Savings Guide – Daily Saving Money Tips

We all splurge on occasion. Buy things we don’t need, get ourselves into credit card debt for things we no longer use. But when does the sporadic looseness with money become a problem, or an addiction? Here are some thoughts drawn from MSN Money.

I’m going away this weekend. It’s not something I can say I do regularly. Part of the reason is my sheer lack of organisational ability. The other would be the thought of cost. But is it really that expensive to get away with your lover, family or group of seriously fun friends? Or can it be done on the cheap? Here are some tips and tricks.

I don’t own a car, and whenever it rains, I curse to the high heavens about this particular lack of asset. The cost aside, there are some big benefits to car ownership. For instance, you can get somewhere without being subjected to a deluge. You can transport goods without pulling several back muscles. If you are in the market for a new car, or a first car, here are some tips and tricks drawn from the MoneySmart website.

The knowledge that we are among the uber-rich of the world is no new one. The discussion of why, then, we still feel we have too little money, and are despondent because of it is also well-worn. Then came along Affluenza, finally a term that could describe why all this wealth was getting us so down in the dumps. Here are some thoughts on the topic, and how to get yourself back on the right side of the happy spectrum.

A friend of mine told me recently how she had gone and bought a plane ticket with cash. She said it was the oddest experience, buying a plane ticket in the real world with real money. How many things have become that way? I can’t remember the last time I bought a concert ticket with money, or subscribed to something by filling out a form. Shopping online is now a necessary part of our lives, so here are some tips on how to do it without exposing yourself and your finances.

I am a bungee child. I bounced out of home, aged 18, only to bounce back, age 22, with a HECs debt, a degree and a need for a house where utilities were certain to stay on. I know what the financial benefits were for me, but what does the flipside look like? And how does this new generation of return children affect the finances of our parents?