09.07.23 Booking Holiday Air Travel / Managing Hospital Bills

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 7 September 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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It’s time to think about holiday travel plans and Clark has some guidance on the best time and way to book flights. Also today, surprise medical bills persist and massive, inaccurate hospital bills remain the main culprit. Clark offers strategies for both the insured and uninsured facing hospital costs. Holiday Air Travel: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Hospital Bills: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show Google Says This Is the Best Time to Book Cheap Holiday Flights Follow Clark Howard's #1 Rule To Travel Cheap How To Plan a Trip: Clark's Best Travel Tips To Save Money How To Find Cheap Flights in 3 Easy Steps Cheapest Way to Rent a Car: Expert Tips Inaccurate Medical Billing Creates Problems for Older Adults Medical Facilities Far From Hospitals Are Charging Hospital Rates As ‘Satellites.’ What Gives? How To Find a Trustworthy Mechanic Trustpilot Review: Is Trustpilot Legit? How to find the best auto repair shops 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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0:21.0	I'm so glad to be able to welcome you here at the Clark Howard Show.
0:30.0	You know, our mission is all about you.
0:34.0	About serving you and powering you with knowledge that allows you to make better financial decisions in your life.
0:45.0	I've already started getting questions here in September about buying travel for Thanksgiving Christmas New Years.
0:54.0	How and when? Well, I got some key data to share with you that's been number crunched.
1:02.0	And later medical bill shock was supposed to go away.
1:07.0	But people are still shocked by their medical bills.
1:11.0	We're going to talk about that what you might do if you get a bill that just seems way too high.
1:20.0	We'll discuss it.
1:22.0	So I shared with you in late July early August that domestic air fares are actually going down.
1:32.0	And I recently helped my daughter find a fair from Los Angeles to Washington DC.
1:40.0	And the fair shockingly was $208 round trip.
1:46.0	And it wasn't on spirit or frontier.
1:50.0	It was on a regular airline just over 200 round trip.
1:56.0	And I bought a ticket to go to the west coast to see my daughter in LA.
2:02.0	My fair was $94 each way to go coast to coast.
2:09.0	I mean, the fares that have been so ridiculously high with the wave of what was called revenge travel, the fares are settling down.
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