Amber’s Savings Report

WOW! Amber is making her dream a reality. She has earned over $3,000 in 6 months.  That alone is very impressive!

When you want to go to Disney World but your budget doesn’t allow it what do you do? Kristin’s blog and Facebook group made it possible! I jumped right in knowing that we had a set date in mind to be able to meet our friend’s who had already booked their trip for April of 2017.

I found Kristin’s Facebook group in September 2016. I saw others posting about what they had saved and how. I had used Swagbucks before, but there were so many earning apps I learned about. As I learned how to use them I got my husband to start using them as well. Some of the apps were faster earners than others.

Cricket rewards was the fastest for us until they changed some things in 2017. They offer a half off gift card on the 15th of each month. It used to be unlimited so we were able to max out our points on that day. Now they only allow up to three half off cards during that special. These earning apps are constantly changing as they become more popular.

I am a SAHM and my husband often travels for work. I spend all available kid free time earning towards our goal. My husband was able to do other apps easily with his time off when he was out of town. We cashed in for Target, Walmart or PayPal and turned them into Disney gift cards. Each gift card we brought home I entered into our Disney Vacation Account that is free to set up.

About 80% of our trip was paid for by earning gift cards. That includes six nights at Pop Century with dining plan. One quick service meal and one table service meal. We have all character meals booked to get the most out of the dining plan. It will also save time meeting characters with our toddler.

We also bought the Memory Maker that I will never go without it when going to WDW. Our Southwest flights were covered with earned travel points and gift cards. One of the unlimited, half off cards from Cricket was for Gamestop. I found out Gamestop sold other gift cards including Southwest.

Sometimes you have to get creative to max out earned points on an app and be able to put it towards your Disney goal. As we get closer to our trip there are always additional items that need to be purchased. The Crowdtap app only earns Amazon credit. We used that to purchase things like stroller accessories. We even have $425 saved for spending on our trip. All in free gift cards!

Here are our current totals since September 2016.

Swagbucks $600.00
Cricket/Mplus Apps $1020.00
Ibotta $45.56
Shopkicks $110.00
Field Agent $177.50
Mobee $359.25
Isecretshop $344.25
Mobisave $1.20
Crowdtap $80.00
Online focus groups $105.00
Target diaper purchase promos $80.00
Disney Visa bonus $200.00
Disney Vacation Account bonus $20.00
Gifts $275.00

Total of $3,417.76

Thank you to Kristin and all of her followers for teaching us so many new ways to save!

~Amber B.

Every day there is a new daily thread started that lists ways to earn Swagbucks. This helps everyone reach their goals. Just search Swagbucks after you go to the Savears group and you will see it!

If you are not a member of my Facebook group Saving for Disney with C2D (The SavEars) you should go join! It’s FREE and we help each other out. You don’t have to be saving for Disney to join. It’s a fun way for all of us to connect, and get to know other like minded individuals. If you are new to Swagbucks, they will be more than happy to help you along and answer any questions you may have!

New to Swagbucks? Swagbucks is a way to earn points by doing surveys, watching videos, and discovering new things. All these points, called SB, can be redeemed for gift cards from hundreds of major retailers including Target, Walmart, and you can also redeem your points for Paypal!

If you haven’t joined Swagbucks yet, you can join through this link. Be sure to enter the code SAVEARS to get started with 70 SB (this is exclusive to CouponingtoDisney readers; you only get 30 SB if you don’t use this link and code).