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02.15.24 Cruise Travel Warning / Visa Vanilla Gift Card Follow Up

Podcast |: The Clark Howard Podcast
Publisher |: Clark Howard
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Advice,; Business,; Entrepreneurship,; Investing,; Personal Finance
Categories Via RSS |: Business,; Entrepreneurship,; Investing
Publication Date |: Feb 15, 2024
Episode Duration |: 00:30:39

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Cruise travel is way up and with it, problems with associated trip insurance. Learn what could go wrong, and Clark smart rules for cruise travel. Also today, a follow up on Visa Vanilla gift cards and the “draining” scam that left so many people with useless plastic. Cruise Trip Coverage Warning: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Vanilla Gift Card Scam: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: NYTimes: Help! I Missed a Cruise and the Cruise Line’s Own Travel Insurance Won’t Pay. Where You Should Never Buy Travel Insurance for a Cruise Clark.com - CRUISES / Clark.com - TRIP INSURANCE How To Plan a Trip: Clark's Best Travel Tips To Save Money 401(k) Match: What Is It, How It Works 401k Calculator With Match - Clark Howard New York Post: Visa is sued over ‘Vanilla’ gift card scam known as ‘draining’ What Is an ETF? Should We Worry About the National Debt and Budget Deficits? Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cruise travel is way up and with it, problems with associated trip insurance. Learn travel-insurance.html?smid=nytcore-android-share">what could go wrong, and Clark smart rules for cruise travel. Also today, a follow up on Visa Vanilla gift cards and the “draining” scam that left so many people with useless plastic.

Cruise Trip Coverage Warning: Segment 1
Ask Clark: Segment 2
Vanilla Gift Card Scam: Segment 3
Ask Clark: Segment 4

Mentioned on the show:

travel-insurance.html?smid=nytcore-android-share">NYTimes: Help! I Missed a Cruise and the Cruise Line’s Own Travel Insurance Won’t Pay.
Where You Should Never Buy Travel Insurance for a Cruise
Clark.com - CRUISES / Clark.com - TRIP INSURANCE
How To Plan a Trip: Clark's Best Travel Tips To Save Money
401(k) Match: What Is It, How It Works
401k Calculator With Match - Clark Howard
New York Post: Visa is sued over ‘Vanilla’ gift card scam known as ‘draining’
What Is an ETF?
Should We Worry About the National Debt and Budget Deficits?

Clark.com resources

Episode transcripts
Community.Clark.com
Clark.com daily money newsletter
Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275

Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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