Category Archives: Vacation

There’s a Facebook Stalker Waiting to Burgle Your Home

I recently wrote an article on LinkedIn about how there are criminals who prey on people who put out ‘public’ posts about cool big boys toys or other items that they own. Things like shots of the boat on a … Continue reading

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How can people ever get into their first home? Here’s How.

I was thinking in the shower this morning, as I do, about all of the people who feel that they will never be able to buy their first home. It’s just too expensive.   House prices are the highest they … Continue reading

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Avoid the Traffic on Waitangi Weekend

The NZTA have a couple of fantastic services for long weekends and public holidays called Holiday Hotspots. I use it every long weekend when I go away and barring people having accidents, I enjoy near normal driving speeds and even … Continue reading

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Mapped: Terror threat around the world

See where around the world the Foreign Office believes a terror attack is most likely to happen Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk Have some of your friends started having holidays in more unusual places of late? South America has suddenly … Continue reading

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Where would you rather be on Labour Day? Plan your trip home

Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.nzta.govt.nz The NZ Transport Agency researched the last several years of Labour Day holiday traffic around New Zealand and published the information on it’s web site at with PDF maps for each of the North and … Continue reading

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