So you’re ready to hit the beach for a week or two this Summer. Here are some suggestions on saving you money.
There are a couple of different options when you going to the beach - my favorite is to go with some family members and rent a condo. This has several advantages. One of the biggest advantages is you can split the lodging costs. Condos can be expensive, but if you split the cost with a couple of different families it becomes very affordable. What we like to do is eat at the condo for breakfast / lunch and then eat out during dinner. You can also eat at the condo a few nights. This saves a ton of money on food costs.
You can also save money on attractions. The easiest way to do this is to find some sites related to your vacation destination. From those sites you’ll usually find a bunch of different coupons. A good example is Myrtle Beach. We order a book that has usually two or three hundred coupons in it. They have places along the way in (visitors centers) and they have brochures for attractions (and more coupons).
Another suggestion is to talk to people that have vacationed there before. They may give you some tips and tricks on places to go, stay and ways to save money.
Enjoy your Tuesday.
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Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 75 March 6, 2010
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We Continue our series on Will Gardening Save you Money or Not
Last time we talk about should you grow a garden. Today we’ll talk about thinking about what plants to grow, next time we’ll get into the actual work of growing your garden.
There are [...]
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Saving Money on your Next Vacation part 2
Probably the cheapest vacation you can take is a trip to your relatives. We actually do this every couple of years, we take a trip to my wife’s aunt. We enjoy their company and they enjoy ours. They have plenty of room. We help them out [...]
Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 74 Feb.27, 2010
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Spring is just around the corner no matter how much snow is outside our window, and there is a bit. We’ll be talking on Saturdays in the next few weeks about some ways that you can save money in the spring. One of the first [...]
Got a busy day today, so we’ll keep the post short (TGIF).
Found this from one of the governments websites - 66 ways to save money.
You can check it out here - http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/money/66ways/ - you can view it online or check out the pdf version.
Have a wonderful Friday.
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During the next few Tuesdays we’re going to be talking about some ways to save money on your vacation. The first thing we would like to do is to talk some about the different types of vacations that you may be going. We’ll expand things over the next few weeks, today we’ll just [...]
Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 73 Feb.20, 2010
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Save Money on Doing your Taxes
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Before you work on your taxes, you want to make absolutely sure that you take advantage of a slew of tax credits this year. You can find the most comprehensive list (we could find) here - http://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/irs-tax-return/5519.html
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You’ve probably been hearing a lot of hub bub lately about the new credit card regulations that will be going into effect on Feb. 22nd. Here are some highlights of the changes and the revisions.
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Changes for people under 21.
-They will have a hard time building their credit history. If they don’t have any [...]
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Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 70 January 30, 2010
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We got about six inches of snow today. It’s not very good to make snowballs with, but it is very nice to sleigh ride on. Today’s update is a little
short, because we’ll be out playing in the snow.
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If you [...]
With Halloween just around the corner, a fun (cheap) activity to do this weekend would be to carve pumpkins.
Hopefully this will help you get started.
1. Carving Pumpkins - some great detail on the art of carving and taking care of pumpkins can be found here.
http://www.pumpkincarving101.com/pumpkin_carving_stencils.html
2. Stencils for pumpkins - don’t pay for them, there are [...]
Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 55 October 3, 2009
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Fall Savings for you.
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First our apologies for no newsletter last weekend. We had internet problems as someone decided to run into a pole that happened to be the fiber optic cable. So no internet for Friday Night and all [...]
Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 52 August 30, 2009
Summer Savings for you.
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The Cash for Clunkers program is officially over. There is a new program that may help you save money on appliances. Maybe we could call this “Cash for Cooks”.
Starting this fall you can get $200 in rebates for buying Energy Start [...]
Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 67 January 9, 2010
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We hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas and a festive New Year. Today we’ll be continuing our series on Credit Reports.
We’ve covered how to get your free credit report as well as How to read your credit report. Today [...]
Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 54 September 19, 2009
Summer Savings for you.
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Had some hiccups in our hosting system this past week - apparently too much traffic with one of our sites.
Hopefully we have corrected that.
Links you can Use
If you enjoy tailgating to a sporting even then you’ll enjoy this site.
http://www.tailgating.com/
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So you’re ready to hit the beach for a week or two this Summer. Here are some suggestions on saving you money.
There are a couple of different options when you going to the beach - my favorite is to go with some family members and rent a condo. This has several [...]
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Saving Money on your Next Vacation part 2
Probably the cheapest vacation you can take is a trip to your relatives. We actually do this every couple of years, we take a trip to my wife’s aunt. We enjoy their company and they enjoy ours. They have plenty of room. We help them out [...]
Today’s Friday fun is going to be a little different.
I’m not very much on New Year’s resolutions, but the New Year is a great time to make some changes, even if they are small changes. Small changes can make a big difference.
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One of my goals for this year is to get better organized. [...]
1. Go Caroling - even if you can’t sing, it can be a whole lot of fun.
2. Since most kids have some days off during the next couple of weeks, why not volunteer your time helping a local charity. It will make you feel good, teach your kids about charity, and help others at the [...]
