MrsTurnerLovesDisney
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Money for Nothing & Checks For Free…..
Yea I know that’s not how the lyrics really go but who thinks chicks are free …have they ever raised chickens they ain’t free. But I digress….
Our budget is roughly somewhere around $4500 which includes a hotel stay on the way down and the way back, our package with 5 days of tickets, tickets to MVMCP, memory maker, gas, and all food. We had said we wanted the Disney Dining plan with the table service option we have pretty much nixed that. After deciding that might be too much sit down dining with an almost 3 year old we ran the numbers and all meals OOP based on our eating style would equal $886 which includes 5 table service meals (Crystal Palace, Prime Time Café, Garden Grill for the Candlelight processional package & Rainforest café, and dinner at 1900 Park Fare). Now of course this might change if the free dining plan comes to play but I’m looking at this as having no discounts at all
So starting in January I knew that we needed to get serious about saving. Since DH has gotten a better job and that will end with being more money we can really get to saving. But starting out I was trying to find extra money through selling extra junk on facebook, children’s consignment sale, tax refund and even started with Swagbucks to help fund the trip.
So far we are up $567 dollars in 4 ½ months which is great as we haven’t been overly serious yet about saving it. (Disclaimer $200 is a gift card we got for opening our Disney Visa card and $20 we have back in rewards points) It’s mainly me doing the saving but I’ve been talking to DH and he’s getting on board now too since he sees how much all the extras we want will cost.
We are hoping to save at least half of our budgeted amount this year through these methods. So far with Swagbucks I’ve gotten 1 $25 Target gift card which I will put with another one to get a $50 Disney gift card. I’m about 200 points or well Swagbucks away from hitting my goal for another $25 gift card. I haven’t been hitting as hard as I could and I mainly do surveys but I’m hoping at my rate I should get around $300 or roughly $25 every two months.
I also just signed up for mycokerewards and as much Coke product as we drink in our house I’m kicking myself for not doing this years ago. Figuring up our soda addictions and what the points are worth I figure we could add another $100 to the fund this way.
Lastly I have signed up for Ibotta and Checkout51 for the rebates from buying products. I doubt I will earn much that way as we don’t have many national stores out here in the sticks but so far I’m up $4…so maybe in 20 months time I might get $50 or so. With Ibotta you gotta get at least $20 to cash out so I’ve got a ways to go.
Through all of these methods being conservative we should save $2199, which isn’t quite half but I’m very proud of that. Plus I still have more stuff to sale on facebook and the consignment sale in August might net a nice little pay off. 584 days to go!
Yea I know that’s not how the lyrics really go but who thinks chicks are free …have they ever raised chickens they ain’t free. But I digress….
Our budget is roughly somewhere around $4500 which includes a hotel stay on the way down and the way back, our package with 5 days of tickets, tickets to MVMCP, memory maker, gas, and all food. We had said we wanted the Disney Dining plan with the table service option we have pretty much nixed that. After deciding that might be too much sit down dining with an almost 3 year old we ran the numbers and all meals OOP based on our eating style would equal $886 which includes 5 table service meals (Crystal Palace, Prime Time Café, Garden Grill for the Candlelight processional package & Rainforest café, and dinner at 1900 Park Fare). Now of course this might change if the free dining plan comes to play but I’m looking at this as having no discounts at all
So starting in January I knew that we needed to get serious about saving. Since DH has gotten a better job and that will end with being more money we can really get to saving. But starting out I was trying to find extra money through selling extra junk on facebook, children’s consignment sale, tax refund and even started with Swagbucks to help fund the trip.
So far we are up $567 dollars in 4 ½ months which is great as we haven’t been overly serious yet about saving it. (Disclaimer $200 is a gift card we got for opening our Disney Visa card and $20 we have back in rewards points) It’s mainly me doing the saving but I’ve been talking to DH and he’s getting on board now too since he sees how much all the extras we want will cost.
We are hoping to save at least half of our budgeted amount this year through these methods. So far with Swagbucks I’ve gotten 1 $25 Target gift card which I will put with another one to get a $50 Disney gift card. I’m about 200 points or well Swagbucks away from hitting my goal for another $25 gift card. I haven’t been hitting as hard as I could and I mainly do surveys but I’m hoping at my rate I should get around $300 or roughly $25 every two months.
I also just signed up for mycokerewards and as much Coke product as we drink in our house I’m kicking myself for not doing this years ago. Figuring up our soda addictions and what the points are worth I figure we could add another $100 to the fund this way.
Lastly I have signed up for Ibotta and Checkout51 for the rebates from buying products. I doubt I will earn much that way as we don’t have many national stores out here in the sticks but so far I’m up $4…so maybe in 20 months time I might get $50 or so. With Ibotta you gotta get at least $20 to cash out so I’ve got a ways to go.
Through all of these methods being conservative we should save $2199, which isn’t quite half but I’m very proud of that. Plus I still have more stuff to sale on facebook and the consignment sale in August might net a nice little pay off. 584 days to go!
so it will be interesting to see what all happens!
(that's supposed to be flounder) and that's one of my favorite princesses but then again I love the idea of Port Orleans I've never not stayed value and a moderate sounds sooo nice.
Hopefully this weekend we can nail down a final decision!!
