When searching for cheap flight deals, timing is crucial. In the opposite fashion to package holidays, last-minute deals can rarely be found, as most airlines structure their prices to increase as the number of seats available decreases. Start your search well in advance of your dates of travel, and use the internet to quickly search [...]

Sometimes being frugal and saving money where possible is the right thing to do. Sometimes it’s the only option available when finances are tight. But people who are able to make ‘lifestyle’ decisions on the things they buy would never buy the cheapest fridge on offer or the cheapest material for the new kitchen worktop. Nor would they buy [...]

Online fraud and the threat of malware is an ever present danger as we use the internet day-to-day. Here are a few pointers to keep your computer and personal information protected when online  cheaply! For all secure websites you use, have passwords that can’t be easily guessed. Avoid information that could be worked out, such [...]

Summer 2010 was a terrible one for the British travel industry as thousands of holidaymakers had their vacations disrupted through a combination of collapsed travel companies, threats of industrial action and even volcanic ash clouds! So, as people’s thoughts turn to summer 2011 and with such uncertainty in the travel industry, does it make sense [...]

House prices are up! House prices are down… Now they’re up again! And now there down again. And when they are only halfway up they’ll be neither up nor down…. And that’s where they need to be, neither up nor down but on a bit of a plateau. While that’s going on, earnings need to [...]