July 4th Savings: With Gas and Other Expenses So High, Many Companies Are Offering Special Deals
From computers: Gateway@email.gateway.com , to Los Angeles on a budget, LA Budget , the high gas prices are pushing other prices lower.
Automobile AA estimates that fewer will travel this July 4th (weekend), but there are still millions who will. If you are driving, make sure your tires are fully inflated, you have cleared out the junk in your trunk--less weight less gas. Well that's true for human behinds as well, no?!? Look for cheaper gas, but not at the expense of driving around a lot looking for it.
Seniors are being offered special deals as well: AARP Travel Students as well as families can get discounts, ie, incentives, due to mile high gas (AKA) oil prices. Student Travel
AARP has a deal for a romantic trip to Sandals in the Caribbean--usually this resort is identified with nubile young-uns or newly marrieds, but now they want us boomers as well.
The State of Vermont is giving away a $100 tank of gas to potential visitors this summer.You can enter contest here:
Vermont Gas $100
Lowe's is offering a 10% discount up to $5,000 in purchases to all military Lowe's Offer If you are going to take advantage of discounts and sales, do so with a critical eye. Like some airlines which started charging for checked bags, offering free baggage checking is hardly a savings--it's just back to service as it was a few months ago.
So, think before you buy, do you really need that purchase or is this a GREAT, I CAN SAVE MONEY!! Well, of course you haven't really, you have still spent money -- just maybe a little less.






Travel season is almost upon us. Lots of us Boomers and others will be going on vacation or going to family reunions. My daughter and I will be driving to MI. So I started thinking about ways to reduce our carbon footprints/tiretracks along the way. We'll be driving miles and miles over several days to get to our destination. And we'll be using gallons and gallons of gas to get there. I'll get the car serviced, tires pumped up, new oil, lighten up our amount of stuff that we will take along, take our own travel cups to save dumping in the trash along the way, but...are there other things I can do?? Ah Ha! I thought, check out if there are any hotels or motels that Think Green. And yes, there are. The Green Hotels Association (
A simple recycled-paper towel rack hanger is currently being offered to hotels by the "Green" Hotels Association which says "Please decide for yourself. Towels on the towel rack mean "I'll use it several times". Towels on the floor mean "please exchange"." Guests should encourage hotels to place these hangers in all rooms. 
