Looking for a modern way to send money? Western Union now has its WU® mobile app. Just the other weekend, at a family event, I got into a conversation with family members and friends about sending money electronically. Situations where one would need to send money included wiring money to a son in university, to sending a sibling cash in a flash in times of … [Read more...]
March Break Travel & Saving Hacks #CIBCTravelCash
Sponsored by CIBC With March Break fast approaching, many parents have probably been trying to organize travel plans and vacations (or even staycations). It’s an exciting time of the year! It’s a chance for families to spend some quality time together and get a little break. Travel Tips & Saving Hacks * Plan. Research. Do your homework well in advance. Months prior to … [Read more...]
Send Money Home with CIBC No-Fee-GMT
When it comes to reasons why to send money from home, the reasons are simple. Do you do lots of business abroad and send money regularly? Do you make overseas purchases? Perhaps your son who is in college in the U.S. needs you to send funds to his account for school expenses. Maybe your daughter who is overseas had an emergency and needed some extra cash this month. … [Read more...]
CIBC Global Money Transfer & a #CIBCnofeeGMT Twitter Party
Sending money to loved ones overseas can sometimes be a bit of a challenge. In my experience, Birthday and Christmas cards from Canada often "get lost" in the mail because people think that we send money in cards to our family. My relatives sometimes tell me that they didn't receive our cards. It makes me sad because usually photos of Little One would be included in the … [Read more...]
Tangerine Bank TFSA Kick Start Account
Like most families, finances seem to never be too far from our minds. There's always the everyday expenses to think of as well as the unexpected. For us, there are always expenses on the farm. Whether it be repairs on equipment or needing to purchase new equipment to replace the ones that we've been limping along with, there is always something that needs attention. We've … [Read more...]
Family Financial Challenge in Review #pgmom #savingmadesimple
This past month was a challenging one. My family and I took on the Family Financial Challenge and took a very close look at our spending habits and made a concentrated effort at saving more. After reading Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s “Money Rules”, I learned a lot about my family’s spending habits. If you're interested in saving or improving your family's spending habits, I’d highly … [Read more...]
My Family Totally Needs Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s Help! Family Financial Challenge #SavingMadeSimple #PGmom
I have to say that being married to a frugal farmer, we live a very modest life. When I talk about modest, I mean no ruffles or extras, no fancy schmancy anything and we really know how to live on a dime. We grow a lot of our own food, I have had to give up a lot of the luxuries I once knew from my city life, and we rarely splurge on anything. The one huge purchase I made … [Read more...]