Today’s tips revolve around 3 areas of life that most of us would be happy to find a way to cut costs, no matter what our age or socioeconomic status is: childcare, medicine and pet care!
A great way to save money on childcare is to make friends with another family who has a child and go in on a babysitter together! Think about it! If you both only have 1 child, then the sitter would charge you each, say, for example $10 an hour. But you would only be charged $14 or $15 an hour if you had 2 children, so combine your kids, and save some cash! Then, each family is only responsible for $7.50 an hour!
For medicine, you need to talk to your doctor and see if they will write the prescription for double the dosage. If they will, you can cut your pills in half to get your necessary dosage, and only need to buy your prescription every other month! It might not save a ton of money, but as much as healthcare is in the news these days, I think everyone wants to save money, even a little, on their healthcare costs!
As far as pet care goes, when you go away and board your pet, you are paying a premium. Instead, try finding other pet owners who are willing to watch your pet in exchange for you watching their pet! You save on the boarding bill, and they will probably get more loving care that way too! If you have a pet that doesn’t do well when you’re gone, and a boarding place is your only option, do worry, there are other ways to save! find local pet grooming schools, and take your pet to be groomed there! The discount is usually in the neighborhood of 40%, compared with operating grooming establishments. Lastly, and honestly, I can’t believe such a thing exists, much less that I am having to talk about it, but drop your pet insurance. I mean really, the amount you pay for such insurance than you would save in vet bills! Understand, I have 2 cats that I love and want to live forever, but when their time comes, I will not be bankrupting myself just to make them live on a few extra weeks, probably in pain. So save your money on the pet insurance…it probably won’t work out to your monetary benefit in the long run anyway.
There you have it! 3 tips that will hopefully save you some money THIS month!
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Tags: Budgeting, Money tips, saving money
