Frugal experts champion certain vacations as great ways to save, but these trips are not one-size-fits-all fun. Avoid these pitfalls on your next vacation.
This is the third in a three-part series about bottled water. To read the first installment, click here. To read the second installment, click here.
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Fun, Frugal Vacations: What the Experts Fail to Mention
Frugal experts champion certain vacations as great ways to save, but these trips are not one-size-fits-all fun. Avoid these pitfalls on your next vacation.
Bottled Water, Bottled Hype Part 3
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8 Ways Retirees Can Spring Clean Their Finances
You're retired, but that doesn't mean your finances are. Take some time this spring to spruce up your money.
How to Build Your Own Amortization Schedule
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10 Things I Just Won’t Do to Save Money
Turn down money-saving opportunities? Yup! One very frugal writer shares the questionable and straight-up dumb ways he won't save money.
Pour-Over Coffee: Better Than Brewed?
Can making your coffee in what looks like a fancy flower vase give you inexpensive, delicious java? Oh, yes. Say hi to pour-over coffee.
Stock Investing Online: ShareBuilder vs. Discount Brokerage
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Cheap Ways to Spend a Night Out
Entertaining at home is frugal and great...but sometimes, you just want to leave your house! Here are 15 affordable ways to have an evening out.
Why You Should Be Saving Big With Bi-Weekly Mortgage Payments
Paying your mortgage every couple of weeks instead of monthly can shave thousands in interest costs, but going bi-weekly is not a simple as it seems.
The Not-So-Private Parts
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7 Affordable Northern Destinations to Beat the Heat This Summer
Summer heat and humidity got you down? Freshen up with a trip to one of these way cooler destinations.
Playing Around: Frugality as a Game
Most people don't find frugality fun. Describe a thing as frugal and people will tune out. Describe a person as frugal and he immediately seems uninteresting. However, this
6 Steps to Getting a Credit Card When You Have Bad Credit
Bad credit might get in the way your financial goals, but it doesn't have to keep you from getting approved for a credit card.
Best Money Tips: How to Stop Buying so Many "Wants"
Today we found some awesome articles on how to stop buying so many "wants," saving money and the planet, and correcting the wrong money lessons.
How to Find a Great Babysitter
Take back date night! Here's how to find and vet a trusted babysitter in your area.
25 Things I Don't Want to Regret Once I Retire...
I met with an elderly couple today in their home to execute some planning documents. While neither of them ever had jobs as professionals and neither inherited any money from fa
Best Money Tips: Save on Your Snowboard or Ski Trip
Today we found some awesome articles on saving on your snowboard or ski trip, ways for teens to make money, and getting your retirement back on track.
What to Buy, and Avoid Buying, in February
Winter rolls on, as do the rolling discounts. Read on for the stuff you can buy cheap this month — and the stuff you should hold off on.
The Key To Making Money Online? Diversification, Baby!
Most of us are familiar with the term "diversification". Its what the well-respected analysts tell us to do with our investment portfolios to insure against the ups and d
You Can Make a Big Life Change: Here's How
It is always possible to make a major change in your life. But if you want the change to stick, approach the decision logically and methodically.