There's gift I've ever received has to be a bike when I was younger, a pedal bike.

It was a sort of slick little road bike and I remember it was all like it was so it was all wrapped up

but it was so obvious what it was obviously because nothing shaped like a bike and I had a little ribbon on it

and I was so excited. For that was a life changer and I'm still sort of big on cycling around my area now

so for that one change me a little.

Joy in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks.

It's my pleasure to welcome you to the Clark Howard Show where our mission is to serve you and empower you

so you make better financial decisions in your life.

If you're someone who rents properties

have you seen the cleaning fees lately?

Well I want to talk about what you can do about it and later there's a free and easy way

well there's one that's free and one that's easy to help you lower your energy bill at your home.

I'm going to talk about the free way and the easy way to do so.

Some are time travel. People who are going on family trips tend to want more than just a hotel room

and so there have been two movements in the travel business that accelerated over the last couple of years

particularly if you avoided travel for the last couple of years because of the pandemic

you'll find there are a lot lot lot more hotels now hotel rooms that are small apartments

from studio apartments to full wind bedrooms rarely full two bedrooms.

There's always been an extended stay kind of mark in the United States

but even traditional hotels are building within their four walls

a certain number of one bedroom suites because they see the success of Airbnb and VRBO

and so the hotel industry is doing the most flattering thing

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