Gas prices – EEK! Never mind trying to plan a vacation – how are you going to afford to run your life and get to where you need to go with gasoline nearing $5 per gallon? As a consumer, you\u2019re really at the mercy of the gas pump. Here are some suggestions for squeezing every penny out of your fuel expenses.<\/p>\n
Cut overall mileage by planning your errands in groups. Instead of running to the bank on Tuesday, the grocery store on Wednesday and the post office on Friday, combine as many errands as you can into one trip. For example, my bank, stock-up grocery store, pharmacy, pet food store and post office are all within a mile of one another so before I run out to one, I think about what I may need at the others so I can save a trip or two later. Even if we don\u2019t need cat food for a couple weeks, I pick it up while I\u2019m in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n
When we\u2019re on the way to visit family or friends, we always consider other destinations that outing, even if only 10-15 miles farther than our immediate vicinity, may take us past so we can take advantage of our proximity.\u00a0A trip to the hair salon takes us in the opposite direction from some of our usual haunts but closer to others, so we do the same every five weeks when it\u2019s time for haircuts. This strategy saves gas and<\/em> time because we\u2019re not covering the same distance multiple times.<\/p>\n Give your usual errands and routes careful consideration to discover where you can combine your trips. What places do you pass when you\u2019re picking up or dropping off your children at school, activities or friends\u2019 homes? How about on your way to or from work, place of worship, favorite restaurant or health or social club? Saving a few miles here and there, it won\u2019t take long to make a difference in your overall fuel expense. Just saving the multiple trips out of and back into my neighborhood represents a significant savings for me.<\/p>\n Like most saving strategies, this one is based on smart pre-planning of your time and effort. It\u2019s amazing what you can save by simply not spending where you don\u2019t need to. If you save enough money from prudently-planned travel every day, you may well be able to afford that vacation after all!<\/p>\n How can you save mileage in your everyday life, thereby saving money on fuel?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gas prices – EEK! Never mind trying to plan a vacation – how are you going to afford to run your life and get to where you need to go with gasoline nearing $5 per gallon? As a consumer, you\u2019re really at the mercy of the gas pump. Here are some suggestions for squeezing every […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[510],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3326"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Experience even more savings by supersizing this strategy:<\/h3>\n
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