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Surviving a Pricey Wedding Season, Part III
While you may not see your savings account grow during wedding season, you can do your best to see that it doesn't shrink or completely vanish. Most engagements average about a year, and usually you're aware of which weddings will include you on their guest list far in advance. A flexible rule of thumb: If you're surprised to receive an invitation to someone's wedding and it requires many expenses, send the couple a gift but don't attend.
Surviving a Pricey Wedding Season, Part II
Is your Summer calendar full of weddings and all of the events surrounding them? Are you trying not to make anymore female friends so that you don't have to add another one to the list? Just kidding.
Surviving a Pricey Wedding Season, Part I
Memorial Day weekend suggests that Summer is just around the corner and is also the unofficial kickoff to an eventful wedding season. I've suggested plenty of budgeting tips for brides to be, but this edition is all about budgeting for your friends' big days. Looking ahead at the rest of 2008 has got me slightly stressed because of the many bachelorette parties and weddings that I'll be attending, and every event will require plane tickets, hotel stays, new apparel, and gifts.
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How-To: Survive a Pricey Wedding Season
It takes quite a bit of cash to put on a wedding, and sometimes it can cost a small fortune just to be a guest or member of the bridal party. Summer is nearly here, which could also mean the start of a busy wedding season for some of us. Prepare for your packed calendar — and don't go broke — by following my tips on surviving a pricey Summer of celebrating love.
6 Summertime Savings Tips
It's hard to maintain a budget when the weather outside is delightful, the calendar is packed with Summer weddings, and Travelzoo's weekly deals email to remind you there's a beachy paradise awaiting you on the other side of the globe. Summertime saving requires extra effort and restraint, but it is possible. Check out some of these guides for some added support.
What's Money This Week: Savvy Weekly Recap
- This week I shared my tips for getting back on track after a long weekend.
- We checked out some of the ways other people spent their rebate check.
- Maxed Out showed us how one engaged couple cleaned up their financial act.
- Philadelphia was named the best city for new grads, followed by Boston.
- Some New York 20-somethings shared the ways they make it work in their expensive city.
- More than half of you admitted that you're not as financially secure as you expected to be at this point in your lives.
- And about half of you verified that you've been able to use your college major since graduation.
- I shared some of my tips for surviving a pricey wedding season, including a three step budget plan.
- You shared what's in the depths of that big bag of yours.
- I explained what happens to renters when their building is foreclosed.
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