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Travel Week: Prepare for a Relaxing Return Home

There's nothing quite like walking through your front door after a week-long vacation to a messy living room, a basket of dirty laundry, burnt-out light bulbs, and dead houseplants. Oh, wait. Did we mention the sky-high electric bill that comes a few weeks later?

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Personal Finance

Travel Week: On Being a Thrifty Tourist

Once you’ve reached your travel destination, you’ve likely felt pang or two of worry about how much the trip has already cost you – the pricey plane ticket, the costly new suitcase, the expensive hotel booking. Fear not, though! You can experience the new city, state, or country you’ve landed in for far less than what you’ve spent on getting there.

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Personal Finance

Travel Week: Planes, Trains + Automobiles - How to Survive the Journey

The journey to your travel destination can be the absolute best, the absolute worst, or the just so-so portion of your adventure. Making sure you've budgeted and packed properly, and that you take care of yourself (and the family) while in the air, on the tracks, or on the open road, are key to ensure the "getting there" is just as memorable and manageable as the final destination itself.

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Personal Finance

Travel Week: 10 Money-Saving Travel Tips

Taking a trip this season or planning one for the future? Here are ten tips that'll help you save money on travel and get the most out of your experience.

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Personal Finance

A New Wave of Retailer Security Breaches and What it Means to You

Several folks from the 3Rivers team are closely following recent news about potential card data breaches involving Home Depot and Goodwill Industry stores. Because this could involve a large number of cards and impact many 3Rivers members, we wanted to share some facts and offer suggestions for ways to be proactive in securing your money matters with as little inconvenience as possible. As always, we’ll keep monitoring details as they develop and communicate them to you.

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Fraud Protection & Security
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Watch-it-Wednesday: What is Compound Interest?

Compound interest is "[interest] calculated on the initial principal and also on the accumulated interest of previous periods of a deposit or loan. Compound interest can be thought of as “interest on interest,” and will make a deposit or loan grow at a faster rate than simple interest, which is interest calculated only on the principal amount.

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Personal Finance Retirement

Quick Money Tip: Take a Time-Out

Look at it this way, though. Let's say you go grocery shopping once a week and spend just a measly $10 extra each time. That adds up to $520 a year. Keep it up for five years, and you're out $2,600. Those are extra dollars that could go toward paying off debt, financing costly home repairs, or growing your savings or emergency fund instead.

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Personal Finance