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SUMMER TIPS
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Enjoy Summer Vacations
Without Going Broke
SUMMER IS coming. You can almost hear
the loud music, the papers shredding,
and the ecstatic rejoicing – wait, is that
the sound of students … or teachers?
Everyone is counting down the days until summer
for different reasons. The kids can’t wait to sleep in
and skip dealing with that ‘not-so-favorite’ teacher.
The teachers look forward to not being ignored
and not dealing with that ‘not-so-favorite’ student.
You might be counting down the days until
summer with a mix of relief and some dread.
What will you do with all of that time?
HOW WILL YOU DO EVERYTHING THE
FAMILY WANTS TO AND NOT GO BROKE?
Save money and everyone gets a vote with
these 3 types of vacations this summer.
Summer is a great time to make memories, but
we know it can be an expensive time if you
don’t have a game plan when that final school
bell rings. Heading into summer without some
kind of a plan is like a trip to the grocery store
without a list … when you’re hungry. It may
require credit counseling (and a new diet).
"You are making
memories with your
children. And you work
hard and deserve some
time away."
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SPRING 2017
We figured out the four of us do best when we
have a loose plan for the summer and some dates
on the calendar that everyone can look forward
to. We can’t afford to do everything everyone
wants to do but we found we could categorize our
summer time together into three different buckets
(and we rhymed them because, why not?). The
time falls into three groups: go, slow, and no.
1. GO – GO FOR THE BIG VACATION.
This is your encouraging shove to
“go”. Go for it. Take the big vacation
of the summer. Get out and go.
Getaways during the school year do not work with
our family’s schedules so we plan our big vacation
for each summer. We think of that as our “go”.