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8 ways to hack UBER, ditch your car, and save money in the on-demand economy.

02/19 by The Frug Leave a Comment

By Brad Beckstrom

In the middle of a crowded Irish pub, my friend stood up and shouted “Brad will be taking Uber home tonight!”  and ordered another round to cheers and jeers.  Late that evening, a shiny Jeep showed up and drove my wife and me home in the freshly falling snow. The total cost of the ride $6.28. My friend didn’t know that I use UberX about once a week and whenever I’m traveling

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Having a shiny sedan show up at your home with a driver may not seem very frugal until you consider parking costs $6-$10 for a night out in the city and the occasional $50-$100 parking ticket.  I got $200 worth the year before I started using UBER. The hundred dollar parking ticket was due to an expired Virginia inspection decal. I was a bit peeved until I saw that this parking ticket actually said “ticket and tow” and I’d gotten to my car before the tow truck had arrived. My Virginia inspection decal was two days expired and I was parked in Washington DC! That city will do anything for a buck as long as it’s a pain in the ass.

A few years ago when Virginia tried to ban Uber, I wrote to my Congressman and told him that he was putting drinkers back on the road if he supported banning services like Uber and Lyft. I didn’t use the word drunks because many folks who get a DUI think they’re fine until it’s too late.  The average cost of a DUI can range anywhere from $7000 to $25,000 depending on the area and fines. The younger the driver, the more invincible they believe they are and more likely to have others in the car with them, not to mention the other drivers and pedestrians they endanger when driving impaired. If you’re going to be out celebrating, use it tell your family and friends to use it. I’ll give you some Uber hacks below to eliminate any excuses. [Read more…] about 8 ways to hack UBER, ditch your car, and save money in the on-demand economy.

Filed Under: Travel Lean Tagged With: Dining out, family of four spending, saving money, The Frug recommends, travel hacks

Become the Master of Your Domain

02/19 by The Frug 1 Comment

Using your name to create a personal domain and homepage.

By Brad Beckstrom

In the wide world of apps, social media, and online profiles people may ask what’s the purpose of a personal domain name? Over the years, I’ve created profiles on just about every popular social media site including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Flickr, Medium, 500px, Pinterest, Nextdoor, Quora, WordPress, Yelp, Adobe, About.me, Flavors.me, Clarity.fm….. the list goes on.

In addition to this, I write and work with partners, media companies or events that post my profile here and there. If you’re active online, do a Google search for your name and you’ll see many of these profiles appear. Many are out of date, put up quickly, or lack complete information.

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Filed Under: Work Lean Tagged With: working lean

Bang Your Drum. How to Launch a Creative Quest and Find Convergence.

01/19 by The Frug Leave a Comment

Bang Your Drum

Run Your Race

Pause And Think About It

Three of my favorite outdoor sculptures, all created by Barry Flanagan. I came across these sculptures in three different cities: Amsterdam, Dublin, and Washington, DC. The photos were taken over 10 years apart but somehow they work together to convey a message. Bang your drum, run your race, but don’t forget to pause and think about it. Especially if in all your running around you look like a jackrabbit or the bunny man from Donnie Darko.

Creating your Big Audacious Quest

[Read more…] about Bang Your Drum. How to Launch a Creative Quest and Find Convergence.

Filed Under: Travel Lean Tagged With: art, convergence, creative journey, Creativity, photography

I answer 10 questions with Mr. 1500 Days

01/19 by The Frug Leave a Comment

Carl is behind the financial independence blog 1500 Days to Freedom.  He’s recently been made famous in multiple New York Times articles, Yahoo Finance, and on Good Morning America. I first met Carl at FinCon 2018 (a personal finance conference) where I scored an email invite to his “bring your own” local craft beer party. Since this was my first time at FinCon I wanted to make sure that I fully participated. The idea of the party was to bring a local craft beer from wherever you were flying in from.

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It’s Screen Time. Making the most of your smartphone addiction.

01/19 by The Frug 2 Comments

By Brad Beckstrom

I’ve been playing with the screen time tracker on my iPhone. Apple recently introduced screen time tracking in response to legitimate public concern about rampant addiction to looking at our iPhones.

Apple hid this app in the settings section so if you look for it on your home screen or search bar you won’t see it. You need to go to settings and search for it.  I really don’t feel there’s enough data in there for me to decide if I have a smartphone problem but I should keep an eye on it. Actually, I already know I have a smartphone problem. I really don’t need another app to tell me about this. I just want to manage it.

[Read more…] about It’s Screen Time. Making the most of your smartphone addiction.

Filed Under: Work Lean Tagged With: Apple, apps, life hacks, Productivity, smartphone

Super Airfare Travel Hacks for Families and Groups

12/18 by The Frug 4 Comments

By Brad Beckstrom

There are a ton of great travel hacking tools and adventure travel blogs out there. The blogs include lots of great tips like maximizing use of frequent flyer miles, credit card point programs, traveling during off-peak periods to less popular destinations and top 10 lists of great online tools and apps to use.

Despite the abundance of advice out there, one area that’s rarely mentioned is travel hacking for a family of four (or a small group of friends.)  Planning for four or more people takes travel hacking to a whole new level. Keep reading if you’re traveling solo since these tools can also work when traveling alone or as a couple.

When planning for four people, you’re often not only dealing with the worst time of year to travel, like spring break or the holidays, but you’re also trying to use up some of your frequent flyer mileage. This goes against the grain of what most travel hackers recommend, including efficient use of frequent flyer miles and traveling at off-peak periods. [Read more…] about Super Airfare Travel Hacks for Families and Groups

Filed Under: Travel Lean Tagged With: family of four spending, family of four stats, Frequent-flier families, Frugal Travel, saving money, The Frug recommends, Travel lean

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