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By Debbie Dragon I don't know about you, but when I travel somewhere it's because I'm going to experience an attraction, see friends, or participate in an event for my business. I don't travel just to sleep in fancy hotel beds, and I prefer to keep as much of my travel budget available for entertainment as possible! Finding cheap hotels or inexpensive hotel alternatives will keep your travel expenses down. Most of the time, I just need a comfortable and safe place to sleep when I'm traveling out of town. If this describes your own travel-sleep needs, you might be able to save money on your travel accommodations with the following tips: Go Camping. I realize camping is not for everyone, but if you can handle pitching a tent and blowing up an air mattress, chances are good that you can save a ton of cash. Campgrounds charge between $5 and $40 a night, depending on the amenities of the campground and whether they're in a popular location or not, but when you compare those prices to the...

By Debbie Dragon I don't know about you, but when I travel somewhere it's because I'm going to experience an attraction, see friends, or participate in an event for my business. I don't travel just to sleep in fancy hotel beds, and I prefer to keep as much of my travel budget available for entertainment as possible! Finding cheap hotels or inexpensive hotel alternatives will keep your... more...

The following guest post is from one of my favorite writers, Neal Frankle of Wealth Pilgrim. After reading the post, head over to Neal’s site and check out his free subscription options. Let the Government go bail out somebody else.  It’s too expensive for you. I’ll admit that I haven’t followed all the ins and outs of [...]

The following guest post is from one of my favorite writers, Neal Frankle of Wealth Pilgrim. After reading the post, head over to Neal’s site and check out his free subscription options. Let the Government go bail out somebody else.  It’s too expensive for you. I’ll admit that I haven’t followed all the ins and outs of [...]

Friendfeeders much desired in our #plnlab activities, btw. - hollyrae

By Linsey Knerl We proudly boast some of the best savings gurus here at Wise Bread. In fact, our own Carrie Kirby keeps quite a log of the best ways to save via coupons at Shoplifting With Permission and on the ChicagoNow's Frugalista blog. Sometimes, I find myself envying her savvy. After all, who wouldn't like to walk away with free coffee from time to time. But as I learn to declutter my lifestyle, spend more time with my kids, and truly examine just how badly I need dozens of bottles of free shampoo, I struggle with whether clipping coupons is something I really need to do. What is my time worth? Can I go generic and get the same deal? Where will I store all my freebies? I go back and forth on the issue quite regularly. (Luckily, Carrie and others still inspire me to take their advice and apply it when and how it will fit my life. I feel lucky to have them as a resource!) So what do you think, dear readers? Are you an avid coupon-clipper? Do you plan on becoming one? Have you...

im proud to say that there is about 47 people in my family which includes uncles, aunts, cousins. That makes us represent 0.00091% of the Population of Scotland! :) or 1/109968th of the entire country :) - Alan (Giraffes)

Scotland has a population Density of 65 people per sq km... - Alan (Giraffes)

Added some fresh pico de gallo to our chicken soft tacos! I could eat this stuff plain for a snack!

This is a guest post from Baker, who writes about personal finance at Man vs. Debt. Baker is a potential Staff Writer for Get Rich Slowly. His first post described the many advantages of couchsurfing. Along with his wife and 15-month-old daughter, Baker has recently moved overseas to New Zealand, where his young family is passionately continuing their own personal “war” on debt. “Do I have enough money for this?” It’s a very simple question, but one that has had tremendous implications in my financial turn-around. There was a time, not too long ago, when that combination of words didn’t exist in my life. Lately, I’ve stepped the phrase up a notch with some mental emphasis, “Do I really have enough money for this?” With the new emphasis included, my impulse purchases don’t stand a chance. Well, at least most of them don’t… You see, our brains are incredible machines. They are bombarded by over a billion tiny bits [...]

By Xin Lu Bing is the new search engine from Microsoft, and right now they are sponsoring a promotion called "Double Saving Days" that is giving shoppers cashback of up to 50% on select merchandise until the end of August, 2009. The Bing cashback program is completely replacing the old Live Search cashback program and this is how it works. Go to http://www.bing.com/cashback/ Click cashback account on the left side and sign up for an account if you do not yet have one. You may need to sign up for a Windows Live ID first, and then sign up for the Bing cashback account. This requires your email address and physical address. The physical address cannot be a PO Box and has to be in the United States. You also have to be at least 18 years old. Search for the product you are looking for and look for the "Bing cashback" symbol: Compare prices and shipping options and go to the store with the best option. A window will pop up asking for your email address if this is the first time you are...

This is a guest post from Karawynn, who writes about personal finance at Pocketmint. Karawynn is a potential Staff Writer for Get Rich Slowly. In her first article, she visited the Island of Misfit Foods. Karawynn has been blogging since before “blogging” was a word. My parents taught me nothing about money management. My dad opened a checking account for me in high school and showed me how to use the checkbook register. Beyond that, I was on my own. I never had any clue how much money my parents made, and very little sense of how much most things cost. Taxes and loans and bills and credit were all vague mysteries. Mortgages and retirement accounts weren’t even on my radar. My family simply never talked about money at all. My parents might not have taught me anything, but I learned things from them all the same: I learned that when you moved into a new, larger, nicer [...]

By Will Chen Myscha and Sharon (The Frugal Duchess) are hosting a frugality meetup in the greater Miami area this Monday afternoon from 2:00-4:00 pm. You are all invited! (jump to details) The ladies will be sharing frugal tips for back-to-school and fall shopping, and doing book signings for Sharon and Wise Bread’s new books. They’ll also be holding a free raffle for: Free personal thrift consultations from Sharon and Myscha. Here’s your chance to get some expert advice on how to live large on a small budget. 2 free copies of the Wise Bread book. This is a great opportunity to swap tips with other frugal folks in the area. Being frugal on your own can be tough. We are easily influenced by our peers. If your friends are eating out all the time and driving new cars, you are likely to do the same. Come meet some savvy, frugal-minded folks who take personal finance seriously. All bloggers are welcome! As a syndicated columnist for the Miami Herald, Sharon is always looking for great new...

By Will Chen Myscha and Sharon (The Frugal Duchess) are hosting a frugality meetup in the greater Miami area this Monday afternoon from 2:00-4:00 pm. You are all invited! (jump to details) The ladies will be sharing frugal tips for back-to-school and fall shopping, and doing book signings for Sharon and Wise Bread’s new books. They’ll also be holding a free raffle for: Free personal... more...

"The President talks about how the chatter and ruckus around health insurance reform on television obscures the reality of what's happening in America. He discusses how in most towns people and Members of Congress are having constructive conversations, and how people are learning how reform will help them and their families with the real problems they have faced with the insurance system. August 15, 2009. (Public Domain)" - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

I am 100 percent behind President Obama's health care reform. I have Progressive MS and we need something to happen. - Allison A .Alford

By Paul Michael Today's WISEBUY. The FRIDAY AMAZON SALE brings bargains galore Snap up some terrific deals from one of the most trusted sellers on the web. Free shipping over $25. 1. FREE Candy Bar From MARS Who can resist free chocolate? Remember, you can use this offer 4 times. 2. FREE Book - UGLIES by Scott Westerfeld Playing on every teen’s passionate desire to look as good as everybody else, Scott Westerfeld (Midnighters) projects a future world in which a compulsory operation at sixteen wipes out physical differences and makes everyone pretty by conforming to an ideal standard of beauty. 3. FREE Orange Juicer (Use Code JUICER) Manual juicer. Offer valid until October 31, 2009 or while supplies last. One redemption per household. Offer open to U.S. residents only. 4. FREE USA Football Captain's Pack Includes Captain badges, helmet decals and more...enough for the whole team. 5. Up To 81% Off Nintendo DS Accessories PLUS $5 MP3 credit per item (dealnews) Amazon.com cuts up to 81%...

By Paul Michael Today's WISEBUY. The FRIDAY AMAZON SALE brings bargains galore Snap up some terrific deals from one of the most trusted sellers on the web. Free shipping over $25. 1. FREE Candy Bar From MARS Who can resist free chocolate? Remember, you can use this offer 4 times. 2. FREE Book - UGLIES by Scott Westerfeld Playing on every teen’s passionate desire to look as good as... more...

"More great news today in our campaign calling on Glenn Beck's advertisers to pull their support from his show. With more than 125,000 people now having signed our petition to Beck's advertisers, four more major companies have pulled their ads." - Darryl from Bookmarklet

Thank you so much. I am also on President Obama's healthcare team. .facts and people are putting out so much wrong information. people stat griping, they need to check, I am on President Obama's health care Reform team. - Allison A .Alford

"Dr. Chiyome Fukino, the state health director, issued a statement in October that she had seen the "original vital records" that Obama was born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961. She issued a similar statement on Monday. Hawaii's archaic secrecy laws prohibit her from showing it in public, but Obama has posted an electronic facsimile on the Internet. If any doubt is left, both the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and The Honolulu Advertiser included Obama's birth in vital-statistics columns in August 1961, available on microfilm in the main state library. Were the state Department of Health and Obama's parents really in cahoots to give false information to the newspapers, perhaps intending to clear the way for the baby to someday be elected president of the United States?" - Bill Sodeman from Bookmarklet

"NOTICE: This image is a work of parody and political commentary. It is not a genuine government document. Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. A certified copy of his birth record is freely available online. If you thought this was Obama’s real birth certificate, a “smoking gun” proving he’s not a natural-born citizen, then congratulations. You are an idiot. I made this from scratch. It is completely fake, and no document from Kenya or the United Kingdom resembles it.Obama’s president, and will be for the next 3 1/2 to 7 1/2 years. Get used to it." - Bill Sodeman from Bookmarklet

Orly Taitz is submitting another Kenyan "birth certificate" in her court case. - Bill Sodeman

"In an attempt to quash persistent rumors that President Obama was not born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961, Hawaii's health director reiterated this afternoon that she has personally seen Obama's birth certificate in the Health Department's archives. "I, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, director of the Hawaii State Department of Health, have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawai'i State Department of Health verifying Barrack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen. I have nothing further to add to this statement or my original statement issued in October 2008 over eight months ago...."" - Bill Sodeman from Bookmarklet

Yeah, Mark++ - Andrew C (✓)

"Salon is reporting that the resolution passed the House unanimously. Rep. Michele Bachmann had blocked a vote on the resolution due to the absence of a quorum but voted for the resolution in the end." - Bill Sodeman from Bookmarklet

+1 Cecily - Bill Sodeman

"While they ruled out any chance of the ‘birther’ lawsuits holding up in court, lawyers for the McCain campaign did check into the rumors about Obama’s birth and the assertions made by Berg and others. “To the extent that we could, we looked into the substantive side of these allegations,” said Potter. “We never saw any evidence that then-Senator Obama had been born outside of the United States. We saw rumors, but nothing that could be sourced to evidence. There were no statements and no documents that suggested he was born somewhere else. On the other side, there was proof that he was born in Hawaii. There was a certificate issued by the state’s Department of Health, and the responsible official in the state saying that he had personally seen the original certificate. There was a birth announcement in the Honolulu Advertiser, which would be very difficult to invent or plant 47 years in advance.”" - Bill Sodeman from Bookmarklet

"This morning, the president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a major civil rights group, wrote a letter calling on CNN President Jon Klein to remove CNN host Lou Dobbs from the air. The request stems from a segment on Dobbs' radio show this past Tuesday where Dobbs did his part to keep alive the conspiracy theory that President Obama is not an American citizen (AKA the "birther" theory). On air, he speculated: "I'm starting to think we have a document issue. You suppose he's un... no, I won't even use the word undocumented, it wouldn't be right."" - Bill Sodeman from Bookmarklet