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An aircraft approaches the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. Mystery travel involves setting off on a trip where you only know the destination once you board the plane. These trips are popular among friend and family groups, and travel booking companies have begun offering mystery travel packages. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

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Millennial Money: Mystery travel lets you focus on the fun, not the details
By SAM KEMMIS OF NERDWALLET
Mon,07/31/23-9:50PM , 126 Reads
Travel planning can be a real chore. Booking flights, deciding on the right hotel and building an itinerary might be fun for some, but others dread it. That’s why some travelers are opting for an unorthodox travel strategy that eliminates the planning stage altogether.
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Travelers use the kiosk by the ticketing gate as they prepare for travel from Love Field airport, May 19, 2023, in Dallas. When booking flights, navigating extra fees and upgrades can be overwhelming, which is no accident. Behavioral economics, a field that combines psychology with traditional economics, highlights the many biases that drive us to pay more than we have to. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

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How behavioral economics can help you save on airfare
By SAM KEMMIS OF NERDWALLET
Tue,07/11/23-1:31PM , 158 Reads
It’s not just you: Shopping for airfare is harder than ever. Choosing between basic economy and regular economy fares and navigating add-on fees makes booking more complicated, and that’s no accident.
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People pass through Salt Lake City International Airport Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in Salt Lake City. Artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT offer a novel way to research travel plans. They provide clear, easy-to-read suggestions that can be customized to almost any personal preference, leading to off-the-beaten-path suggestions that no guidebook or web search could provide. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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Millennial Money: How to use ChatGPT to plan your next trip
By SAM KEMMIS OF NERDWALLET
Mon,06/12/23-8:36PM , 108 Reads
Planning travel can be a daunting maze. Guidebooks, by their nature, send all readers to the same destinations. And web searches can yield an unhelpful mess of content.
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A traveler pulls their luggage between terminals at Logan International Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in Boston. Travel prices are high and young Americans remain eager to vacation. Yet looming economic and personal finance trends point to trouble ahead. Millennials and Generation Z are racking up credit card debt and falling behind on payments, and many are turning to “buy now, pay later” plans to fund travel. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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Millennial Money: Young adults traveling on fiscal thin ice
By SAM KEMMIS OF NERDWALLET
Mon,04/17/23-1:11PM , 114 Reads
Prices for travel remain stubbornly high. The cost of airfare in February was 27% higher than the same month a year earlier, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data . And rental car prices — having shot up during the pandemic — remain high today, as they’re 37% pricier in February than they were in the same month in 2019.
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