Closures Make Summer Road Trips Tougher?

Now that spotting an open Blockbuster location is a novelty that merits a double take, and scores of other video rental chains have vanished, movie fans who want to rent some DVDs for the road have had to change the way they operate. Redbox remains an option for nightly rentals, and Netflix will still ship out discs via the mail, but gone are the days you can stop by a rental store, browse and pull some discs off the shelves and not have to return them for a week or so. [More]

Save Big On Golf By Hitting Up Hellish Cities In The Summer

Save Big On Golf By Hitting Up Hellish Cities In The Summer

If you’re into golf and happen to live in a warm climate, you know summer is the part of the year you’ll find the best deals. Tourism dies down and locals prefer to shield themselves from the heat, so courses lower fees in order to minimize lost revenue. In many cases, prestigious courses become so cheap that it can be cost effective to go out of your way to travel to warm cities to tee it up. [More]