09.01.22 Act Now for Holiday Travel / Job Market Trends & Work-Life Balance

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

After a chaotic summer, the outlook for fall travel looks better on every front. September is your cue to start planning holiday travel this year. Get Clark smart advice on how & when to book, avoiding the 4 most expensive travel days, and whether you need travel insurance. Also, Labor Day signals a good time to update job market trends. Clark discusses “unlimited vacation” & taking time off, as well as great part-time opportunities for retirees - and an employee tactic that is NOT recommended. Holiday Travel: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Job Trends: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: Why You Need To Book Holiday Travel Now What Is Travel Insurance? 7 Things You Need To Know How Many Credit Cards Should I Have? Clark Howard: Books - Clark Howard YouTube: Clark Howard: Save More, Spend Less How to Start Saving and Investing with Clark's Best Advice ClarkDeals - Laptops Clark.com resources Episode transcripts 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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0:00.0	It's my pleasure to welcome you to the Clark Howard Show.
0:08.3	Our mission is to serve you and empower you to make better financial decisions in your
0:14.2	life.
0:15.7	It's September and that means it's time to start thinking about Thanksgiving, Christmas
0:23.1	and New Year's travel, not kidding.
0:26.5	I'm going to tell you when to book and whether you need travel insurance with that trip.
0:33.0	And later, with Labor Day weekend happening, it's time to update you on some news around
0:39.8	the job market, opportunities you won't want to miss.
0:46.1	So air fairs this summer were berserk.
0:52.0	They were so ridiculously expensive and it wasn't like we were trying to go on a lunar
1:00.8	launch somewhere, but the fairs were charged like that.
1:04.5	But like a launch to space, a huge number of flights kept being scrubbed and delayed
1:13.0	and delayed and delayed.
1:16.2	I want you to know the fall is going to be better on every front.
1:23.9	So a lot of the factors with the flight delays and cancels aren't going to be present over
1:30.9	the fall.
1:31.9	A lot of airlines like American just for one month canceled 31,000 flights coming up later
1:39.3	this fall.
1:40.8	They're pairing schedules to become more reliable, which is also going to relieve pressure on
1:46.6	airport workers, flight attendants, gate agents, pilots, reservationists, you name it.
1:54.4	Things are not going to be as bad ugly as they've been because the fall is a slower travel
2:00.0	time.
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