473: Holiday Shopping Hacks That’ll Save You Hundreds (or Thousands) This Season

BiggerPockets Money Podcast

BiggerPockets

Investing, Education, Business

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🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The 2023 holiday shopping season is here, and you know what that means…gifts, trips, and LOTS of spending. If you love the holiday season but are more into frugal festivities, we have just the episode for you. Whether you're a budget-conscious stocking stuffer or a buy-everyone-an-iPhone gift giver, we've got some simple tips that'll help you save hundreds or thousands this holiday season. To help us build out our list of holiday hacks, we brought on Chris Hutchins from the All the Hacks podcast to give us his best tips for staying on budget this holiday season. From saving hundreds of dollars per person per flight to crazy cash-back browser extensions, how to buy fewer gifts while making everyone happy, and the best board game ever, Chris shares his favorite ways to spend less during the season and his listeners' favorite frugal gifts. Even if you're not much of a holly, jolly, merry type of person, Chris drops some incredible cost-saving knowledge YOU can use at ANY time of the year to keep thousands of more dollars in your pocket! In This Episode We Cover How to save hundreds of dollars on your holiday flights with this one timing hack Why fewer gifts can lead to happier holidays (and how to convince your family of it) Crazy cash-back opportunities and sites that'll reward you for gift-giving How to save 30%-40% on home renovations and repairs using this one coupon website The gifts you can and should buy used (NO ONE will notice) Chris' 2023 holiday gift guide for the frugal gift giver And So Much More! Links from the Show BiggerPockets Money Facebook Group BiggerPockets Forums Finance Review Guest Onboarding Join BiggerPockets for FREE Mindy on BiggerPockets Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Apply to Be a Guest on The Money Show Podcast Talent Search! Money Moment All The Hacks Podcast Give the Gift of Wealth-Building Knowledge with BiggerPockets' Books All the Money Hacks We WISH We Had Known About Cashback Monitor Cooking at Home Crown & Paw (Pet Portraits) DeleteMe Die with Zero Google Flights Google Shopping I Will Teach You To Be Rich Keepa Mercari Outlive Rakuten Saven Deal (Coupons TopCashback Whiskey River Soap Grab Chris’ 2023 Holiday Gift Guide Click here to check the full show notes: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/money-473 Interested in learning more about today's sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email us: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello,
0:01.4	welcome to the BiggerPockets Money Podcast, where we interview Chris Hutchins from all the
0:06.4	hacks and talk about all the finance hacks for the holiday season.
0:11.2	Hello, hello, hello, my name is Mindy Jensen
0:13.5	and with me as always is my stuffed
0:16.1	after Thanksgiving dinner, co-host Scott Trunch.
0:19.0	Thanks, Mindy, it's great to be here
0:20.2	and feast on life hacks, tips, and tricks for the holidays with Chris Hutchins today.
0:25.0	Scott and I are here to make financial independence less scary.
0:29.0	Less just for somebody else to introduce you to every money story because we truly believe that
0:35.3	financial freedom is attainable for everyone no matter when or where you're starting.
0:39.3	That's right. Whether you want to retire early and travel the world, go on to make big-time investments in assets like real estate, start your own business, or simply save a tremendous amount of money by thinking through your strategy, tactics, and tricks for holiday shopping and travel will help you reach your
0:54.8	financial goals and get money out of the way so you can launch yourself
0:57.1	towards your dreams. All right Scott it's time for that segment of the show
1:00.6	called the money moment where we share a money hack tip or trick to help you on your
1:05.2	financial journey and today's money moment is drink more tap water did you know that
1:10.9	the average water bottle is a dollar twenty-nine?
1:15.0	If you use this as your major source of water, it adds up fast.
1:19.4	Bring a reusable water bottle if you can.
1:21.3	And if you're concerned about water quality, put a filter in your
1:24.5	fridge or on your sink. Over time, it will save you more money and will be better for the environment.
1:30.5	Do you have a money tip for us? Email Money Moment at bigger pockets.com.
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