You might save money by pricing your airline tickets separately. According to David Bach, author of “Fight For Your Money”, a recent search for flights for a family of four were priced as follows:
From New York to Los Angeles – 4 tickets priced separately were $344 each.
Four tickets purchased together were $2,476 or $619 each. [...]
Save money by renting over 325 types of tools at many Home Depot stores. Before you begin that home improvement project, visit their website at Home Depot to find the nearest location for tool and equipment rental. Not all Home Depot stores rent tools.
You can rent tools and equipment for 4 hours, 24 hours, 1 [...]
If you have a favorite product, I recommend going to the website and signing up to receive coupons directly from the manufacturer. Often, you will also be sent trial size products and information about upcoming promotions. Here are several websites that offer coupons.
Dove
Pantene
Olay
Pillsbury
Betty Crocker
Nabisco
Kraft
Proctor & Gamble – sign up for their Vocal Point e-club and [...]
Last week, I joined the Freecycle Network (TM) in my community. I have some left-over material from a remodeling project that I have wanted to find a home for.
In order to join Freecycle, you need a Yahoo ID which is easy at yahoo.com and it is free. You can use another email address for your [...]
Today my website is featured on CBS-KHOU on the “Saving Cents” segment. I hope that you will find More With Less Today to be useful and that you will make it a favorite site to visit. You can subscribe by email and get my updates automatically. I will never share your email address and you [...]
Save money by fixing it yourself. This site will show you how with free “how-to” guides at “, the FixIt Club. This site offers free how-to-guides on hundreds of home repair jobs. In addition to giving you easy to follow instructions on “how to fix it”, they also tell you what the warranty covers, (maybe [...]
Adopt a soldier and support our troops. One of the best resources that I have found is a website called Soldier’s Angels .
On the bottom of their home page is a comprehensive list of teams and projects “so that no soldier may go unloved”.
Here are just a few:
Adopt a soldier- Individualized support throughout deployment
Angel Bakers – [...]
Here is a tip for saving money: Rent an item that you need for a short time.
Rent anything online and save money at a site called Zilok. To earn some extra cash, offer an item you own for rent on this site.
The home page says Zilok is a site for peer-to-peer renting, arranged online. Here are [...]
Eat. Drink. Save Money. Visit Restaurant.com to find a restaurant. Simply search by zip code or state, purchase a gift certificate for $10.00, print it, then take it to the restaurant and it is good for $25.00.
I bought several of these today and here are a few tips. Some of the restaurants have restrictions as to the day(s) [...]
Shop for FREE! I love freebies, trial sizes and free samples. It makes me happy when they arrive in my mailbox!
MySavings.com is a site is devoted to tracking the freebies, free samples, and free trial-sized products available from retailers.
Here is a sample of what I saw today:
Prilosec OTC Garnier Ultra-Lift Pro Deep Wrinkle Cream
NicodermCQ Neutrogena RapidClear Spot [...]
Giving a group gift can be made easier with a site called eDivvy . The site helps you to easily put together a group gift online. You can choose a gift and invite participants to contribute, design a group card and ship the gift. What could be easier?
A $250.00 gift divided by 7 participants is $35.72 each and eDivvy [...]
Yesterday, I wrote about involving the kids in grocery store couponing and organizing. Another idea is to sit down with last month’s utility bills and explain to everyone that when you conserve, the savings is reflected here in these bills. It sounds elementary, but showing them the bills, helps the “lights to come on”. Show [...]
If you are looking for more way to cut down your food budget, why not make it a family affair? Start with grocery store coupons. Find a bin or container; add a pair of scissors for each child and a stack of envelopes. Show them how to cut and organize the coupons. I have many [...]
Save money on discounted gift cards at Giftcards.com You can pay less than face value for gift cards from major retailers.
Here are some of the deals I saw today:
William Sonoma – $40.00 gift card for $34.80
Payless Shoes – $100 gift card for $85.00
Morton’s Steakhouse – $200 gift card for $176.00
JC Penneys – $50.00 gift card for [...]
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