Today I found a great website called GasBuddy.com. This website is awesome for those of us who are trying to save a little cash! From the main page, you enter your location in the field provided and it kicks back a list of places in your area that have the some of the lowest gas prices around! Not only can you access it from your computer, but they have a mobile phone application that you can use as well, if you have a smart phone, or a phone with a data package!
How does it work? Well, people just like you become a member, and as they get gas/drive by a gas station with low prices, they send in the information to the website, which posts the information for other people to use. Membership is free, and it is very simple to send/receive the information. Over time, this can add up to MAJOR savings!
Another neat way to use this website?? When you plan a road trip, you can check out the map section on the website. Although you don’t want to alter your course A LOT, you can at least use the information to find the most reasonable prices near where you think you’ll stop, so that you can save some cash on your road trip for more important things, like fun activities!
I suggest that you try to get gas in the middle of the week, since it is usually at it’s cheapest then (at least it is where we live…if it’s not where you live, watch gas prices for a couple of weeks and take note of the days that it’s at its cheapest). Pick the same day of the week to get gas (like every Wednesday) and look up the local gas prices on GasBuddy.com before you head to the pump! Good luck, and I hope you save some green!
