2011 FREEBEES

Every year Kiplinger's publishes a list of freebees. Here's their 2011 list. Team CHEAPIOSITY loves free things and we assume you feel likewise.

http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/fabulous-freebies-2011.html

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BIZ CLASS FARES TO EUROPE THAT ARE LESS THAN COACH

The title says it all. Go to the article below to find out how:

http://www.moneytalksnews.com/2011/08/23/how-you-can-buy-a-business-class-ticket-to-europe-for-less-than-coach/

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SECRETS AIR TRAVELERS SHOULD KNOW

Business travelers know all too well the downside to travel: canceled or delayed flights, overbooked flights and lost luggage, just to name a few. Yet, travelers do have rights. Some of them are hidden in the fine print, while others reflect recent changes to or enforcement of regulations.

Take a look at this link below to find out more:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/four-secret-rights-that-savvy-air-travelers-know-2011-09-20

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THE VIRTUAL GOFER

Need a Personal Assistant? Who doesn't? It'd be nice to have someone help you do things like: clean out your closet, deliver a package for you, organize your desk, etc. You know those times when you have too much to do and not enough time? Enter the virtual gofer.

Here are some sites that help you do just that and at reasonable prices:

1. Fancy Hands Personal Assistants: http://www.fancyhands.com/

2. Task Rabbit: http://www.taskrabbit.com/

3. Zaarly: http://www.zaarly.com/nearby#loc=9q5cs73wutub

4. Ask Sunday: http://www.asksunday.com/

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DEATH DOSSIER

Here's a cheery little post destined to make your day. Let's talk about death. Yeah yeah. We know.....nobody wants to think about it. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. Yadda yadda yadda. Still, there are some responsibilities you simply can't afford to put off forever.

Here at Team CHEAPIOSITY, we think it's worse not to have your beneficiaries take advantage of money and items you want them to have. It's the grown up thing to do. Here's a road map.

Did you know that there are 25 Documents you need before you die?

The Wall Street Journal has provided this one-stop shopping article to help all of us cope with the financial part of our inevitable end:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303627104576410234039258092.html

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HOW TO KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN HACKED

We keep reading about how a company or a government or a celebrity or a database somewhere has been hacked. Kinda makes you wonder if you've been hacked too.

What do you do about it......how do you check?

An Australian technology professional and former security consultant, Daniel Grzelak, has built a Web site, “Should I Change My Password?, where you can check whether your information is in 13 publicly available stashes containing more than 800,000 stolen records. He promises to keep it updated as more data becomes available and helps to create a stronger password.

It's not foolproof, but it's a start. Ladies and gentlemen, start your paranoia-fueled engines.

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WHEN DOES FOOD REALLY EXPIRE?

It seems like everything we buy at the grocery has a 'sell by' or 'use by' or expiration date. What do these dates really mean? We found an article to help de-mystify it for you. So before you throw it out and waste money, take a look:

http://www.moneytalksnews.com/2011/07/18/when-does-food-really-expire/

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