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Month: August 2011
What’s the Average Cost of a Camping Trip: Plus, Tips for Saving Money on Your Camping Trip
Bug spray, deodorant and coffee, these are my staples when it comes to staying the night in the great outdoors. Clearly I’m not much of a lumberjack-mountain man, but I’m cautiously optimistic about my camping trip this weekend. I think…
Back to School Taxes: What can be deducted?
Families will spend, on average, $68.8 billion buying supplies for grade school and college. With so much money being spent on the inevitable return to school. Is there anything that can be deducted? Forbes focused on some of the common…
What the Average Family Will Spend on Vacation
So long as my wife keeps me away from the firewood, we should have no problem with the campfire this weekend. It’s been a long time since my family has taken a camping vacation and I can’t wait to see…
Fast Debt Consolidation – How Fast Can You Repay Your High Interest Debts?
The following article is a contribution from reader Jack Hudson. A number of households are drowning in an ocean of high interest debt. Juggling multiple high interest credit card bills can often become stressful and costly. With the present debt…
Summer College Benefits: Should High School Children Work Over the Summer?
1989 was the last time 60% of those aged 16-19 worked over the summer. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the summer employment rate for this age group has fallen by nearly 50% as 2010 numbers indicate only a…
Successful Blog Contest by Design: Interview with Andrea of So Over Debt
This interview is part of a weekly series that publishes every Saturday. If you enjoy, please join us next week or check out past interviews. 50% of bloggers earn over $100 per year for their blogging efforts. That was the…
