What do you give up to get to Negril

[Sweet_Dawta]

We are giving up our longer time in Ocho Rios and Port Antonio to spend time Negril. It's not a financial burden, we simple live within our means. Sometimes our means take us to other places. Our means next summer is Jamaica without the kids and some place else with them.

Eating out- we use coupons from restaurant.com with discount from 50 -80 percent of many local restaurants. A $25 coupon to a local restaurant is usually $10 but sometimes they email another discount for 80 percent off. I just bought a $25 coupon to a local restaurant for $2.

Airfare - cycle different credit cards. In the last few months we have earned 75K points from Citibank. 50K from the Premier card and 25K for a checking account. We will earn 50K on the Chase Sapphire in a few weeks. We charged the kids braces and used the deduction from our work health saving deduction to pay off the balance at the end of the month.

Funding - decided not to save for our kids college but will borrow to pay for it when the time comes (2013 and 2017). We will spend our dying days paying back Uncle Sam while reflecting on the great trips we took with the kids.

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[Lola]

Mostly, I gave up things I didn't like anyway - winter, the holiday 'eating season' that runs Halloween through Easter...and thinking I couldn't take more time away from my job.

I also 'started' some things to help me get here more - like traveling every opportunity that came up (business & personal), picturing myself living a life that would allow me to come more often, imagining everything working out, etc.