Cost-cutting tips for planning a wedding in a time of new tariffs

Cost-cutting tips for planning a wedding in a time of new tariffs

Weddings in the United States are often dependent on goods imported from countries hit with new tariffs. Vendors and engaged couples are navigating higher prices and supply worries after President Donald Trump went to war over trade around the globe. Exports from dozens of countries, including major centers for goods such as cut flowers, wedding gowns, and decorations, … Read more

Parents ditching traditional advent calendars for this new cost-cutting trend

Parents ditching traditional advent calendars for this new cost-cutting trend

The countdown is now officially on to Christmas, and that only means one thing — advent calendars. Like everything else, advent calendars are pretty expensive unless you’re going the traditional chocolate route (and even those will set you back a pretty penny!). So, one mom has come up with a solution which will not only save you … Read more

NYC’s top restaurants dishing out fancy soft-serve ice cream as a cost-cutting dessert option

NYC’s top restaurants dishing out fancy soft-serve ice cream as a cost-cutting dessert option

To fight the sweltering heat of an East Coast summer — sweat sizzling on scorching pavement, commuters silently begging for a breeze on humidity-clogged train platforms — there’s nothing better than a cone of soft serve ice cream. Once the province of neighborhood kids waving dollar bills at ice cream trucks — and more recently, given … Read more

Wedding guests unleash on cost-cutting couples who skimp on food and booze to save money

Wedding guests unleash on cost-cutting couples who skimp on food and booze to save money

Weddings are supposed to be a happy blur of expensive flowers, white taffeta gowns and top-shelf liquor on the open bar. Right? Well, a shocking number of nuptial attendees are needling their hosts on a lively Reddit thread that spills the champagne on some of the most embarrassingly cheap functions they’ve attended. Sure, wedding guests … Read more

Skiplagging: What is it and why are airlines cracking down on cost-cutting method?

Skiplagging: What is it and why are airlines cracking down on cost-cutting method?

More travelers are flying than ever — and getting even more creative with money-saving airline hacks AAA projects that 4.69 million people will travel by plane this Thanksgiving week — a 2.5% increase from pre-Covid numbers in 2019. Some of those people are finding loopholes to get lower-priced flights, and airlines are cracking down on … Read more