Category: Austin Resources

Austin’s weather swings hard. The month-by-month temperatures, what to wear each season, the winter cold-front trap, and the casual dress code that saves suitcase space.

The Austin Marathon closes central Austin from before dawn to mid-afternoon. The timeline, what’s closed, how to get around, and how to still make a flight.

October is Austin’s priciest month and SXSW its worst week. The event calendar that triples hotel rates, the cheapest times to visit, and how to beat the surge.

Hurt at a hotel? Your rights as an invitee under Texas premises liability, what to do right now, the two-year deadline, partial fault, and when to get a lawyer.

Found bed bugs in a hotel? What to do right now, how to document it, getting a refund and compensation, when to sue, and how to avoid bringing them home.

Surprise hotel damage and smoking fees are common and disputable. Make the hotel prove it, build your evidence, escalate to corporate, and dispute with your card.

Is it a hold or a real charge? How incidental holds work, the charges that go wrong, how to fix it with the hotel, and your credit-card dispute rights.

Getting your money back depends on the rate you booked. How to cancel flexible and non-refundable Austin hotel rooms, the event-weekend traps, and chargebacks.

Something is always in the air in Austin. The month-by-month allergy calendar: cedar, oak and the yellow dust, grass, ragweed, and mold, plus how to treat it.

Austin summers hit 100 degrees and the grid sometimes fails. How hot it gets, heat safety and cooling spots, why the power goes out, and what to do in an outage.