Out of Town Guests Mean BLANK For Your Budget (What Is, ‘What Budget’)

What we spend when friends are in town.

Cheap Vacation Not Cheap, But $2,723.77

Cheap accommodations and a kitchen to make our own meals gave me an in —I could justify a vacation. It would be inexpensive! It was not inexpensive. It was $2,723.77.

Death by a Thousand Small Purchases?

So Mike/Readers, if I may ask: What tricks do you use to make sure you're properly stocked/organized/under control and avoid overspending dumb money because you're not prepared. — S.M.M.

How Heidi N. Moore Does Money

We all do money differently. How do you do money, Heidi N. Moore, Marketplace NYC bureau chief and Wall Street correspondent?