Bob Bryan

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Articles

All-in Pricing With No Hidden Fees Is Here, and It's Awesome

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |Emily Stewart |Henry Blodget

If you haven't seen it yet, go check out Airbnb, Ticketmaster, Booking.com, or StubHub and behold the magic that is all-in pricing. These platforms, which once had a reputation for stacking on hidden fees as consumers got to the checkout page, are now showing their costs up front. It's not because all these companies have had a collective epiphany — it's because the government is compelling them to be more transparent.
Your Credit Card Rewards Are Getting Worse Thanks to Recession Worries

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |Juliana Kaplan |Henry Blodget

For a certain subset of Americans, credit card rewards make the world go around. The cottage industry around credit cards and their requisite rewards is centered on a tantalizing prospect: You spend money to make money. And, if you play the game right, you can secure perks you'd never otherwise afford. I've spoken to younger credit card holders who have found themselves in luxury layback seats on planes or in fancy airport lounges.
It's Getting a Lot Harder to Work From Another Country

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |Emily Stewart |Henry Blodget

William Fischer was in Peru, about to embark on a motorcycle tour around South America, when he got an offer he couldn't refuse — a job offer, that is. A US-based fintech startup reached out in spring 2024, and Fischer was intrigued. The only hiccup: They were 100% in office, no exceptions. The mandate didn't jibe with his LatAm-by-bike plan, or the digital nomad lifestyle he'd lived since 2021, working remotely while traveling to Spain, Mexico, and South Africa, among other locales.
Millennials aren't ready to inherit homes from their baby boomer parents

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |James Rodriguez |Henry Blodget

Chelsea Atkinson understood, at least in theory, that her father's house might one day be hers. She just didn't expect that day to arrive so soon. The death of her father in 2019 came as a shock: He was just 58, but complications from an earlier bout with lung cancer led to a quick decline. "It was like, 'Boom,'" Atkinson says. She was 28, an only child, and had already purchased a house in Austin, where she'd grown up.
From guitars to tubas, Trump's tariffs are making musical instruments more expensive

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |Emily Stewart |Henry Blodget

Alex Mundo gets a little worked up at the idea of tariffs making the instruments at his music store more expensive, especially for beginners. "There's going to be a lot of kids now who aren't going to be able to get their stuff, aren't going to be able to become musicians," he says. "It's already becoming very cost-prohibitive as it is."Mundo is a jack-of-all-trades within one trade: music.
America's Cracking Job Market: Layoffs, Unemployment, Recession

3 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |Neil Dutta |Henry Blodget

The US jobs market is almost never perfectly in balance. Even when things appear calm, there's some movement under the surface. Just take a cursory look at a chart of the national unemployment rate — the line is almost always moving up or down. Rarely does the line move sideways. This truism is why I have some worries about the fairly sanguine view that the most powerful economic policymakers have toward the state of the labor market.
Trump is asking Americans to do the one thing they hate most: buy less stuff

3 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |Emily Stewart |Henry Blodget

President Donald Trump is an unlikely member of the "buy nothing" movement — or, at least, buy less. The president consistently suggests that one effect of his tariffs would be to encourage people to buy fewer things. In the face of price increases and potential shortages, Trump says people can and should make do with less. It's an odd stance coming from any American president, let alone one whose brand is excess. It's also a concept Americans hate. Buying things is our national pastime.
Trump Is Scrambling the Fight to Be America's Top-Selling Beer

3 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |Emily Stewart |Henry Blodget

Bud Light was the king of beers for a long time in the United States. Sure, its sibling brand, Budweiser, had the formal title, but based on sales, the lighter lager was on top for decades. A couple of years ago, in the face of a cultural firestorm and changing consumer tastes, Bug Light lost its crown. Mexican-made Modelo took its place as the top-selling beer in America in retail, becoming the new rey of beers, if you will.
From hotels to U-Hauls, businesses are being blasted for 'bait and switch pricing'

1 month ago | businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |Emily Stewart |Henry Blodget

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . U-Haul trucks are a fixture of modern American life. They're invisible and ubiquitous at the same time — you don't think about them until you need one, or one's blocking the bike lane, or it's move-in day at the local college. Suddenly, the big white-and-orange vans are impossible to overlook.
Airlines Are Relying on Credit Cards, Loyalty Miles to Boost Profits

1 month ago | businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |Taylor Rains |Henry Blodget

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . While it's ubiquitous, air travel remains one of the wildest technical achievements in human history. Beyond the scientific feat that goes into achieving takeoff, airlines must coordinate tens of thousands of bags, employees, and travelers to make sure everyone gets to where they're going.