Category: Save Money

January 24, 2025 Off

Free Your Fitness: Top Weight Loss Apps (Without the Price Tag)

By The Admiral Staff

This article highlights several free weight loss apps to help users achieve their health goals without spending money. **MyFitnessPal** is recommended as the best overall, offering a comprehensive experience with a large food database, workout tracking, and syncing capabilities with various fitness trackers. Other notable apps include **Lose It!** (known for its user-friendly interface), **Fitbit** (useful even without a Fitbit device for tracking activity), **Lifesum** (focused on finding suitable diets and providing meal plans

January 23, 2025 Off

SodaStream Showdown: Is It Really Worth the Fizz?

By The Admiral Staff

The article explores whether investing in a SodaStream is financially worthwhile compared to buying canned soda. With average soda consumption costing around $279 per person annually (or $1,116 for a four-person household), many are considering alternatives. While the initial SodaStream purchase ($100 for the device and CO2 canister) doesn’t immediately save money, replacement CO2 canisters cost significantly less than buying individual cans. Overall, the article concludes that SodaStream is generally cheaper,

January 23, 2025 Off

Unlock Relaxation: Your Guide to Cheap & Free Massages

By The Admiral Staff

This article explores ways to get cheaper or even free massages. The national average is $75 per session, but alternatives exist. Options include attending massage school for around $20/hour, utilizing subscription services like Massage Envy or Elements Massage, referring new clients to clinics, checking for insurance coverage (often requiring a doctor’s referral), taking advantage of National Spa Week discounts, finding deals on Groupon, or learning basic techniques in a couples massage class to give massages at home.

January 22, 2025 Off

Cash Back & Claims: February’s Settlements You Need to Know About

By The Admiral Staff

Ten settlements are currently accepting claims, offering consumers potential recovery for various issues including data breaches, subscription fees, product defects, and uninhabitable living conditions. Settlements address data breaches at Vi, Morrison Community Hospital, Mondelēz, Nonstop Administration, Professional Finance, and Rise Interactive, as well as a Progressive vendor breach. Other settlements cover automatic renewal subscription issues with System1, uninhabitable apartment conditions at Meridian Heights Apartments, battery defects in Chevy Bolt vehicles, and a settlement with General Motors and LG

January 22, 2025 Off

Ditch the Premiums? A Guide to Self-Insurance

By The Admiral Staff

The article explores “self-insurance,” an alternative to traditional insurance where individuals or businesses set aside funds to cover potential emergencies instead of paying premiums. While self-insurance offers benefits like increased cash flow, potential investment earnings, and avoiding rising premiums, it also carries risks, including the potential for a single emergency to deplete savings and the need for disciplined financial management. The article suggests considering high-deductible plans or Health Savings Accounts as alternatives and emphasizes the importance of assessing personal financial risk tolerance before opting