Frugal living tips carnival 1

Welcome to the July 4, 2009 edition of frugal living tips. I have only selected submissions that I felt fitted closely enough with the theme frugal living tips. Multiple submissions have been culled as well as un-named entries and off topic postings.

For me, carnivals are all about mutually publicising our blogs. With this in mind I look forward to seeing links back to this post, my frugal living tips page or my homepage frugal blogging. I am happy to receive in post or blogroll links. Bloggers unable to return the link love will not be considered for future carnivals. Many thanks in advance, particularly to those of you who have already posted links!

So that I don't delete your post by mistake, please send me a message, including the URL where you place the link, once you have posted a backlink to my site.

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Leave Debt Behind presents Best Prepaid Cell Phones for all Occasions posted at Leave Debt Behind.

Savings Toolbox presents How to Save Some Money On Your Commute posted at Savings Toolbox.

Debt Freedom Fighter presents How to Create a Money Management Plan posted at Discover Debt Freedom!.

Flea presents Repair, Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose posted at Be A Survivor.

Mikkal Travvis presents Ron Paul And The Federal Reserve posted at The Truth.

MatthewPaulson presents Keeping Cool and Saving Money in Summer posted at Fine-Tuned Finances.

Alvina Lopez presents Traveling Cheap When You’re a Student – Here’s How You Do It | MasterDegreeOnline posted at MasterDegreeOnline.

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Heather Levin presents How To Save Money On Vacation posted at The Greenest Dollar, saying, "Easy ways to save money on your next vacation."

GP presents Get Pumped to Hit the Road « Musings from Montana posted at Manely Montana, saying, "travel the road efficiently this summer"

Deidre McMillan presents Frugal Flirty N Fab!: Where Are My Morals? posted at Frugal Flirty N Fab!, saying, "Frugal Flirty N Fab!"

Storm presents The Beauty of Simplicity posted at Ways To Simplify.

Elisha Webster Emerson presents 10 Ways to Save Money Like You Enjoy It posted at My Inconvenient Body, saying, "A playful guide to the Bohemian life style."

paystolivegreen presents Refrigerator Energy Savings Tips posted at Pays to Live Green.

Barry presents Learn To Survive On A $100 Grocery Budget posted at Associate Money.

Piotr Stepien presents How To Make a Website posted at we overstep, saying, "Start your own website where you can express yourself and from which you can make money. Chose an option of zero or minimal cost."

Claire presents Money Saving Eco Tips Competition posted at ooffoo, saying, "Confident that saving the planet can also mean saving money, ooffoo launched a competition to discover your tips on how to be eco and wallet friendly. Check out the winning entry and the brilliant runner-up ideas for saving money and going green at the same time."

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Noload Bonds presents Bond Mutual Fund Fees posted at Bond Market Index Funds, saying, "Simply put, if you pay higher bond mutual fund fees, then these bond management expenses tend just to be a deadweight loss to you. The best bond fund buying strategy is to pick only very low-cost no load bond funds."

MoneyNing presents How to Save Money Every Month posted at Money Ning, saying, "It's the recurring expenses that will get you!"

Barry presents Save Money By Reducing Waste posted at Associate Money.

rambrosi presents Secrets our hospitals are keeping from us posted at Easy Living $herpa, saying, "The things that our hospitals hide from us are appalling."

Money Saver presents DIY For Saving Money posted at Save Money Tips, saying, "How to do some work around the house so you can save some money."

Ray presents How To Win The Lottery posted at Money Blue Book.

nickel presents Benefits of Homemade Household Cleaners posted at fivecentnickel.com.

Ishan @ ILoveFreeSoftware presents How to Setup Virtual Fax Machine for Free posted at I Love Free Software, saying, "Having a regular fax machine is expensive. The best alternative is to use Online fax services. However, most of the fax services come with a monthly fee. In this article I explain how to setup your own free online fax service completely free. No registration fee, no monthly fee, no setup charges. Totally Free."

Brian McKay presents Best Auto Insurance Rates: Auto Insurance Discount posted at MonitorBankRates.com, saying, "Getting an auto insurance discount is possible in a number of ways."

SpendOnLife.com presents My Credit Journey - Starting at Rock Bottom posted at SpendOnLife, saying, "A three part story of Tiffany Garden gaining control of her debt and how to apply her lessons to your financial life."

Steven Chang presents The Truth About Money - Money Blog - Money Making Tips and Money Management posted at Money Making Tips and Money Management, saying, "Hope you find this blog post helpful to your readers. It's short, but teaches people the right mindset to wealth getting and preservation."

That concludes my first ever blog carnival. There may well be more editions of the frugal living tips blog carnival in the future. Posts that I deem to be related to frugality will likely be published. Many thanks to this edition's entrants.

04.07.2009. 12:00

Webhostingpad review

I didn't read any Webhostingpad reviews prior to signing up with them towards the end of 2008. The Webhostingpad offer at that time was for 3 free months hosting if I bought a 3 year Webhostingpad package. It seemed like a good deal at the time and in retrospect I am very happy with the Webhostingpad service that I have received up to this point.

It wasn't until recently that I realized how good I have it with Webhostingpad. In June 2009, I decided to join another hosting company to add some variety to the hosting I receive. My newest hosting provider is Just Host. They do have some good points which I will discuss further in my Just Host web hosting review. However in this Webhostingpad review I shall discuss the two main reasons why my blind choice to go with Webhostingpad hosting has worked out to be one of the smartest decisions I have made.

Firstly their support is the best I have experienced from any hosting provider. Admittedly I have only used four hosting companies. However, Webhostingpad review and action support tickets the fastest out of all the hosting companies I have used. I have literally had responses back within 60 seconds of logging a support ticket sometimes.

Another time I deleted one of my databases from the server which wiped out this very blog. After logging a ticket with Webhostingpad, they restored my database from the previous night's backup free of charge.

This leads into the second feature that I want to discuss in my Webhostingpad review. Their advertised price may not be the cheapest around, although it is certainly competitive. What makes them stand out though is their lack of hidden fees. The Webhostingpad homepage states.

Below are some of other features you'll find with your Hassle Free Web Hosting account. Our hosting accounts include everything you can think of and we NEVER have hidden fees.

This is great news for anyone that wants to host multiple domains. They add the domain privacy feature for free. Just Host charge the same amount of $14.95 to register an additional domain. But if you want to have your name and address hidden, they charge an extra $9.95. Whereas Webhostingpad provide this feature for free!

The company name is Webhostingpad (all one word) however if you see Webhosting Pad, Web Hosting Pad, Web Hostingpad, webhostingpad.com, etc. they all refer to the same company.

There may well be even better web hosting providers out there but in my limited experience they provide the best service that I can personally verify.

If you are looking for a dependable web hosting service at a reasonable price, I wholeheartedly recommend Webhostingpad. They provide frugal web hosting combining a great price with excellent customer support.

That concludes my Webhostingpad review.

23.06.2009. 00:44