Summer is coming and you know what that means: vacations and travel headaches. And with the price of gas steadily rising you can be sure that airfares and road trips will be more expensive this year than last year. That is always a bummer. What makes vacation travel even more tedious is that every year
You can be frugal with your decision-making as well as with your money. I’d like to illustrate this point by talking about this article on another Website. The writer is afraid to try investing in the stock market because it’s complicated and a lot of people really do lose money that way. And what I
You have undoubtedly heard the old saying, “Time is money (and you’re wasting my time)”. People don’t always add that last part in but in many conversations that is clearly the implied meaning. I do believe that “time is money” because if I am not making money I may be spending it or saving it.
One of the most volatile home expenses for renters and homeowners alike is electricity. If your home is all-electric then you really feel the financial pressure when the weather outside is either very cold or very hot. Although homeowners may have more options available to them, we all have the ability to lower our electricity
I want to say that I am not in any way associated with the La Quinta hotel chain. I am just going to use them as an example. I have stayed at many different hotels during my life and I do like La Quinta but I also like Towneplace Suites and other good mid-level hotel
Do you know when drivers waste the most gasoline (and therefore the most money)? It is when they are sitting in traffic waiting for everyone else to move. That is classic rush hour syndrome, is it not? So here is a great tip on how to save on gas: don’t drive in rush hour traffic.
That sounds pretty good, does it not? Let’s go eat at our favorite expensive restaurant for half-price. Who wouldn’t want to do that? Okay, there is a catch. You cannot do this at every restaurant. And, frankly, after a certain price point you won’t be able to do it at all. But here’s one simple
I hate to break the bad news to you but there really is no such thing as “cheap health insurance”, not the way you’re probably thinking about it. To most people health insurance means that if you get sick you can go to the doctor’s office, be examined, get a prescription, and maybe pay no
I am not a relationship expert but I have noticed that a lot of guys who can’t seem to keep a girl interested in them make the same mistakes with the girls that they make with their money. They go all in at the beginning of the relationship and pretty soon they burn out. It’s
Learning how to pay your bills on time is a big part of becoming a grown-up. Unfortunately, many grown-ups still haven’t learned that lesson. Frugal living requires on-time bill payments to avoid unnecessary fees or inconvenient service interruptions. Paying your bills late or avoiding paying them at all will only get you in more financial trouble in
No advocate of frugal living would suggest that you can’t have fun and live a frugal life at the same time. In fact, the goal of frugal living is to have more fun and save cash at the same time. Frugal travel isn’t an oxymoron; thanks to the Internet, travel opportunities are becoming more affordable
Keeping yourself and your family entertained seems like an expensive proposition. Amusement parks, video game arcades, and even home entertainment like DVDs are all getting pricier. Thanks to the frugal living movement, you can find ideas for frugal entertainment all over the Internet and keep yourself and your family entertained without going into bankruptcy. Living frugal doesn’t
