Time for a Friday Flight- our little sampling of the week’s financial news and what it means for your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we boil them down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to get ahead with your money. In this episode we explain some relevant and helpful stories like: tips for raging against the machine, pervasive shrinkflation, dupe destinations, a case for timeshares, part time retirement, easiest way to save, 401k leakage, MVNOs to save, the best dating advice, & attractive CDs.

Additional links:

• Travel for less – Listen back to our convo with Elaine Glusac, aka The Frugal Traveler.
  • If you happen to have a timeshare that you’re looking to unload, then head over to TUG or Vacatia, but don’t be surprised if you have to literally give that thing away.

• MVNO – Cut your monthly cell phone service down to $15 a month with a provider like Mint Mobile– we’ve been using them for years now!

• Credit score – We also touched on the fact that you don’t need a perfect credit score– check out that episode!

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