The Maldives – one place on my travel bucket list.
Welcome to the Weekly Quick Hits Roundup! Every week I write a weekly wrap-up of things that were going on here at Young Adult Money, a few personal updates/thoughts, and finally a few posts I read this week that I thought were worth sharing.
We also have our giveaway roundup every Friday. This Friday there are over 250 giveaways listed that end today through next Thursday.
Below are the posts from Monday through Thursday:
- On Monday we had a guest post from Katie from Ask the Young Professional about Dating on a Budget. Dating doesn’t have to be expensive, and Katie shares some great tips on how to save money on how to make dating both inexpensive and fun.
- On Tuesday we had a post from our regular contributor Kyle 7 Free Must-Have Tools to Score a Bargain. My favorite tool he mentions is the “add to wishlist” button on Amazon.
- On Wednesday our staff writer Cat asked readers When Did Your Parents Cut You Off?. Head on over and let us know when your parents cut you off – or when you cut yourself off from your parents (financially speaking).
- On Thursday I discussed Paying Cash for a Car versus Taking out a Loan I can’t help but think the low interest rates built into many auto loans make it worth taking on the debt even if you have the cash on hand.
Update Time
- Making Money from Giveaways – As some of you know, my wife and I are trying to fund a trip to Costa Rica purely through winning giveaways. This was a huge motivator for me last weekend and I made sure to enter just about every giveaway in our giveaway roundup. I’m glad I did because I won a $275 Target Gift Card! Since we shop at Target on a weekly basis and would spend this much at Target over time anyway, I am going to transfer $275 to our savings account. I’m trying to unload a couple of bigger items we’ve won (one being a $300 kitchen faucet) so hopefully we can get it sold soon.
- Site Redesign – Maybe this will be the weekend that I sign the contract, make the first payment, and fill out my designer’s questionnaire…maybe?.
- Weekend – The big even this weekend is one of my wife’s cousin’s wedding. Should be a good time!
Posts of the Week:
- Jordann from My Alternate Life asks a great question in Where Would You Be If You Weren’t Paying Off Debt?.
- E.M. from Journey to Saving talks about rentals in The Pro’s and Con’s of a Basement Apartment. I loved this post because we have a basement rental and are always looking for ideas of how to improve it.
- Mr. Utopia from Personal Finance Utopia shares his opinion on MBAs in Getting an MBA is a Waste Unless You Do This.
- Peter from Bible Money Matters shares about his recent move in A Stressful Week: Moving, Finalizing Mortgage Approval And Two Closings In One Day.
- Live Rich Cheaply shares some news in Opportunity Knocks: A Two-Income Family.
How was your week? What are your plans for the weekend? Have you been to any weddings recently?
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The week was actually great very busy and just starting to cut back on a few things I was working on. Now more of the strategy for things are in motion. Plans are to hit the beach and plan a little getaway for the family. No weddings recently but I do have Maldives on my list of places to visit as well.
YourDailyFinAwesome glad to hear things are going well for you. I hope you have a great time at the beach this weekend!
I had a pretty good week. TGIF! Looking forward to the weekend. Have a good one!
SingleMomIncomeI’m so glad it’s Friday too! I hope you have a great weekend!
The Maldives is on my bucket list too but I don’t know if I can bring myself to pay for the plane tickets….so expensive!
Holly at ClubThriftyThere was a giveaway a month or so ago for a trip to a Maldives resort (including airfare – even from the US!). I really wanted to win because, as you said, the high cost of going there.
Haha, good luck with the site redesign. It’s a good thing the site looks great as is.
Matt @ Mom and Dad Money And that’s one of my issues. It doesn’t look bad, bu there is definitely some functionality things I would like to change.
I think I’m going to beat you with my redesign! It’s really hard to make decisions, and I’m afraid it might come out looking worse, but I decided to just go for it. New is better, right?
Eyesonthedollar Haha you probably will beat me! I am also really terrified of a design that looks worse : /
Hey thanks for the mention! Good luck with the site redesign.
Jordann No problem, and thanks!
My week was busy and exiting with a popular new post and a guest blog! Looking forward to a relaxing weekend too!
Monicaonmoney Sounds like you had a great week, hope you have a great weekend as well!
Nice job on the target giveaway win! I officially want to go to Maldives…
ayoungpro Thanks! Yeah the Maldives would be amazing.
Well, now the Maldives is on the travel list. Looks gorgeous! Congrats on winning the gift certificate. Love Target! I had a busy but really great week too. Tonight we’re taking the girls to see Taylor Swift so hopefully my eardrums will still work afterwards. :) Have a great weekend!
TheHeavyPurse Haha gotta love T-Swift, hope you have a good time!
I knew a couple that honeymooned in Maldives. Very expensive but they loved it. Have a good weekend and Congrats on another win.
TacklingOurDebt That would be an amazing honeymoon! Hope you have a great weekend, Sicorra!
The Maldives look so dreamy! Definitely going on my personal bucket list…
LisaVsTheLoans I think a lot of people added it to their bucket lists today!
I want to go to that! Gorgeous!
Beachbudget It seriously looks like paradise.
Well if you go to the Maldives make sure to sign up for the Hyatt credit card…get 2 nights free at the Park Hyatt which costs over $1000 per night. They keep mentioning this at those travel blogs! Thanks for the mention. This weekend…going to a bachelor party. I’m the best man…so that means I’ll be attending a wedding soon!
Andrew LivingRichCheaply Hmm I need to start reading some more travel blogs! Hope you have fun at the bachelor party!
I would love a trip to the Maldives. All the pictures I see of it are gorgeous. Thank you for the mention! That is awesome you won a $275 Target gift card! I hope you have fun at the wedding and enjoy your weekend!
JourneytoSaving The Maldives look like paradise! Thanks and hope you have a great weekend too!!
Thanks for including me in your Posts of the Week, David! Extremely appreciated…
good luck on the Costa Rica giveaway challenge! Seems like you’re off to a good start. Worst case scenario with the faucet, you could at least donate it to Habitat for Humanity and get a tax-deduction for it.