04.08.26 Booking Rules Of Travel / Cell Phone Bans

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Clark Howard

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🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today - if you’ve been planning summer travel, you may have sticker shock from hotel & airfare costs. Travel inflation is real, so it pays to know Clark’s "Golden Rules" for booking to ensure you don't overpay. Also, Clark discusses the growing movement to ban cell phones in schools, restaurants, and concert venues. Some businesses and artists are jumping on the cell phone BAN-wagon. Flight & Hotel Booking: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Cell Phone Bans: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: Follow Clark Howard's #1 Rule To Travel Cheap The Best Way to Find Hotel Deals When Prices Are Sky-High Hopper | Book Hotels, Flights, Car Rentals & More How To Pack a Carry-On the Right Way - Clark Howard Protect Your Identity Archives - Clark Howard Why You Need To Lock Your Brokerage Account Today How To Find and Choose a Financial Advisor Which Documents Should You Keep and for How Long? Clark.com resources: Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com / Ask Clark Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm so glad you're with us here on the Clark Howard Show.
0:08.4	Our mission is to serve you with advice and information that empowers you to make better
0:14.4	financial decisions in your life.
0:17.4	Today, if you've been planning your summer travel, there's a lot of sticker shock you're
0:23.1	seeing right this moment.
0:24.6	I'm going to explain what's going on how you handle this.
0:30.0	And later, when you eat out or you go to a concert, have you noticed how many people are
0:37.4	on their cell phones the entire time?
0:41.4	Some businesses, artists are jumping on the cell phone bandwagon.
0:48.3	Yeah, bandwagon.
0:50.5	I want to talk about ban.
0:52.5	Ban wagon. And I'm going to talk about ban. Van wagon. And I'm going to talk about that straight ahead.
0:59.0	I like that, Chris.
1:00.0	You like it?
1:01.0	Yeah.
1:02.0	I thought you liked that.
1:03.0	All right.
1:04.0	So time to talk, travel.
1:05.0	Hotel rates, airfares, gosh, gasoline of late, all so crazy expensive. I want to talk about each of those
1:15.3	and get you ready for your summer. Okay. So rule number one with airfare. Airfares were already significantly higher before the hostilities began in Iran,
1:33.9	because demand has been crazy strong. So the key with airfare is your shopping for summer.
1:42.8	You got two friends, the calendar and comparison
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