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500 Great Ways to Save For Dummies
Get smart and start saving—without sacrificing the things you love
With high prices for everything from food to gas, how can you make ends meet—and still have enough for the things you love? 500 Great Ways to Save For Dummies is packed with creative ideas for cutting costs in small and big ways, in dozens of categories, ranging from groceries and healthcare to education, travel, and major purchases. This fun book helps you get into a saving mindset, know where your money goes, and whittle down debt. These quick tips are so easy you can start saving today!
Reduce everyday costs of groceries, restaurant meals, gas, utilities, home maintenance, healthcare, and insurance Save money on fitness, pet care, entertainment, and all your hobbies Cut costs on big-ticket items including vacations, cars, and appliances Find free stuff, special discounts, and money-saving apps This is the only book you need to save money throughout the year!
With high prices for everything from food to gas, how can you make ends meet—and still have enough for the things you love? 500 Great Ways to Save For Dummies is packed with creative ideas for cutting costs in small and big ways, in dozens of categories, ranging from groceries and healthcare to education, travel, and major purchases. This fun book helps you get into a saving mindset, know where your money goes, and whittle down debt. These quick tips are so easy you can start saving today!
Reduce everyday costs of groceries, restaurant meals, gas, utilities, home maintenance, healthcare, and insurance Save money on fitness, pet care, entertainment, and all your hobbies Cut costs on big-ticket items including vacations, cars, and appliances Find free stuff, special discounts, and money-saving apps This is the only book you need to save money throughout the year!
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Published May 9, 2023
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August 18, 2023
500 Great Ways to Save For Dummies by The Experts at AARP
167-page Kindle Ebook 183 actual pages starting with ii
Genre: Personal Finance, Budgeting
Featuring: Foolish Assumptions, Icons, Military, Seniors, Students, AARP, Managing Your Money, Seeing Where Your Money Goes, Expenses, Income, Financial Goals, Creating Your Budget, Slashing Your Food Bill, Car Savings, Utilities, Fixing Up Your Home for Cheap, Discounts, Coupons, Gift Cards, and Cash Back; Clothes Shopping, Cutting Your Prescription Costs, Savings on Eye Care and Glasses, Cellphones, Keeping Tuition Low, Cutting Travel Expenses, Hobbies, Holidays, Gym Memberships, Pets, Health Insurance, Mortgages, Retirement Accounts, Index, Illustrations, Websites
Quotes: "275. Get TV the old-fashioned way. You don’t need an expensive cable or streaming package to get live television. Just install a $30 television antenna; it will get you access to television channels like ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox."
"286. Active-duty and retired military and their dependents may be eligible for a discount at Cinemark Theatres box offices at certain times or on certain days. Call your theater for details. Active and retired military members also qualify for a discount at some Regal Cinemas locations. Call your local theater for details and availability."
"Cut costs by sitting through a few commercials. We’re sure you’ve heard of the big three streamers (Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, and Netflix), but did you know there are a ton of free ad-supported options out there? So while you may have to watch a few commercials, you don’t have to pay a dime. Think of the following sites as noncombatants in the streaming wars."
"350. Some foreign universities rent rooms to summer travelers while their students are away on break. Go to UniversityRooms.com".
"403. Join SilverSneakers. The program offers free gym memberships to people 65 and over. Save hundreds of dollars per year. Visit tools.silversneakers.com/ to see whether your health plan covers it and if you are eligible."
"484. Every year, Americans leave more than $16 billion in government benefits they’re qualified for on the table. BenefitsCheckUp (benefitscheckup.org), the National Council on Aging’s free online tool, can link you with benefits programs that can help pay for healthcare, medicine, food, utilities, and more."
Rating as a movie: PG
My rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🤑👶
My thoughts: 🔖Page 41 of 167 Fixing Up Your Home on the Cheap - The first link I tried is out of date and I missed it by a month. 🌐 https://mygrocerydeals.com/ Dear valued members,
We at MyGroceryDeals.com would like to express our deepest gratitude for your loyalty and support for the past 18 years. When we first launched our website in 2005, we could not have foreseen the many changes and developments we would undergo over the years. As our business continues to evolve, we have made the difficult decision to discontinue our grocery deals information service, effective July 1, 2023. 🌐 The rest of the links I was semi-interested in worked fine, but that one was the one I wanted. So far for every tip I knew already, there are 4 that I didn't know of, make it 10 for the utilities chapter.
🔖85 Tapping into Technology Bargains - I don't want to abandon this book but I did not need most of the information I just read. I Read a good 100+ tips, I knew about 9 of them already, but I did not need to know a good 75 of them. I think this is a good book to have for reference, I don't think it's a good book to read.
This book is very busy. It is most definitely the book you want to buy and keep for reference. The icons made it easy to find deals specific to the military, seniors, students, and AARP members.
Recommend to others: Yes! Good information.
167-page Kindle Ebook 183 actual pages starting with ii
Genre: Personal Finance, Budgeting
Featuring: Foolish Assumptions, Icons, Military, Seniors, Students, AARP, Managing Your Money, Seeing Where Your Money Goes, Expenses, Income, Financial Goals, Creating Your Budget, Slashing Your Food Bill, Car Savings, Utilities, Fixing Up Your Home for Cheap, Discounts, Coupons, Gift Cards, and Cash Back; Clothes Shopping, Cutting Your Prescription Costs, Savings on Eye Care and Glasses, Cellphones, Keeping Tuition Low, Cutting Travel Expenses, Hobbies, Holidays, Gym Memberships, Pets, Health Insurance, Mortgages, Retirement Accounts, Index, Illustrations, Websites
Quotes: "275. Get TV the old-fashioned way. You don’t need an expensive cable or streaming package to get live television. Just install a $30 television antenna; it will get you access to television channels like ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox."
"286. Active-duty and retired military and their dependents may be eligible for a discount at Cinemark Theatres box offices at certain times or on certain days. Call your theater for details. Active and retired military members also qualify for a discount at some Regal Cinemas locations. Call your local theater for details and availability."
"Cut costs by sitting through a few commercials. We’re sure you’ve heard of the big three streamers (Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, and Netflix), but did you know there are a ton of free ad-supported options out there? So while you may have to watch a few commercials, you don’t have to pay a dime. Think of the following sites as noncombatants in the streaming wars."
"350. Some foreign universities rent rooms to summer travelers while their students are away on break. Go to UniversityRooms.com".
"403. Join SilverSneakers. The program offers free gym memberships to people 65 and over. Save hundreds of dollars per year. Visit tools.silversneakers.com/ to see whether your health plan covers it and if you are eligible."
"484. Every year, Americans leave more than $16 billion in government benefits they’re qualified for on the table. BenefitsCheckUp (benefitscheckup.org), the National Council on Aging’s free online tool, can link you with benefits programs that can help pay for healthcare, medicine, food, utilities, and more."
Rating as a movie: PG
My rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🤑👶
My thoughts: 🔖Page 41 of 167 Fixing Up Your Home on the Cheap - The first link I tried is out of date and I missed it by a month. 🌐 https://mygrocerydeals.com/ Dear valued members,
We at MyGroceryDeals.com would like to express our deepest gratitude for your loyalty and support for the past 18 years. When we first launched our website in 2005, we could not have foreseen the many changes and developments we would undergo over the years. As our business continues to evolve, we have made the difficult decision to discontinue our grocery deals information service, effective July 1, 2023. 🌐 The rest of the links I was semi-interested in worked fine, but that one was the one I wanted. So far for every tip I knew already, there are 4 that I didn't know of, make it 10 for the utilities chapter.
🔖85 Tapping into Technology Bargains - I don't want to abandon this book but I did not need most of the information I just read. I Read a good 100+ tips, I knew about 9 of them already, but I did not need to know a good 75 of them. I think this is a good book to have for reference, I don't think it's a good book to read.
This book is very busy. It is most definitely the book you want to buy and keep for reference. The icons made it easy to find deals specific to the military, seniors, students, and AARP members.
Recommend to others: Yes! Good information.
December 1, 2025
Once I saw it was written by AARP, I knew there would be a lot directed at senior citizens and there would be a lot I have read in their newsletter, especially the special issue on saving money. I did learn a few new things and maybe should write them down.
July 30, 2023
I picked this up at the library, maybe I could pick up a couple of tips I hadn’t thought of before.
I didn’t really but I can see how this book could be a hood starting point for some.
I didn’t really but I can see how this book could be a hood starting point for some.
November 10, 2023
A great refresher
Quick read, to remind of the simple ways to save money on small things that can put extra money on your pocket.
Quick read, to remind of the simple ways to save money on small things that can put extra money on your pocket.
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