Category: Saving Money

Budgeting

How to easily save money on your household bills

A great way to save money every year is to spend some time looking to see if you can get your utility bills and other annual spending cheaper by switching tariffs or switching providers all together. I try to do this every year, but I often forget when contracts end, and I only get around to searching for the best deals about 6 months after the contract ended, oops! Just last week I spent an

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Saving Money

Is cruising good value for money?

We absolutely love cruising and we are currently planning our 3rd cruise. We really think that cruising offers fantastic value for money, and here’s why. Visiting a variety of locations If you want to see a lot of the world without the effort of backpacking or multiple flights and arranging accommodation in several locations then cruising is a great alternative. Your cruise will include any number of stops in locations across the world. You can

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Food

How To Eat Healthy On A Budget

After consuming our body weight in eggs, many of us are now looking to eat healthy as summer approaches. However, eating well often comes at a cost- juices, organic veg and good quality meat are really expensive!! It often seems cheaper to order a takeaway than to faff around and cook from scratch. However, as a healthy living blogger (www.abalancedbelly.co.uk) , I am used to finding ways to be a thrifty health foodie Online Deals

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Saving Money

How to save money on everyday items

We’ve all looked forlornly at our bank statements from time to time and found they’re a little bit lighter in cash than we expected. Usually, the main culprits are the incremental costs that accrue without being noticed, such as food shopping, bills, and treats. Help is at hand though – these six tips will help you save a respectable sum each month. Planning meals How many people hand this out as good advice, but actually

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Free Stuff

How to support free lottery websites

Nowadays you can earn money from your selfie, your postcode, your number plate, your telephone number, your birthday and so much more. It seems that there are new free lottery websites popping up every day offering you the chance to win some money completely free of charge. It is really important that we support these websites so that they can turn into a long term success! What are free lottery websites Free lottery websites are

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Saving Money

Is staying in a Walt Disney Resort good value for money?

If you choose Walt Disney World (that’s the one in Florida folks!) as your holiday destination, you might be surprised at just how much it costs to stay at a Disney World resort hotel. Whilst Disney offer hotels to suit every budget, it is still quite pricey. So is staying at a Disney World resort hotel (on site) good value for money? I have done both and they both come with their own pluses. Free Disney

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Beauty

#toiletrychallenge

If there is one thing that I am extremely guilty of, it is of having too many toiletries and yet still buying more. Our bathroom cabinets (yes, plural) are bursting and I am even using other areas in the house to store our excess toiletries. With this in mind, I have come up with the #toiletrychallenge. The #toiletrychallenge is very simple – anyone who participates tries not to buy any more toiletries until they’ve used

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Saving Money

Why we always rent a car in Orlando

With our next Orlando adventure less than two weeks away, I wanted to answer a question that I have seen over and over again – do you need to rent a car in Orlando? There are plenty of ways to get around in Orlando, from theme parks having their own transportation (Disney offer free buses between hotels and theme parks, boats and a monorail) to using Uber cars. However, we would never consider not renting a car

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