Saving for Disney?

[rmsdsp]

We keep a 5 gallon water bottle in the house for "Change". Since our last trip, "Change" isn't just for coins anymore. Dollars, coins, or anything my 4 year old can get his hands on goes into the jug. We use this for our spending money. I tend bar a couple nights a week on the side and I take a portion of that money and add it to a re-loadable Disney Gift card at the Disney Store in our local mall. I make all our vacation payments on Disney.com. ($20 minimum ). Its like Mouse layaway. The goal is to not touch anything in our checking or savings account.

 

[DizMe]

I forgot to mention this tip that has allowed me to save quite a bit.

My bank offers a "Keep the Change" plan, so I signed up. Every time I make a debit purchase, it's rounded up to the next dollar and the "change" is automatically put into a savings account. It adds up fast!

For instance, I buy something that costs $10.30. $11 is taken out of my checking and the $.70 change is put into my savings account. I don't do anything but slide my debit card for the purchase.

 

[kkmcan]

We have the Disney Premier Visa and use it for everything and then pay off at the end of the month. THis has helped us earn $500 a year to use towards Disney. I also save cash in an envelope and add to it whenever I get birthday money or rebates or reinbursements. Lately I've been taking out $200 a month from Dh's extra job monthly paycheck and saving that also. Usually it just gets dwindled or spent on stupid stuff.

We saved our Capital One miles for a few years now and earned enough to pay for all of our airfares to Orlando except for $300!

My inlaws own a timeshare that we are able to use several times per year so for our May WDW vaca we are staying for free at Bonnett Creek, paid for $300 for airfare and have $300 in Disney Reward Dollars so far saved towards our WDW Passes. Already paid for the Discovery Cove tickets (no discount on those but oh well, I did the best I could on everything else! )

 

[larina]

I forgot to mention this tip that has allowed me to save quite a bit.

My bank offers a "Keep the Change" plan, so I signed up. Every time I make a debit purchase, it's rounded up to the next dollar and the "change" is automatically put into a savings account. It adds up fast!

For instance, I buy something that costs $10.30. $11 is taken out of my checking and the $.70 change is put into my savings account. I don't do anything but slide my debit card for the purchase.

I'm going to do that. I have the option. I'll have it put in a separate savings account, just for that. Thanks!