Lifestyle

A person drafting a design for a new in-ground pool: In planning a home enhancement, consider the hidden costs of home upgrades
Home & Garden

Hidden Costs of Home Upgrades

When a home enhancement becomes a lifestyle creep trap

By Becca van Sambeck, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance | April 15, 2026
A small model airplane, passport cover, globe, and stethoscope: a concept of travel health insurance
Finance

Travel Health Insurance: Worthwhile or a Waste?

Will you have the protection you need if you’re sick or injured?

By Erin Bendig, Kiplinger’s Consumer News Service | April 13, 2026
A glass top dining table helps to add a light element to this dining area. (Handout/TNS)
Easier Living Homes

Space-Saving Tips for Your Home

Make the most of smaller spaces

By Cathy Hobbs | April 8, 2026
A person holds an earthworm in rich soil, for the tyger and the worm
Home & Garden

The Tyger and the Worm

A gardener’s prayer and poem

By Robert Koehler | March 30, 2026
Piggy bank in a mini shopping cart: Ideas for grocery savings hacks
Finance

Grocery Savings Hacks

Slash your grocery bills

By Kerri Anne Renzulli, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance | March 27, 2026
Man handing over a bunch of $100 bills, representing a large tax refund. Romolo Tavani
Finance

Make the Most of Your Tax Refund

Six ways to use the funds wisely

By Beth Braverman, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance | March 25, 2026
Early spring yard tips include loosening compacted soil. By Johnnydevil
Easier Living Homes

Early Spring Yard Tips

Start the season right

March 16, 2026
You may have an abundance of money or not, but these frugal habits can help.
Finance

Frugal Habits for All Income Levels

7 essential tips

By Rachael Green, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance | March 13, 2026
Woman in wheelchair working on laptop. Millions more Americans with disabilities have become eligible to contribute to an ABLE account. (Dreamstime/TCA)
Finance

ABLE Account Eligibility Improvement

A savings boost for people with disabilities

By Emma Patch, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance | March 6, 2026
Tarantulas on the ground, by Armenarmen88. Who will kill the spiders?
From Our Readers

Who Will Kill the Spiders?

Going out in a blaze of glory

By Michael W. Updike | February 17, 2026

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