This tip takes a lot of discipline to do…. but it can grow your fund!
If you receive cash or gift cards for your birthday, Christmas, etc. consider saving it for your Disney fund instead of spending it. Or if you do spend it, take cash out of your budget and deposit that into your fund.
For example, if you get a $50 Walmart gift card and spend it, take $50 out of your cash budget and deposit that into your fund.
I got a $50 gift card as a gift from my Grandmother and I am depositing that into my fund!
Be sure to check out all the ways you can add to your fund as you Coupon to Disney!
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I do the same thing! I “buy” my gift cards and rewards such as SwagBucks rewards and stash it away in our Disney fund.
This is not the same as receiving a giftcard and taking the money for something else, but every year I purchase a giftcard and deposit money on it through out the year, it helps when the holidays come along, the money is there and I know how much I have. It also helps when you have a “rainy day”.
my family now understands that nothing makes me happier than going to Disney World so they forgo giving me presents and instead give me Disney gift cards. I get them from everyone, even DGS21months, for every holiday including Christmas, birthday, Valentine’s Day, Anniversary, and Mother’s Day. I see my Disney fund growing and growing and it’s super easy for them to run to Walgreens and get them for me.
I’ve been keeping the gift cards too, but Im keeping them until before we go to Disney because I know there will be things I need right before we go like snacks, toothbrushes, and little things like that.