Traveling by itself can be kind of expensive but little do people know they’ll end up spending a good portion of their traveling money just by standing around the airport while they wait for their flights. Luckily, there are a few tips to keep in mind to help you from dropping and arm and a… Read more
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Spend Smart and Increase Your Savings, From Home to the Grocery Store
Having a household budget and wisely spending money can stretch your dollars and free up cash for savings. But unfortunately, many families develop a routine of frivolously spending money and saving isn’t a thought. Maybe you’re not a big saver, and would rather spend your money. There is nothing wrong with a little indulgence and… Read more
The A-Z of saving money ebook review
Hi everyone! Today marks the official launch of the A-Z of saving money ebook, written by 12 authors, all established personal finance bloggers, and I was given an early copy to review. Check out the end of this post to win your free copy! You can also purchase the ebook here. What is… Read more
Financial goals update, January-February 2013
On January 1st, I set a number of financial goals, and will update every couple of months through the year. Here is the first review. two months have gone already! The main financial goal was to grow my net worth by 30%. With the purchase of a car, a boat, over $12K of works on the… Read more
Bang for your buck, UK edition
I have not updated this travel series for a long time, but Janine from My Pennies, My Thoughts contacted me to get tips about traveling around Europe for 6 weeks, and I wanted to share them with you too! You can check previous posts about the US, Guatemala or Morocco as well. I wrote a… Read more
Reduce, reuse, recycle… or resell to make money
As I have explained before, I hate waste. Wasting food, energy, getting rid of good items, means you are throwing money you worked for. It is a matter of time spent working for nothing, and also of education, the way I was raised, you had to make do with what was available. … Read more
Reduce everyday costs to start saving
If you ever stop to add up all the regular payments that leave your bank account every month, it’s a depressingly high figure. Yet, for the most part, these are necessary costs, for things that we can’t really function without. However, that doesn’t mean to say we should just accept this level of spending… Read more
Save money with online shopping and a $500 giveaway!
Another awesome giveaway today, $500 in Visa prepaid gift card, check the end of this post for more details! I love online shopping, compared to store shopping. You can be comfortable, at home, don’t have to spend money on gas, park, fight the crowds, queue, or blame yourself for always picking the slowest cashier. It… Read more
4 Tips for Controlling Your Holiday Spending
This is a guest post from Taylor B., the founder and editor of Repaid.org. You can follow him on Twitter @RepaidOrg or on Repaid.org’s Facebook page. One way to insure a happy new year is to keep a lid on your holiday spending. While that sounds easy enough to do, when was the… Read more
Preparing Financially for a Baby
Morning all! Today I am blog swapping with Glen from Monster Piggy Bank, so if you’d like to read some more, please head over to his site for my post about things we should be SPENDING money on! Also, it is not too late to enter the $100 giveaway that I am co-hosting, all the… Read more