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- Defective Products: Strategies to Get a Refund or Replacement
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- Cruises: How to Get the Best Deal
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- Hotel Intel: How to Find the Best Rates for Rooms
- Hotels Gouge Guests With Absurd Resort Fees
- Parking: Finding the Best Rates
- Rental Car Insurance: Should You Buy It?
- Restaurants Pay Steep Commissions and Fees to Order-and-Delivery Services
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- Tickets: Saving on Seats for Shows & Sports
- Timeshare Exit Companies Deserve a Time Out
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- Travel Websites Mislead by Falsely Declaring Few Hotel Rooms Remain
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