Day 140/365 Rakuten (formerly Ebates) is having a one-day sale at over 150 popular online stores with 14% cash back to celebrate Valentine's Day. How It Works Just sign up for Rakuten here. Once you join and make a purchase of at least $25, you will get a $10 bonus! I will also get a bonus for referring you to their site. Whenever you intend to make a purchase online, check how much Rakuten is paying in cash back for that site. (I always like to check Cashback Monitor first to see if any other click-through portal is paying more.) When you are ready to shop, click on the store’s page from Rakuten or whichever click-through portal is paying the most. They will record your click and any purchase you…
Day 124/365 While it seemed to last forever, January will be over before you know it. There is so much to do to wrap up before the next month begins, that I feel like I need a checklist to consult. SwagbucksGrocery Store Fuel RewardsExpiring CouponsExpiring OffersExpiring DealsDisney Movie InsidersTimesheets Swagbucks Each month, I try to earn enough Swagbucks for at least one $25 virtual Visa at a discount of 13% or 2175 SB. I checked my Order Status and discovered that I hadn’t redeemed for a gift card yet this month, even though I have a ridiculous number of SB saved up. The flip-side to this coin is to check my virtual Visa account to be sure that I am using my Visa gift cards before they expire! Last month,…
Day 33/365 With Halloween quickly approaching, it could be easy to forget that with it comes the end of the month. There is so much to do to wrap up before the next month begins, that I feel like I need a checklist to consult. SwagbucksGrocery Store Fuel RewardsExpiring CouponsExpiring OffersExpiring DealsDisney Movie InsidersTimesheets Swagbucks Each month, I try to earn enough Swagbucks for at least one $25 virtual Visa at a discount of 13% or 2175 SB. I checked my Order Status and discovered that I hadn't redeemed for a gift card yet this month, even though I have a ridiculous number of SB saved up. The flip-side to this coin is to check my virtual Visa account to be sure that I am using my Visa gift cards…
Day 20/365 Let's face it, even though Disneyland is dubbed the Happiest Place on Earth, it's also one of the more expensive places to visit. With ticket prices increasing and hotel rates surging, it can cost a pretty penny to visit the original Magic Kingdom. Add to that crowd levels, wait times, and figuring out things like MaxPass, FASTPASS, mobile order, and Disney gift cards, it can be overwhelming to plan a trip. 100 Best Hacks Below, find my 100 best tips for hacking your next Disneyland trip, from making room in your budget to learning the secrets of where to sit on rides, this list will help you create the best trip without coming home to a mound of debt at the end of it. Plus, you'll be the…
Day 3/365 The links contained in this post may be affiliates, so I may earn a commission when you use them. Thank you for supporting my blog! Tomorrow is the end of the month, so it's time once again to tie up all those loose ends and get ready for October. Here's what I have on my To Do list for the end of September. Grocery Store Rewards I had some Safeway Rewards that were expiring. I don’t like to use rewards on gas unless I have 10 at once for $1.00 off a full tank of gas. I love that they introduced “Grocery Rewards” so that I don’t always have to scramble each month to “use them or lose them,” and instead have some choices. Since our tank holds…
358/365 The new streaming service, Disney+, just cast its net wider, inviting two new groups to hit the ground running when the service launches on November 12. Disney Visa cardholders were sent emails and slick brochures, and Disney Destinations email subscribers received the offer in their inbox this week. Save on Disney+ Subscriptions Last month, I wrote about the deal you could get on through your membership in D23. While that deal is over, if you are a Disney Visa cardholder or you subscribe to Disney Destinations emails, you can sign up for either two or three years, and save $20 or $40 respectively off of the regular annual price of $70 per year. Unfortunately, I don't have an offer link for this because you have to get the mailer…
347/365 If you need me on Monday mornings, you can generally find me at my desk on my laptop working on our budget. This is a ritual I've developed in order to keep all of our complicated finances under control, especially important since I started travel hacking. Routine is key. Let me take you on a tour of my Monday morning budget routine so that you can get an idea of what it takes to keep this boat afloat! Start with the Spreadsheet Several years ago, in early 2015 in fact, I started a spreadsheet to keep track of all of our expenses. A few months prior to that, I had downloaded budget binder printables from a website, but it was too much with all the paper and manual calculations.…
332/365 Safeway/Albertsons has added another two new gift card offers to actually earn you some money and credit card rewards this week. I still had offers from the Visa deal in my account when these deals for MasterCards popped up! just for U Go to your just for U or other grocery store account to find two coupons for $10 off two $50 MasterCard gift cards and $15 off two $100 MasterCard gift cards. If you max out this deal on your account, you can net $3.20, plus any rewards you might earn on the credit card you use. Of course, I will be using our American Express Blue Cash Preferred for 6% cash back at grocery stores. I try to mix in other cards, like Chase Freedom when it…
253/365 It’s back! Safeway/Albertsons has added two new gift card offers to actually earn you some money and credit card rewards this week. just for U Go to your just for U or other grocery store account to find two coupons for $10 off two $50 MasterCard gift cards and $15 off two $100 MasterCard gift cards. If you max out this deal on your account, you can net $3.20, plus any rewards you might earn on the credit card you use. Of course, I will be using our Chase Freedom since its 5x category this quarter is grocery stores. If it wasn’t, I’d be using our American Express Blue Cash Preferred for 6% cash back at grocery stores. Spending Your New MasterCards Now that you have made some money…
222/365 It's back! Safeway/Albertsons has added two new gift card offers to actually earn you some money and credit card rewards this week. just for U Go to your just for U or other grocery store account to find two coupons for $10 off two $50 MasterCard gift cards and $15 off two $100 MasterCard gift cards. If you max out this deal on your account, you can net $3.20, plus any rewards you might earn on the credit card you use. Of course, I will be using our Chase Freedom since its 5x category this quarter is grocery stores. If it wasn’t, I’d be using our American Express Blue Cash Preferred for 6% cash back at grocery stores, which is about to get even better, but I will save…
