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11 Ways To Make Personal Travel More Sustainable And Less Polluting

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Rent A Bike Not near home but still want to explore the area? Why not rent a bike for a few hours? Most major cities now have bike rentals available by the hour, which sure beats renting a car for the day. While gas is not currently at an all time high, it is still expensive. High gas prices got you down?

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4 High Impact Money Saving Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For example, buying food and paying rent do not make you any money. One of the biggest ongoing costs to owning or renting a home is electricity and gas. These long commutes, coupled with insanely high gas prices, make a sizable impact in your monthly budget. Therefore, they are expenses. Guard Your Home Thermostat.

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How to Save Money When Traveling

Saving Everyday

Avoid holidays and peak travel times when prices can be inflated. As flights are booked, and seats become more in demand, the prices will increase. Having our own car means we don’t have to rent one and we can bring a LOT from home. You’ll pay peak prices if you wait until you arrive to shop.

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Staycation Tips & Ideas to Help You Save

Saving Cents With Sense

Summer is officially here and that means that kids are home, people are time off work, and gas prices are up (yikes!). rent bikes to ride around town. Staycation Tips & Ideas to Help You Save. A staycation is the perfect economical alternative to a conventional vacation. Other ideas include: exploring local farmers markets.

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Five Frugal Things | when it feels pointless

The Frugal Girl

I used the Upside app again For whatever reason, the offers on my Upside app have been regularly beating the Royal Farms prices of late. I keep being able to get gas for less than $3/gallon! (I Relatedly: every time I have been to Sam’s Club, I’ve been pretty unimpressed with their gas prices.

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