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by Lisa McGreevy, Rachel Christian, CEPF®Travel planning is complicated.Between finding flight or train routes, arranging accommodations, locating someone to watch your pets and water your plants and all the other 10,000 details that go into business and pleasure trips, it’s a wonder anyone goes anywhere at all.And considering the constant threat of flight cancellations, your trip might end before it ever begins.But one question that pops up a lot during

by Dana Sitar, CEPF®Contributor It’s many people’s least favorite time of year: tax season. Between frantically searching for your tax forms, organizing your receipts, figuring out how much it’ll cost you to file and trying to remember the most recent updates to the tax code, tax season can be stressful … to say the least. Thankfully, some smart software companies have made the process way easier — and, in some

by The Penny Hoarder Staff In 2022, there are more banks — or financial institutions that act like banks but technically aren’t — than ever. Brick-and-mortar banks where you can go inside and say howdy to a teller are still plentiful, but the visitors inside are fewer and fewer every year.The digital sphere is now filled with online-only money management options that include actual banks, neobanks, fintech firms and investment

by Nicole DowSenior WriterAlthough the pandemic lockdowns of 2020 have loosened up, many of us have found our new normal still includes spending a lot of time at home.With the novelty of Zoom happy hours and virtual events fading, we’ve reverted back to some classic ways to unwind at the end of the day — vegging out in front of the TV and curling up with a good book. And we

by Robert BruceSenior WriterTen years ago, promoting your small business on social media was a fairly new practice. A lot of business owners gave it a try, with most efforts revolving around Twitter or Facebook and their ever-changing algorithms.These days, while Facebook and Twitter are still major social platforms for small businesses, there are so many other options to spread the word about your business – from Instagram and Snapchat

by Kent McDillContributor There are more than 1 million lawyers in the United States practicing dozens of specialties. Those specialties range from criminal law to family law, medical malpractice to personal injury law. Add intellectual property and estate planning lawyers into the mix and you have even more people focused on legal matters. Because there are so many different types of lawyers answering the question “What kind of lawyer do