Finalize Your Thanksgiving Travel Now to Save
If you want to fly home for Thanksgiving, but don’t want to spend your savings, then you’ll love this tip from our friends at The Penny Hoarder. The best time to buy Thanksgiving airline tickets is about 60 to 70 days ahead. But it’s OK if you missed that window. Travel experts say prices don’t vary much until about a month ahead. As long as you finalize your Thanksgiving air travel plans by Halloween, you shouldn’t be paying ridiculous prices. You could also plan your travel for less popular days; specifically, Monday, November 21 through Friday, November 25. These hacks could save you 20 percent on flights, so be sure to mark your calendars! For more money hacks, visit ThePennyHoarder.com.
Cheap and Easy Halloween Decoration
Adding stretchy cobwebs to the doorjambs and corners of your home is a great way to add Halloween flair to the entire house. Instead of buying the ones packaged as spider webs, though, simply go to a craft store and buy a bag of fiberfill. It’s the exact same stuff, and a 16-ounce bag of fiberfill is less than half the cost. You can usually find bags of plastic spider rings for super-cheap at party supply or superstores—add them to the webs and on tables around your house for more atmosphere, and encourage your guests to take them home!
Make Jack-o’-Lanterns Last Longer
A problem we used to have every Halloween was that our pumpkins got soft and mushy soon after they were carved. It turns out that this happens because air comes in contact with the inside flesh, allowing bacteria to grow. So to solve the problem of every jack-o-lantern looking like an old man, we now spray the inside of the hollowed-out pumpkin with an antiseptic spray, which slows down the bacterial growth and increases the time it takes for the pumpkin to deteriorate. Just make sure no one eats a pumpkin that has been sprayed! You can also try using WD-40 spray instead (just don’t use a real candle inside!).
Jack-o’-Lantern Candle Alternatives
A candle looks eerily beautiful when burning inside a carved pumpkin, but electric lights last longer and burn even more brightly. To give your pumpkin a long-lasting glow, curl up a string of Christmas lights, stick them in a clear plastic bag, and place the bag inside the pumpkin. Carve a small hole in the back of your pumpkin to plug the lights into an electrical outlet. Or, use a “wickless candles” which is a battery-operated fake candle, made to imitate the light from a real one.
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