Comments on: 100 Things to Do During a Money Free Weekend

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 06:03:55 +0000

Wow, great tips! I absolutely love all the ideas and plan to incorporate some in the coming weekend. Thanks a lot!

By: designer throw pillows

designer throw pillows — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:16:43 +0000

Why not do some needle point? Create something with your hands, the time goes by, it’s quite meditative and at the end you have something that can last a lifetime. I’m really into little pillows so that’s what I would do.

Cheers,

George

By: Christie and Stephanie

Christie and Stephanie — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:08:54 +0000

i think me and my “partner” are going to write letters to our future children….we are 17. wooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Meisha

Meisha — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 02:11:31 +0000

Thankyou so much for all the different ideas. I have made a list of the ones I like and am looking forward to my weekend of reading, cleaning out closets, doing a fun yoga session with my boyfriend and making a list of 101 goals to achieve. Money free weekend, here I come . .

By: sion

sion — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:23:05 +0000

101: Get a loan and get drunk.

By: How to knit

How to knit — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:34:44 +0000

Well…I acutally like the list! We sometimes do this not to just save money, but just to enjoy the basic things we can do in life.

I really like the “connect with the neighbours” (or a bit further than that). With our busy lives we sometimes forget who lives nearby.

Here some additional tips and links.
22. A free zoo or museum
The lincoln park zoo is free: http://www.lpzoo.org/

You can also organize an event. By raising funds this does not cost you anything. This usually takes more than a weekend of course. But you can also hold an ad hoc small event (like a neighbourhood barbeque).

You can surf the internet and find books about a vacation that you might take in the future and dream about all the lovely foreign countries and wildlife.

You can practise a sport you haven’t done before.

Best,

Diane

By: Louise

Louise — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:22:20 +0000

I’m sorry, I understand if you would need to save on money and want free things to do – but write your own will? change your own oil? Seriously?

You’re wasting money by going on the internet and doing Desktop Defender or whatever – and also it just shows you don’t have a life.

To save money on the weekends, I would say just go out to your local park for a picnic or something or to the beach, or whatever is closest to you. I have a park near my place – and I like to meet up with friends there and catch up. That’s free!

Or really, just SAVE up money, until you can spend it on something decent! Like going out to the pub for the night!

You need money to have a decent kind of living. Free weekends are nice in theory, but really, there not.

I do agree with the library, along with other things on this list, but some of these things are just there to fill up the ’100 things to do’ and not actually useful/fun.

Or you know, you could just waste time practising origami, I’m really not bothered.

By: ML

ML — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:51:47 +0000

My favorite way to spend time (it’s free to join): http://www.storyofmylife.com

I’m collecting stories from all our elderly family members and recoding them. The family who is far geographically are LOVING it. Some I do in video, some taped over the phone, some written. I help them scan old photos for the pictures too. I have learned more about my family in the past year than I knew in my entire life! And some really neat things about family I didn’t know – and they feel good because someone is listening.

If no family around around – head out to the local verterans or senior center. Stories of World War II, the Depression, you name it.

By: Cale

Cale — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:18:32 +0000

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By: Jana

Jana — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:28:20 +0000

How about reducing your car insurance premium by taking an online driver safety course? The course costs a little fee but you get discounts on major coverages later…

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:59:59 +0000

this is a delightful list of free activities, but number 69! is NOT a free acticvity would you please amend or remove this from your list.

Thankyou

By: autoguy1970

autoguy1970 — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:36:03 +0000

@ “K” – you comment that garages “convince” you to do things that are not necessary. My response to that is ……. you are partly correct and mostly incorrect. MANY, MANY times, most people don’t maintenance their vehicles like they should. I agree that you should always follow the dealer’s recommendations for maintenance. I would suggest however, that you do not take the vehicle to a dealer to do that. Most reputable garages will do that maintenance check for significantly less than the dealer, additionally necessary repairs (unless covered by warranty) can be done cheaper. For big repairs, always get estimates from at least two different garages (possibly more) before agreeing to repairs.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:50:20 +0000

very awesome list… don’t leave many comments on pages like this, but your list was well worth the time to do so! Thanks for the great ideas!

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:01:48 +0000

This is a fantastic list! Another tip would be to not surround yourself with people who are more well-off all the time as they have a tendency to encourage you to spend more.

By: jwc082

jwc082 — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:34:30 +0000

Another good one would be, instead of just taking a hike for the fun of it, take a hike with a purpose. For example, go on a fossil-hunting or arrowhead-hunting hike. It’s easier to justify to yourself if you’re going for a reason.

By: Army Wife

Army Wife — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:39:50 +0000

I loved this list!

As for someone’s comment above that mentioned free swimming – it is available! Many areas have free trials for gym memberships, or your friends may be able to bring guests. And many parts of the country do have great free lakes to swim at.

For military families like ours – don’t forget about gyms on base/post, as well as those on other military bases or recreational sites that might be near you.

By: joe

joe — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:28:33 +0000

ive recently been spending alot of time watching tv and playing vidoe games but today i decided to do something constructive and this site realy helped me have some good free fun while getting both some mental and physical exercise. thanks

By: Central Coast

Central Coast — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:32:26 +0000

If you live near the coast, take the kids over to check out the rock pools. It’s a great way to spend a few hours and a fun way for the kids to learn about the ocean and it’s inhabitants.

By: jessica

jessica — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:46:33 +0000

Awesome list. I can’t believe there is actually a 100 things to do.

My friends and I use this site Pinchd and we write lists of fun/free things to do this summer and then share it to each other. I made it my website link…but here is another one: http://bit.ly/c02EPZ

hope it helps. but really awesome job on this list.

By: Qiyanah

Qiyanah — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:21:43 +0000

I wish this list had more great ideas. Good thing is i wasted a good 10 min reading this. Now i have to find something else to do :(