kristenrice
07-20-2010, 12:39 PM
I am a "budget" person like most of us here on SR. I love a good bargain and getting stuff for free is even better:love:. So, I look for the freebies wherever I can find them.
DH and I are really bad about taking vacations. We do not charge anything for a vacation unless we have the money sitting in our special vacation bank account. As a result, we don't take vacations as much as we probably should. That being said, I look for anything that will allow me to earn "free" vacations and travel.
We have a Disney Visa to help us save towards our Disney vacations. We also have the AMEX Blue Sky card which helps us earn money for travel-related expenses. And of course, there is SR:sunshine: which helps us cover everything else.
I have a spreadsheet with my budget for April 2011 and our planned trip to HHI. We have a budget of $1700. I update it every day to reflect my earnings from SR, and monthly when our Disney Visa rewards and AMEX rewards credit. I was so excited today to see that I have hit $850 in rewards (FREE!)earnings:party:! That has ALL been earned since April 1 of this year! That means in just over 5 months, I have earned 50% of next year's vacation in FREE MONEY:D. At this rate, I *might* be able to have the ENTIRE trip covered in rewards alone:eek:. How awesome would that be?
I could not do it without my Sunshine Rewards.
:thanks:
DH and I are really bad about taking vacations. We do not charge anything for a vacation unless we have the money sitting in our special vacation bank account. As a result, we don't take vacations as much as we probably should. That being said, I look for anything that will allow me to earn "free" vacations and travel.
We have a Disney Visa to help us save towards our Disney vacations. We also have the AMEX Blue Sky card which helps us earn money for travel-related expenses. And of course, there is SR:sunshine: which helps us cover everything else.
I have a spreadsheet with my budget for April 2011 and our planned trip to HHI. We have a budget of $1700. I update it every day to reflect my earnings from SR, and monthly when our Disney Visa rewards and AMEX rewards credit. I was so excited today to see that I have hit $850 in rewards (FREE!)earnings:party:! That has ALL been earned since April 1 of this year! That means in just over 5 months, I have earned 50% of next year's vacation in FREE MONEY:D. At this rate, I *might* be able to have the ENTIRE trip covered in rewards alone:eek:. How awesome would that be?
I could not do it without my Sunshine Rewards.
:thanks: