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My husband and I came up with a way to travel without taking money away from important things such as bills. We actually call it our "Romance Fund" because we're sort of newly weds (two years in April). Three or four years ago we started saving our change. When the bag got full we went to the bank and opened a joint checking account (we each have our own checking accounts so this is our only joint account).
In addition to the change, we each put a dollar a day into an envelope. At the end of the month we deposit it into our "Romance Fund". Any time we get a rebate or small lottery winnings or unexpected money like a bonus from work we put that in the account too.
We use this money for traveling only. With all the change and dollars we have ended up with over $3,000 in that account. And like I said we only use it for travel expenses (hotel charges, gas to the destination and meals). We usually try to take long weekend get aways and that sort of thing but the great thing is that the money is always there and even if we are overwhelmed by bills or unexpected expenses, we still have that fund set aside to travel and spend time together and relax.
One thing we did vow to do was to never use that fund for anything but travel. Even if things get tight during the month due to bills we never touch that money except when we take trips.
My husband says "Just a dollar a day and a bag of change every few months is all it took for us to have this nice little fund to travel with."
In addition to the change, we each put a dollar a day into an envelope. At the end of the month we deposit it into our "Romance Fund". Any time we get a rebate or small lottery winnings or unexpected money like a bonus from work we put that in the account too.
We use this money for traveling only. With all the change and dollars we have ended up with over $3,000 in that account. And like I said we only use it for travel expenses (hotel charges, gas to the destination and meals). We usually try to take long weekend get aways and that sort of thing but the great thing is that the money is always there and even if we are overwhelmed by bills or unexpected expenses, we still have that fund set aside to travel and spend time together and relax.
One thing we did vow to do was to never use that fund for anything but travel. Even if things get tight during the month due to bills we never touch that money except when we take trips.
My husband says "Just a dollar a day and a bag of change every few months is all it took for us to have this nice little fund to travel with."
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