My company recently released a website to educate consumers about the benefits of using online bill payment to reduce the risks and hassles of paying your bills via snail mail (aka the US Postal Service). The new site is called eBill Place, and it's really just meant to inform, not necessarily sell the services of the many different financial services and banks in the US that offer online bill payment services. If you do not pay your bills online, and especially if you are afraid of eBills (hint hint, my wife!), then you should read up on the benefits of doing so at this site. I wouldn't work at this company if I didn't believe in what they are trying to do, which is primarily to make some money while helping people pay their bills faster, more safely, and more easily than ever before. (It also happens to reduce the financial hassles we go through with the companies that we all deal with, in my experience.)
In some recent searches and online reading I have compiled a list of some of the best ideas for traveling without spending as much money as you might think you have to in order to enjoy a trip. So here are the 7 tips I have to offer that I think make a lot of sense (all compiled from various sources):