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Your pennies may be feeling pinched, but don’t cross the idea of a vacation off your list just yet. Depending on your lifestyle, there’s a way for you to travel the world and discover hidden locales, and do it all while saying in someone else’s house, for free. It’s called housesitting, and with the right references and tips, you could soon be on your way to an economic and enjoyable vacation. (more…)

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Creating a good home budget is one of the most effective ways to ensure you have some financial security. Having a budget means you won’t spend more than you have, you can plan ahead and you can also make adjustments when unexpected financial events occur. But what are the key features of a good budget? Here are some characteristics of a budget that we think are the most important: (more…)

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Finding a way to have an additional stream of income, even if it is small, can be a great way to help you save for special occasions or to reduce your debts. If you can get this income stream from something you enjoy doing, then that’s all the better. Yahoo recently published a piece featuring a variety of hobbies that could make you money. From their case studies, we’ve got our own ideas for turning hobbies into dollars: (more…)

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Of course you want your wedding day to be a special one, but you don’t want to spend the next ten years paying it off. There’s a happy balance to be struck, and these tips will help you save some money on wedding costs: (more…)

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Living in today’s world, where men and women are equals in both the workplace an home, can sometimes bring up questions about yesterday’s customs. For anyone who has been on a date recently, you’re already familiar with the big one: who pays for dinner? (more…)

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Scary stuff from a recent CNN report about the inevitability that taxes will rise: Janice Revell from the Money Magazine is sure that taxes have been cut too much, too quickly and historical analysis makes it look like this is a situation that can’t last. She thinks proof is there even as recently as 1980 when tax rates for the top tax brackets were double what they are today. (more…)

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A friend of mine just told me that she was waiting on a birthday gift from the Something Store and I was pretty intrigued. If you’re looking for an interesting gift for someone that won’t cost you the earth, it might be worth checking out, just for something that’s a bit different. (more…)

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We all want to fuel up for less with gas prices rising higher and higher, and no predicted relief in sight. There are various ways we can do this more cheaply and a recent article at Yahoo Finance surveyed a few different technologies that help us do so by comparing prices and getting the information we need online or even straight to our cell phone. (more…)

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With the cost of getting a good education constantly rising, many students are finding they finish college with a mountain of debts that will take quite a few years to repay - assuming they get a good job at the end of it. To improve their chances of getting a good job, many students end up studying at a more prestigious school, which is also more expensive, so they have an even larger debt: and the cycle begins. (more…)

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Money isn’t everything. Most of us can grasp this concept, although we might have difficulty applying it in real life, where money seems pretty important to make sure we have a roof over our head, food to eat … and lots of gadgets and gizmos to play with. A recent article at Yahoo Finance reinforces the idea that money doesn’t buy happiness. And there are a few interesting reasons why this is the case: (more…)