This guest post is contributed by Lauren Bailey, who writes on the topics of online colleges. She welcomes your comments at her email Id: blauren99 @gmail.com. Pinoy Frugal Blog has featured several blog articles before about the art of saving while traveling. Traveling is, as we are all aware, one source of money drain. But the fact of the matter is that it...

I just got hold of “The 4-Hour Workweek” by Tim Ferriss.  I got it through Amazon via a client in the US as this book was unavailable locally last year.  The other day, I have checked and Powerbooks have the book online at the cost of 850 something.  I got mine for USD13.00 and got the book last January. At any rate, this book is inspiring especially...

With the summer break coming up, I surmise it wouldn’t hurt to start planning for the summer break. How do you usually begin planning for a trip? I usually begin mine with my budget. If I have more money to spend, then I begin my search for trips possibly to prestigious resorts in the country (read: Panglao Island Nature Resort, Balesin) or somewhere off the...

Commerce is the art of exploiting the need or desire someone has for something. -Edmond de Goncourt (1822 – 1896) French novelist and diarist. Le Journal des Goncourts (co-written with Jules de Goncourt) It is so obvious that businesses thrives on consumerism. Consumerism is the attitude that values the acquisition of material goods. I did our last...

Since I have decided to skip gift giving this Christmas except for a more practical gifts to the children, I am shocked that even at the economic hoo-haas, SOME people are still giving away extravagant and obsence gifts according to the recent article by the Money Comparison Experts at Money.Co.UK, Here goes the list: (if you are even interested anyway…) 1. The...

Is it possible to celebrate Christmas without breaking the bank? How? Plan ahead Begin shopping for your noche buena dinner in November. Know your menu so you can streamline and schedule the purchases of ingredients. You can opt to buy the expensive ingredients this month and buy the cheaper ingredients on December so your budget for that month can accommodate for...