Rather than travelling south of the border, save your money and find a beautiful spot in Canada to vacation, such as Lakeside Beach, PEI.
The best of the web on money, markets and all things financial, as chosen daily by Globe and Mail personal finance columnist Rob Carrick.
Buy experiences, not things
The thinking behind this idea is that money buys more happiness when it's spent on experiences like travel than it is when used to buy things.
The 10 best things to buy at IKEA
OK, you do sometimes need to buy things.
Budgeting tips for summer camp
Ideas for saving money on the potentially large cost of sending kids to camp over the summer.
Eight habits of people who never carry a credit card balance
For one thing, they make weekly payments to their credit cards. It's a lot more manageable than making a big monthly payment.
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