Profile I am thirty two years old and I am the Stage Manager for Into the Woods JR at a regional theater in Virginia. I make $375 a week, which comes out to $317.16 after taxes, and I’m staying in theater provided housing for free. This gig is five weeks long and ends the first…
The trick to really rocking the travel rewards is to plan ahead. For FinCon 2014, I travel hacked my flight and hotel and NJ Transit and managed to spend an amazing weekend in New Orleans for $608.87 – with just under half of that being the FinCon ticket itself. However, I knew I wanted to…
Profile I am thirty one years old and I am the Production Stage Manager/Production Manager for The Marriage of Figaro! I received a $3,000 stipend at the end of my contract (and am a dork who read her contract wrong and thought it was $500 more but it wasn’t) and a $300 travel stipend. Saving…
Profile I am thirty one years old and I am the Production Stage Manager/Production Manager for The Marriage of Figaro! I will receive a $3,500 stipend at the end of my contract and a $300 travel stipend (hopefully that check should turn up by the first week of July). Saving & Spending After finishing up…
Profile I am thirty one years old and I am the Stage Manager/Lighting Director for Clifford the Big, Red Dog! I make $700 a week and receive a $30/day per diem. Saving & Spending I have made my financial life infinitely more complicated this month. So figuring out my net worth is really a joy.…
In my continued quest to find ways to cut down the cost of our upcoming Hawaii trip, I was super excited to find that there’s a GoOahu card for the island we’ll be spending 90% of our time on! Seriously – I was so excited. And the rest of this post might sound like a…
I mentioned a last week that I just was not feeling the personal finance vibe (and full disclosure – totally went out and ate a chimichanga immediately after writing, though I did manage to forgo a bunch of liquor and buying any clothes so…. kind of a win… or a personal finance bloggers fail too story……
Ever since the Saved by the Bell kids went to Hawaii, it’s been one of my bucket list destinations. Check out these tips from my pal Fiona on how to get there without completely destroying your bank account – and check out Hipmunk for your next trip too. Personally, I love how their flight search engine…