Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 17, 2015

Even the New York Times acknowledges that: As boomers join the ranks of grandparents, many are financing vacations for their children and grandchildren. My WWII era uncle and his wife made trips annually with one of their 4 grandchildren (a different one each year). For our 2012 trip (which we took in June), I started the fall before.

Vacation 100

Vacation Family Grandchildren Kids and Family 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 11, 2015

I wanted a place for our family to gather – adult children and grandchildren along with us. Our rental season is pretty much limited to 2 weeks in June, all of July and 2 weeks in August – sometimes with a holiday or two thrown in. Rental management companies may not distribute rental days evenly. Hint: not mine.

Vacation 100

Vacation Rent Taxes Grandchildren 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 10, 2017

My grandchildren’s other set of grandparents are just one example. One of the most recent survey’s available reported: “Average expenditures per consumer unit1 for July 2014 through June 2015 were up 5.9 percent compared with the July 2013 through June 2014 midyear average, the U.S. percent in 2009, the U.S.

Spendthrift 100

Spendthrift Economical Consumer Recession 100