Saving Money for Your Vacation
The Change Challenge
How many times have you emptied your pockets onto a dresser or change container then left them there until you needed those precious quarters for a newspaper or a soda? Try this- Get a container and place it somewhere visable- this can be a vase, a bowl, a coffee mug- whatever you want. Take all of your spare change for a month and put it in that container. At the end of the month count the change and see how much you saved!
After that first month, make a goal- save for something like a video game, a hotel room, a plane ticket, or even just save for a vacation and use the change as spending money. Once you have saved a fair amount of money, take it to your local bank or coinstar machine and get the change exchanged for cash. You can use the coinstar machines for free if you exchange the change for gift cards from companies such as Amazon.com, Starbucks and more!
Write for Spare Money
There are several websites on the Internet that pay you to write How-to articles. You may not earn a lot of extra money, but can earn you an extra $20-$50 / month with just a few articles! I write approximately 3-4 articles / month and earn on average $10-$20. If you really focus and write 1-2 articles / day you can really start to make money. Here are my favorite sites:
GPTs
GPT = Get Paid To. This is a type of survey site where you fill out offers, surveys, test products and play games while earning money and prizes. Here are my favorite sites:
And here are the tips sites I created for SWATcash and Treasure Trooper:
MySurvey
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