Archive for Category: "Money, Currency & Credit"
How to Protect Your Personal Information on the Road
Did you know that 38 percent of credit-card hacking cases involved the hotel industry? It happens because many hotels haven’t—and won’t—spent the money to upgrade their computer systems against hackers, so when they swipe your credit card, the information is there for the taking. If there’s one drawback about being on the road, it’s that [...]
Travel Tip: Hidden Travel Fees
It’s no surprise that hidden fees lurk in every corner of the travel industry, but some are sneakier than others. If you have to cancel your non-refundable airline ticket, you get credited the value of the ticket for use within a year. Sounds reasonable, right? Well, if you’re only cancelling one leg of your round-trip [...]
Travel Tip: Avoiding Foreign-Transaction Fees
If there’s one complaint I hear from people almost every day, it’s about those dreaded transaction fees abroad. The first place most people get nailed is the foreign transaction fee on their credit card. Visa or MasterCard charges a 1 percent fee to convert the foreign currency into dollars, and the issuing bank charges another [...]
Video Travel Tip: Travel Safety & Protecting Yourself on the Road
Every week, Peter answers tons of travel questions on Facebook, on Twitter, in his weekly Ask Peter column and on air on Peter Greenberg Worldwide. More often than not, those questions relate to travel safety. There are actually three sides to travel safety. It breaks down to staying safe at a specific destination, personal safety [...]
Travel Tip: Does Your Credit Card Have Car Rental Insurance?
Ask any frequent traveler, and they’ll tell you that before you rent a car, call your credit card company to find out if they cover insurance. But even that little trick comes with fine print. Adding a liability waiver to a rental car usually tacks on an additional $10-$20 a day. If you can avoid [...]
Travel Tip: Chip Technology in Credit Cards
Whether you’re planning to travel to Europe for the Olympics or beyond, there’s a challenge that not every traveler is aware of. I’m talking about whether credit cards that may not be accepted abroad. Here’s what’s happening. Most of Europe has now moved to chip-enabled credit cards—also known as EMV cards. That means no more [...]
Travel Tip: How to Block Charges for Hotels & Car Rentals
Next time you rent a car or checking in to a hotel, be careful which form of payment you hand over, or you could find yourself with an empty bank account or maxed-out credit card. Here’s what happens: At hotel check-in the clerk will ask to see your credit or debit card. Contrary to popular [...]
Ask Peter: Money-Saving Summer Travel Ideas
Don’t worry if you’ve waited until the last minute to put together your summer travel plans, just Ask Peter. The early bird isn’t the only person to get the travel deal. From creative flights to Europe to different cruise routes through Alaska, Peter proves it’s not too late for a summer surprise. You can talk [...]
