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YOUR NEXT VACATION
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Enjoy Your Next Vacation
Without Going Broke:
3 STRESS FREE TIPS
HOW WILL YOU DO EVERYTHING
THE FAMILY WANTS TO AND NOT
GO BROKE? different buckets (and we rhymed them
because, why not?). The time falls into
three groups: go, slow, and no.
Save money and everyone gets a vote
with these 3 types of vacations. 1. GO – GO FOR THE BIG
VACATION.
Vacationing 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). This is your encouraging shove to “go”.
Go for it. Take the big vacation. Get out
and go.
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 time together into three
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”.
Go camping. Go east. Go west. Go to
Disney. Go visit relatives. Go to the Rock
‘n Roll Hall of Fame. Go find the biggest
ball of twine. Just pack some bags and go.
This is your one big trip for the summer.
Mark it on the calendar while school
is still in session and you all can look
forward to the dates without work,
homework, or the usual demands.
It can be pricey if you’re not careful, but
you are investing in your family. You are
making memories with your children.
And you work hard and deserve some
time away.
You can also use it as an opportunity
to teach your kids the value of money.
Give them a set amount of cash at the
beginning of the trip and let them decide
what to use it on. You may cringe when
they choose junk food at every gas
station you stop at, but they will learn.
Either they learn they really enjoyed
the freedom to do that or they might
regret their lack of funds when they find
something they want at the end of the
time. Either way, you help them learn:
money is finite; money can purchase fun
things, and plan ahead because it spends
quickly.
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