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Creative Ways to Save Money for Travel

Shereen Travels Cheap

Save your pennies - Yes, we all have a change jar, but I also like using an app that will hook up to my bank account and credit cards, so every time I make a purchase (or pay a bill) it rounds up to the nearest dollar - or more - and moves that difference into a savings account for you. Many times pieces are brand new.

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4 High Impact Money Saving Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you analyzed your bank statement or credit card bill, you would probably find a large percentage of the charges would be fast food or other “eating out” type expenses. 4 High Impact Money Saving Tips is a post from: Prairie EcoThrifter.com. Related posts: 10 Money Saving Tips for Your Home. Please share.

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Frugal Tip | Nix The Debit/Credit Cards

Saving Everyday

I hate strongly dislike debit/credit cards. My simple solution was to just nix the cards and use cash. A Dunn & Bradstreet study found that people spend 12-18% more when using credit/debit cards than when using cash. We both get a set amount of cash each week and that is our spending money.

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How to Save Money Fast – My Top 20 Tips

Penny Pinchin' Mom

So I would suggest using this method until you have your spending habits under control, and then you can go back to the credit cards. Download Cash Back Apps Remember when I said you were going to need your credit cards at some point? What I do is use my credit cards in conjunction with cash back apps.

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Meet a Reader | Megan from California

The Frugal Girl

What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts? I like to have money saved because of the sense of security that we could cover most emergency expenses that arise. I made some foolish choices shortly after graduating college, burning through my savings and running up credit card bills.

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How to Save Up for a Car Without Breaking the Bank

Penny Pinchin' Mom

How much of that do you have saved up as we speak? The simple truth is that not many people have enough money saved up to buy a car. For example, if you want to buy a car worth $20,000, you could decide to save $1,000 a month for 20 months or $5,000 a month for four months. What is your dream car?

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30 Day Trial of LifeLock Services | Simply Protect Your ID & Future

Saving Cents With Sense

I have had LifeLock for over a year now when I found that there were suspicious activity on my credit cards. Any sort of activity that is used under my social security, credit card, personal information I have been notified and they have helped to fight to keep me safe. Read my disclosure policy here.