Unexpected Costs of Summer - Budget Killers - Summer Savings
You budgeted for plane tickets and beach balls, but there are a few sneaky expenses you may have forgotten. Here's how to keep them from turning into major ones.
By Nathalie Gorman
Original Content | July 12, 2012 
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What you thought of: Sunscreen, water bottles, towels, sand pails and shovels. What you forgot to save for: A sun umbrella. "People are constantly coming up and saying, 'We didn't prepare for sunshine like this,'" says Wyatt Werneth, a spokesman for the American Lifeguard Association. How to get a good deal: Buy it at home (Target sells them for as little as $5). If you have arrived without an umbrella and are unsure as to whether buying an umbrella or renting is more costly, Werneth says, "Generally, you're [still] better off if you buy it yourself." The only exception to this rule is windy weather. "If you go and buy a cheap umbrella and it's windy," Werneth explains, "it's going to tear your umbrella up, flip it up and blow it across the beach." |
