Prepaid card is ideal for travel

Hints from Heloise

Published: Tuesday, Jan. 22 2008 12:21 a.m. MST

Summary

Get a prepaid debit card to use for travel, and leave your credit/debit card at home. Take along a regular credit card if you'd like. If your prepaid debit card is lost or stolen, it won't provide access to your checking and other bank accounts, just to the amount prepaid. I used one for trips to Barbados and Hawaii, and I had no problems with acceptance.

Dear Heloise: Get a prepaid debit card to use for travel, and leave your credit/debit card at home. Take along a regular credit card if you'd like. If your prepaid debit card is lost or stolen, it won't provide access to your checking and other bank accounts, just to the amount prepaid. I used one for trips to Barbados and Hawaii, and I had no problems with acceptance. — Ronald from Kenhorst, Pa.

Ronald, a good safety consumer hint. I'm sure my readers will say, "Now why didn't I think of that?" — Heloise

Dear Heloise: This is in regard to wrinkles or bumps in garments left on hangers or lines on trousers. I keep a spray bottle with water and give a light spray to the area, then use my hair dryer on hot or warm, depending on the fabric. I hold it in that area for 30 seconds or so until the bump disappears. Sometimes it's necessary to pull or straighten at the same time. — Arlen H., The Villages, Fla.

This is a favorite travel hint of many. Just be sure the fabric won't be harmed by the water. — Heloise

Dear Heloise: Tired of folding the end of a tube of toothpaste to force the toothpaste toward the opening, only to find it unravels on you?

Solution: Fold the end and put a clothespin on it. Or use a small chip-bag clip on it. You will only need a small squeeze to get enough toothpaste, and "toothpaste-tube frustration" will end for anyone who uses the tube. — Leonard Stohler, Red Bluff, Calif.

Dear Heloise: To eliminate dry-powder pockets in a cake mix, sift the mix into the bowl. No dry lumps, and mixing is easier. — A Reader, Jasper, Ala.

Send a money-saving or timesaving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 78279-5000, or you can fax it to 1-210-435-6473 or e-mail it to Heloise@Heloise.com. I can't answer your letter personally but will use the best hints received in my column. © King Features Syndicate Inc.

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