DEAR HELOISE: As a flight attendant with a major airline, I advise everyone to pack light. Air travel is convenient, safe and fairly easy, but it can be expensive. Fares keep going up, as well as fees for excess weight in your luggage, so please tell your readers to pack only what they know they need on a trip. You can buy anything else you forgot or need when you get to your destination. This will save money and an argument with the ticket agent when your bag is weighed.
-- Molly D. in Atlanta
DEAR HELOISE: I know that when most people travel they want to have enough money to enjoy the trip, but there is one investment they shouldn't overlook: travel insurance. Perhaps nothing bad has ever happened but that doesn't mean it won't or can't. If you travel out of the country, you can't depend on other countries covering your expenses if you need emergency medical treatment.
Credit cards offer insurance on many items, but they don't always cover medical expenses, canceled flights or a long list of other travel-related expenses. They usually don't cover nonrefundable tickets or help you if you are robbed. So get that travel insurance before you go on your next trip.
-- Renee G., Eugene, Ore.
DEAR HELOISE: The following are some hints I have used around the house:
• If you're removing fiberglass insulation, put your arm through long plastic bags like those you find on newspapers. Cut holes for your fingers, then slip on gloves to protect your hands. The plastic bags help keep the fiberglass off your forearms and sleeves.
• Use your water tooth cleaner as a mini jet washer to clean the dishwasher filter, jewelry, etc.
• Save the paint stir stick when you paint a wall. You can use it to help select other colors for things like curtains, sofas and chairs.
• Always paint the molding in a room first. It's easier to cut in the larger flat surfaces adjacent to them than to paint the molding after a wall is painted.
-- Phil Nester,
Smithsburg, Md.
DEAR HELOISE: I was overrun with magazines and catalogs. I called a senior living center, which was happy to take the magazines off my hands.
-- Jenny B. in Illinois
DEAR READER: Remove the pre-printed address label, if applicable.
Send a money- or time-saving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, Texas 78279-5000; fax to (210) 435-6473; or email
Heloise@Heloise.com
MovieStyle on 04/19/2019