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8 Tips to Help You Save Money While On Vacation

Family Balance Sheet

We look forward all year to our summer vacation, so the last thing that we want to do is stress about the money spent while on our trip. A little up front planning will help you save money while on your trip, so that you can have the relaxed vacation that you''ve been waiting for. How long will your travel time be?

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How to Save on Food Costs When Traveling

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My husband and I both like to travel, but we’ve never had a large disposal income, so we’ve never had a lot of money to travel. In fact, eating out while on vacation got so expensive for us, especially after we had our first child, that we often had to cut our vacations short because we ran out of money.

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Everyday Changes that Save Money & Help our Planet + a $25 GIANT FOOD STORES Gift Card Giveaway

Family Balance Sheet

And the bonus to starting these new habits is that you can save quite a bit of money too. So we’re helping the environment and saving money…it’s a win-win. 6 Everyday Changes that Save Money & Help our Planet. By eating your leftovers, you are saving money and avoiding the land fills.

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How to Save Money Visiting Yellowstone National Park

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We also sat and chatted with our son and daughter-in-law in front of the fireplace at the Lake Lodge building, enjoyed the free piano concert and string quartet in the sunroom at Lake Yellowstone Hotel and rocked in the rustic rockers on the porch of the Roosevelt Lodge. How did you save money? Have you been?

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How to Get Your Child Excited About Reading

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My eighteen-month-old daughter would watch early morning kids TV and then we would sit and read several books together while I ate dry crackers to ease the nausea. We joined the local library when my second child was born to give an extra dimension to life for my daughter, who was not yet two. My husband left at 5.30 Get Healthy'

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Our daughter is 24 and was adopted from Eastern Europe when she was one week short of a year old. He married the love of his life almost two years ago, so now we have a daughter-in-law, too. The photos included with this post are mainly from our travel adventures. How did you get interested in saving money?

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Totally Money Blog Carnival #18 – 6 Ways to Save Money Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I am talking about spring cleaning your finances and finding more ways you can save money. Now on to the rest… Save Money this Spring: #1. Save Money this Spring: #2. Save Money this Spring: #3. We do this and not only is handy when we travel but we also save trees.