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Finding the right time to buy your plane ticket
Steve Henn Nov 12, 2010
Flying somewhere this holiday season? The closer we get to the holidays, the higher airfares go. And we will pay them. But, timing isn't the only thing that we do wrong when it comes to picking a holiday flight. Steve Henn explains.
Letters: What about the groom, and a lesson about qat
Sep 22, 2011
Kai Ryssdal goes through listener responses to recent Marketplace stories. This week: looking from the perspectives of "green" hotels and grooms in Indian marriages, and a lesson about qat.
Calculating the costs of flight delays
Sep 22, 2011
A new study finds that flight delays cost U.S. society more than $32 billion a year. Reporter Mitchell Hartman talks with Jeremy Hobson about how researchers came up with that figure and breaks down the number.
Going "green" can be cutting jobs
Sean Cole Sep 22, 2011
Hotels around the country are urging their customers to "make a green choice" and opt out of daily housekeeping for their rooms. But cutting back on water and electricity might also be cutting back on something else: jobs. Sean Cole reports.
Travel warning: The impact on tourism
Stephen Beard Sep 22, 2011
Japan has followed the U.S. and Britain in issuing a European travel alert after warnings of possible terrorist attacks. Europe correspondent Stephen Beard talks with Steve Chiotakis about the impact this might have on European tourism.
A black market for mooncakes in China
Rob Schmitz Sep 22, 2011
China's mid-Autumn Festival and its tradition of eating mooncakes has lent itself to an underground economy worth billions.
The fees on the bus go round and round
Sep 22, 2011
Traveling by bus can usually save you more money than, say, flying. But watch out for hidden fees. Los Angeles Times consumer columnist David Lazarus talks with Bill Radke about Greyhound's gift ticket fee.
Disruptions in U.K. over Tube strike
Stephen Beard Sep 22, 2011
Commuters in London are bracing for two days of strikes on the Underground subway system. London bureau chief Stephen Beard talks with Jeremy Hobson about what the strike is about and what chaos can be expected.
Location gone mass market
Joel Rose Sep 22, 2011
Location via smart phone is the latest part of consumers that marketers and companies are latching onto. Reporter Joel Rose takes himself on a tour of Philadelphia for a smart phone scavenger hunt.
What do you think: Is it OK for kids to capture fireflies and bugs to learn about nature?
Adriene Hill Aug 31, 2010
When I was a kid I'd spend summer nights collecting fireflies. I wasn't interested in killing them--just capturing them and watching them flash in...
