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The Clark Howard Podcast

09.20.23 Food Delivery And Your Wallet / Bus Travel Is Back!

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.64.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

There’s a brewing war between food delivery services and restaurants and it’s costing customers. Clark discusses the big price difference between food delivery vs pickup or dining in, and the embedded cost of using food apps. Also, due to the unreliability of flight schedules, more people are driving to destinations they can reach in 8 hours or less. As an alternative, there are more discounted bus service options today to consider. A look at regional bus radial routes may save you money on travel Food Delivery Costs: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Bus Travel: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show WSJ: Who Should Eat the Cost of Pricier Delivery Menus? Food Delivery - DoorDash UberEats etc - Clark Howard Community What Is a Spousal IRA and What Are the Rules? 5 Things to Know About the Costco Car Rental Program Credit Card Car Rental Insurance: What You Need To Know Traveling by Bus Is No Longer a Plan B for Many Americans - The Wall Street Journal. Skiplagging: How it works and why the airlines can't stand it Amazon Clinic 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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0:00.0

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0:05.4

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0:10.0

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0:11.0

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0:16.8

keep future energy costs down for everyone and help cut UK carbon emissions to nothing.

0:22.5

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0:24.1

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0:28.6

It's wonderful to have you here on the Clark Howard Show.

0:40.0

Our mission is to serve you, to empower you, with knowledge so you can make better financial

0:47.8

decisions in your life and I'm going to begin today with something I love eating.

0:54.6

And something I hate paying too much to eat and I want to tell you there's a war going

1:01.2

on over your wallet right now between restaurants and food delivery apps.

1:08.3

You're the casualty of this war.

1:10.2

I'm going to tell you what you need to know to protect your wallet and we talk about

1:17.6

travel a lot, people ask a lot of questions about travel and it's usually air-based.

1:24.0

And from time to time, I'll hear from people who say, why don't you never talk about Amtrak?

1:28.6

But there's something else that is growing very quietly in much of the country.

1:35.2

Would you believe a blast of the past traveling by bus?

1:40.6

I'm going to talk about that later this hour when it might make sense as the best way

1:47.7

for you to go somewhere.

1:50.5

So we had a company meeting recently, a few of the staffers were together for a meeting.

1:58.5

They were hungry and they were going to order and lunch and so they went on to a restaurant.

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