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Would you Couch Surf?

Last Updated: July 13, 2017 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 10 Comments

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People will do many things to save money while on vacation.  Not eating out, getting an inexpensive hotel, not flying too far away and so on.  Vacations can be expensive and something I heard of a couple of months ago was called couch surfing.  I heard about it on the radio and the morning talk show host was trying to convince his intern not to do this and then many people called in and called her crazy also.

The website for this is CouchSurfing.

The website touts that this is very safe, and just like with Ebay, couch surfing hosts are verified and rated by others who have used their couches.  This can be a very easy way to save money.  Also, it’s not always a couch that you get, most people have extra rooms or beds for you to use.

I on the other hand have a hard time trusting someone.   I don’t like the thought of leaving my stuff at someone’s house while I am sightseeing.

What do you think?  What would you do to save money? Would you sleep on someone else’s couch/floor/room without knowing them?  Would it be more about the experience of meeting new people who are locals or about saving money?

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Filed Under: Budget, Travel Tagged With: Budget, Savings, Travel

Bucket List

Last Updated: December 8, 2014 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 7 Comments

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Over at No More Spending, a Bucket List was posted.  The Happy Homeowner also has a GREAT one! I’ve been wanting to finish creating my bucket list for awhile.  Hopefully I can cross some things off my list also.  I’ve done some of these things, but some were so long ago, that I don’t think they should count anymore.  Here it goes.

Travel

  1. Travel to another country and work odd jobs for my money.  I had friends who went to Europe for 2 years and they worked odd jobs here and there to support themselves.  Sounded like so much fun.
  2. U.S. Virgin Islands
  3. British Virgin Islands
  4. Hawaii
  5. New York
  6. California
  7. DisneyWorld
  8. Miami
  9. Panama City, FL
  10. Portland
  11. Dallas
  12. Houston
  13. Chicago 
  14. Los Angeles
  15. Las Vegas
  16. Boston
  17. Washington DC
  18. Puerto Rico
  19. Bahamas
  20. Jamaica
  21. Australia
  22. Italy
  23. Spain
  24. UK
  25. Ireland
  26. Denmark
  27. Germany
  28. Brazil
  29. Chile
  30. Argentina
  31. Thailand
  32. China
  33. South Korea
  34. Japan
  35. India
  36. Yosemite
  37. Big Sur
  38. Yellowstone

Activities/Adventure/Fun

  1. Go skydiving (I’m going in a September 2011!)
  2. Get my piloting license (I have my first class soon!)
  3. Go parasailing in the ocean
  4. Jetski
  5. Go on a month long hike
  6. Jump off a cliff
  7. Go cliff diving
  8. Parachute into a deep cave
  9. Horseback riding in the mountains
  10. Live in a cabin on a beautiful lake
  11. Drive 200 miles per hour
  12. Surf well
  13. Snowboard
  14. Go on a month long sailing excursion
  15. Live on a boat

Financial

  1. Have my mortgage paid off
  2. Have a second condo/house paid off in a place that I love
  3. Make at least six figures a year
  4. Have no debt
  5. Be able to pay for everything with cash upfront

Personal

  1. Have a successful financial website
  2. Speak a foreign language
  3. Write a financial or self-help book
  4. Live in a foreign country or Hawaii
  5. Be extremely fit
  6. Have a full garden full of tomatoes, lettuce, zucchini, cucumbers and much more!
  7. Form some kind of talent. I have feel like I have no talent.  I wish I could sing, dance, ballet, SOMETHING!
  8. Attend a royal affair and wear a massive hat
  9. Run a marathon (or a half-marathon)
  10. Enter an eating contest and WIN
  11. Have wonderful children
  12. Have my MBA
  13. Get my PhD

Do you have a bucket list?  Share your link or comment!

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Goals

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