Earlier this week, we told you how rising airline ticket prices were pushing families to reconsider road trips for their summer vacations. Well, apparently we aren’t the only ones who see the road trip making a come-back.
Yesterday, the Boston Globe published a story on phone and iPad apps that will keep kids entertained on long road trips. In addition to the obvious choices like Angry Birds and YouTube, staff writer Hiawatha Bray suggested games and apps that encourage creativity. He highlighted the iMovie app for the iPad 2 and the fun-but-educational Back In Time.
At the risk of sounding old-fashioned, I hope that families don’t spend their road trips completely engrossed in their iPads. I’m not against kids keeping themselves entertained during the long, boring stretches of a road trip, but road trips are full of wonderfully unique experiences that families don’t have during a flight. I view this shift from flights to drives as a potentially positive development for families taking their summer vacation, and I sincerely hope that they take advantage of it. You can get the whole family involved with road trip games courtesy of Disney Family Fun, About.com, and MomsMinivan.com.
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News for the airline companies of late hasn’t been the best. The headlines have been negative for both the airlines themselves and for their customers. It’s been bankruptcies or charging more for checking luggage or just the introduction of fees just to store your bag in the overhead. Airfares themselves are on the rise. The cost of summer flights in the US are up 3 percent on average from the past year. That’s an 18 percent increase from 2010. It’s starting to be clear that flying is no longer the go-to solution for a cheap vacation.
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With the resurgence of the auto industry being firmly embedded into the news cycle month after month, the major car makers have found themselves questioning just what they have to do to keep themselves there. A recent report from AARP showed that the Millennial generation are the ones with the most buying power. Making up more than 40 percent of the car buying market, there’s been a considerable shift in thinking from the car companies about just who they should be selling their cars to. The youth crowd has been the typical demographic, but with only making up 27 percent of new vehicle sales, it begs the question of just how much effort should be extended to encourage the young to purchase a car?
Earlier this week, we showed why buying a used car is smarter than buying new. The value of a new car will depreciate very quickly only a few years after buying it, so the owner will get a better return on a used car vs. a new car if they eventually have to trade it in. As it turns out, Forbes is talking about the new vs. used car debate as well. A few days after we published 
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