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Elizabeth Ayoola

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
3360 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

I will say that this was my second time being at an all inclusive. And I never thought that I would like all inclusives because every time I thought about them, I thought there's just going to be kids everywhere and everything's going to be super budget. And I'm a bit of a bougie accommodation traveler. So but this all inclusive was great because I didn't have to worry about food, drink.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

So all I had to really pay for were activities. So honestly, I was able to stay within my budget and I didn't spend that much.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

So all I had to really pay for were activities. So honestly, I was able to stay within my budget and I didn't spend that much.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

So all I had to really pay for were activities. So honestly, I was able to stay within my budget and I didn't spend that much.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

I'm still hungover, Sean, and it's two weeks later. So yes, I absolutely did. And I've traveled quite a bit this year. I think I've gone somewhere once every month. And maybe that's why I feel a little not very grounded. So I have resolved not to travel for a couple of months because momming and also because just to stay grounded in my life for a few months.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

I'm still hungover, Sean, and it's two weeks later. So yes, I absolutely did. And I've traveled quite a bit this year. I think I've gone somewhere once every month. And maybe that's why I feel a little not very grounded. So I have resolved not to travel for a couple of months because momming and also because just to stay grounded in my life for a few months.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

I'm still hungover, Sean, and it's two weeks later. So yes, I absolutely did. And I've traveled quite a bit this year. I think I've gone somewhere once every month. And maybe that's why I feel a little not very grounded. So I have resolved not to travel for a couple of months because momming and also because just to stay grounded in my life for a few months.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

I have been doing really good with budgeting because I actually had a no spend February, March and April kind of. So I was pretty good at staying within my budget because I know I have summer school expenses coming up for my son, which are huge. And then I have his tuition coming in August as well.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

I have been doing really good with budgeting because I actually had a no spend February, March and April kind of. So I was pretty good at staying within my budget because I know I have summer school expenses coming up for my son, which are huge. And then I have his tuition coming in August as well.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

I have been doing really good with budgeting because I actually had a no spend February, March and April kind of. So I was pretty good at staying within my budget because I know I have summer school expenses coming up for my son, which are huge. And then I have his tuition coming in August as well.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

So not traveling for the summer may be helpful with staying in budget for those big expenses coming up, too.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

So not traveling for the summer may be helpful with staying in budget for those big expenses coming up, too.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

So not traveling for the summer may be helpful with staying in budget for those big expenses coming up, too.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

So I'm very much a conscious spender. So I am very aware when I am impulse buying or emotional buying and things like that. So when I get back from a vacation, actually the blues can make you, well, make me want to go shopping or something, right?

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

So I'm very much a conscious spender. So I am very aware when I am impulse buying or emotional buying and things like that. So when I get back from a vacation, actually the blues can make you, well, make me want to go shopping or something, right?

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

So I'm very much a conscious spender. So I am very aware when I am impulse buying or emotional buying and things like that. So when I get back from a vacation, actually the blues can make you, well, make me want to go shopping or something, right?

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

But what I tend to do is get back, first of all, in the routine of cooking. Because like you said, that can be extremely hard when you're buying meals or being served meals every day and you have to go back to making your own meals. How dare they? Whoever they is that's making you cook.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

But what I tend to do is get back, first of all, in the routine of cooking. Because like you said, that can be extremely hard when you're buying meals or being served meals every day and you have to go back to making your own meals. How dare they? Whoever they is that's making you cook.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

But what I tend to do is get back, first of all, in the routine of cooking. Because like you said, that can be extremely hard when you're buying meals or being served meals every day and you have to go back to making your own meals. How dare they? Whoever they is that's making you cook.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Recover from Vacation Overspending and Avoid Costly Rental Property Management Mistakes

Absolutely. Finding the things that I love about my life that don't cost any money that I can just do to kind of ground myself, just get back into the swing of things.