Tips and Tricks

I just found a great website that I thought I would share.  Rick Seaney is the founder and CEO of FareCompare.com - a great site that keeps you on top of airfare deals.  He also has a personal blog that is really cool as well: www.rickseaney.com

In his blog you will find interesting articles such as "Travel Myths: Prices Go Up on Weekends", "New York's Passenger Bill of Rights", "Northwest Airlines: Over a Quarter-Million Unserved" and one that has particluar interest to me since I am 6' 5" tall: "Have No Fear, Knee Defender is Here" about a product that attaches to your fold-down seat tray that keeps the seat in front of you from reclining into your knees!

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Recently I bought some extra camera equipment, and decided to add up my total scuba equipment value. Over the past 3 years I have bought over $8,000 in scuba equipment!!

Since I am a DAN member, I decided to get a quote from their equipment insurance company, H2Oinsurance.com. My quote came to over $240.00/yr.

After a bit of investigation, I found that DEPP is another popular provider, and a post on Scuba Board asked for insurance comparisons between DEPP and H2O. Someone wondered about adding a provision to their homeowners policy to cover their equipment. One poster came in and offered up a new option... a State Farm Personal Articles policy.

I easily chose State Farm. Read on to see why.

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