Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 21, 2016

Recently, an extended family trip to Hawaii got put on hold due to costs. As it turns out, my estimate for a 2 week trip to Hawaii (one week on Oahu and one on the Big Island) would have been over $20,000 US Dollars. Naturally, my spouse and I had a discussion on how much we wanted to fund for our two sons and their families.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 2, 2011

Involve Your Child in Planning and Budgeting. If you believe in using allowances as part of personal finance training, letting your child take on more and more financial responsibility with an increasing allowance can help them be prepared to make good budgeting and spending decisions when they are on their own. What a deal.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 17, 2015

But our best trip was in 2012, when we funded a trip to Yellowstone with our two sons, their wives and our grandchildren. Here is what I did (and am currently doing while planning a dream trip to Hawaii for all of us). For our Yellowstone trip, I budgeted $9,000 for everyone for the entire trip to be funded by us.

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