Fund Your 2022 Family Vacation with Just 3 Realistic Spending Swaps

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There’s that family vacation we all are dreaming of. But between sky-high child care payments, increasing gas prices, higher food costs, and a never-ending pile of bills, how can you afford it?

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It’s no fun erasing all the fun from your daily life and attempting 50 different life changes to fund a one-week vacation.

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The average monthly spending for a family of four in America is $7,095 or $85,139 a year. That means that a $4,580 vacation would be 5% of a family’s annual spending.

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You don’t need to go back to a college diet of ramen and PB&Js to afford a Mexico beach vacation. It can be as simple as buying your food at a different store.

Grocery Shop at a New Store to Save $3207 a year

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If you’re currently buying all brand-name groceries at a more high-end grocery store, switching to a primarily private label store (Aldi or Lidl) or Walmart Grocery can save you a lot of money. Like thousands of dollars!

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Being generous and cutting down to a budget of $100 a month for TV, the average savings would be $117.42 a month or 1,409.04 over a year.

Replace Cable with Streaming to Save $1409 a year

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Look for More Affordable Fun to Save $1240 year While the pandemic has been painful in many ways, one of the things it reminded us of is that you can have fun in many different ways. And many of those ways are free or very inexpensive!

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