Best places to travel in the summer articles
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How to Navigate an Extra-Busy Summer Travel Season
Tips for beating the exceptional crowds expected this year and keeping your vacation budget manageable.
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This summer's best happy hour deal isn't at your local bar
Budget drinkers might want to skip the bar and raise a glass at home this summer. Alcohol prices are up 2% since last year, according to the consumer price index for April, but beer and hard liquor served at bars and restaurants saw steeper hikes, jumping 4% and 2.7%, respectively. The booze squeeze comes as households rethink what they spend on food and drinks at home versus out and about. With grocery prices 1.1% higher than a year ago but restaurant checks up a steeper 4.1%, many eateries are...
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Books to read this summer: 20 best reads of the season
There was a time when “summer books” meant popcorn reads you consumed in a sunbaked afternoon — disposable books devoured and left behind for the next hotel room guest. Not that there’s anything wrong with the joy of a high-paced thriller, the passionate heights of romance or the horror that raises goosebumps in the heat. We love them ourselves. But summer is also a time for slowing down to taste lots of literary flavors, whether it’s the spiciness of a globe-trotting adventure, the sweetness of...