Take advantage of technology to plan your holiday gift giving. No more scribbled paper lists or just winging it. Thanks to this website, you can create wish lists, set budgets, track your spending and more. The information is all very organized into easy to read groups, and this online tool does all of the calculations for you, so you won’t even need that calculator. It is easy to adjust your budget as needed, so you won’t wind up paying more for gifts than you can afford. You can see at a glance how much you are spending.
The holiday gift planner that I recommend is at myholidaygiftplanners.com, and is a free service that is put out by Zions Bank. You don’t have to be a customer of the bank to use the planner, and you won’t be annoyed by any hard sell ads. Any information that you put into the planner will be available the entire year, so you can get a head start on next year’s gift, purchase gifts throughout the year, or use the planner for other holidays, such as birthdays and anniversaries.
When you first get to the holiday gift planner web page, take the quick tour. You’ll get to see what a planner in progress looks like, and you can see how easy it is to use. The tour is a series on non-interactive images that explain the entire process. When you are done with the tour, you can click on the “free planner” button to get started on making your own holiday gift planner. You will need a username and password, so your information stays available to you any time you need it. And the password prevents the prying eyes that might be anxious to take a look at your list.
I wonder if Santa uses this tool.
Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, technology in the Computing Blog, and creating a home in the Home Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here.
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