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Eco-Conscious Travel Tips

Shereen Travels Cheap

While travel doesn't always feel like it's great for the environment, especially when you're getting to your destination on a a huge plane that burns a ton of fuel, there are many things you can do to offset your travel carbon footprint. If you must have a straw, travel with a reusable one. You saved time and you saved money.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

We also like to have enough means to travel and visit family and friends, so being frugal in some areas helps us be generous in others. Do you have any tips for frugal travel or vacations? When we travel, we always drive. What’s your best frugal win? Also we can stop when we want or need to. Try things!

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Area Attractions: South Beach Wine & Food Festival (2/23-2/26)

Motherhood Moments

Two-time James Beard Award winner Mashama Bailey will take over the Festival’s headquarter hotel, Loews Miami Beach, to host the Sunday Table: Brunch with The Grey and Friends. event hosted by Marcus Samuelsson that aims to highlight Miami’s historic Overtown.

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Staycation Tips & Ideas to Help You Save

Saving Cents With Sense

If affording a vacation just doesn’t seem possible, why not have a “staycation” instead, where you enjoy your own city or state without all the added travel expenses. A staycation is the perfect economical alternative to a conventional vacation. Just because you are at home, doesn’t mean that you should be on call to the office.

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Ditch the Vacation: Turn Your Backyard into a Staycation

Saving Cents With Sense

For those who roll the dice and spend the big bucks, there’s no guarantee that lousy weather, creepy hotels, car trouble or unexpected illness won’t turn the whole trip into one giant fiasco. So, if your family is one of those whose getaway plans have been curtailed by harsh economic realities, then don’t despair. Backyard Camping.

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How to Save Money on a Vacation Rental Stay

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

As the sites gain more and more of the owner listings, they have all started to tighten their rules for both owner and traveler – to get the most revenue from both parties. When do you choose vacation rental properties over hotel rooms? Consolidation of sites is causing fees to rise.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The Skilled Investor , Editor Budgeting and Economics Little House presents The Five Tool Budgeter posted at Little House in the Valley , saying, “In baseball, a five-tool player is one who excels in some of the game’s major skills: fielding, base running, hitting for power, hitting for contact, and throwing ability.

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