From the category archives:

Summer Holidays

Movies in the Park.

August 9, 2011

As the weather gets hotter you can’t help but want to have some good old-fashioned summertime fun but these three long awaited months can be a very expensive time for those of us who can’t live without a social life. I completely understand, and the ‘Bargain Queen’ aka ‘The Diva On a Budget’ is here [...]

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Thanks Jill for saving me a bundle on my recent staycation.

August 4, 2011

I’m finally friends with Jill, the navigator who gives directions to Never-Neverland addresses I call flea markets, antique stores or garage sales, where my husband instantly changes into a child again! I am done contemplating whether or not buying a GPS was worth it; it turned out that it was. I spent my last vacation [...]

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A little birdie told me so. Cheap, cheap, cheap summer holidays.

June 23, 2011

I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it again. Today’s Internet is a powerful, wonderful tool for money-related problem solving, including finding answers to the pressing question, what can a cash-strapped family do for a fun summer holiday? Start by thinking cheap and free. Then get your Google in gear. Type in cheap [...]

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You ain’t dead yet. A bucket list for financially challenged Torontonians.

March 11, 2011

Can you die a happy soul when your entertainment budget is already six-feet under? Yes you can. In fact, I’ve developed something for financially challenged Torontonians called “The No-Spend Bucket List.” It consists of a raft of free, entertaining activities that must be undertaken before you and that proverbial bucket take a final tumble. Though [...]

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Hot town, summer in the city. For cheap.

July 12, 2010

So maybe you’re down this year about a lack of dough for some summer fun. Forget about it. Tuck those credit and ATM cards away for the time being. There are lots of great things to see and do in cities and towns across Canada this summer that cost you nothing, or next to nothing. [...]

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Staycation. A different kind of blockbuster summer.

June 24, 2009

    There’s a new word on people’s lips this year: Staycation. And, no, it’s not a summer blockbuster starring Eddie Murphy as the unemployed patriarch of a family of misfits played by none other than Eddie Murphy. Staycation is the term for sticking around home this season and finding ways to enjoy yourself at [...]

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