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Creative Ways to Save Money for Travel

Shereen Travels Cheap

Take the money you would have spent on a costly concert, and save it instead. You just saved service fees. Find free things at home - I always suggest finding free things to do on vacation, so your dollars stretch further. Now, start saving to go somewhere amazing. Or buy the tickets and get a trip out of it.

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How To Save For A Dream Vacation + Giveaway

Saving With Shellie

” In order to afford our dream vacations, we have to start getting creative in saving for it! Here are some fantastic ways to save your pennies for the next Big Trip: Vacation Savings Account. If at all possible, jump-start the account with a lump sum, such as a tax refund. The Vacation Box.

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For Better Savings: Use Sub Accounts to Differentiate Your Goals

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

One of the mistakes that we often make when saving is putting everything into one account. It’s fun to watch your account grow, but at the same time, if you have different goals for the money, having everything in one account can be problematic, since you aren’t able to identify which money is earmarked for a specific goal.

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How to Save Money From Salary Without Sacrificing Your Lifestyle

Penny Pinchin' Mom

The post How to Save Money From Salary Without Sacrificing Your Lifestyle appeared first on Penny Pinchin' Mom. Learning how to save money from your salary without sacrificing your lifestyle is a skill worthy of an entire course subject in the most prestigious of schools. How much of your salary should you save?

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2019 Christmas Savings Club

Family Balance Sheet

It’s 20 degrees outside and all you want to focus on is warmer weather and summer vacation. But if those gifts were paid with a credit card that doesn’t get paid off as soon as the bill arrives, any savings from store sales, coupons, and/or rebates might be negated from the interest accrued. We have to plan and save for it.

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6 Tricks to Save More Money in 2015

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Yet, too often we make excuses not to save money, or we feel like our budget is just too tight to save. There are tricks you can use to save more money even IF your budget is very tight. Consider these strategies: Save all of your change. Pay in cash whenever you can and save all of your change. I know I would.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

How did you get interested in saving money? I learned to save money by watching my parents. (I I still remember saving my change as a kid so I could “shop” for books at yard sales.) What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts? A third “why” is that saving money is like a game to me.