Dr. Nafeesah Allen is a multilingual communications strategist and global real estate investor with nearly 15 years of experience. She began writing about home improvement and design over four years ...

Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of experience in the home space and 10 years of editing experience. We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Home.

Rental cars can quietly wreck a travel budget, not because of one big fee but through a steady drip of markups, insurance add-ons, and poorly timed bookings. With a few deliberate choices before and ...