How to Have a Frugal Summer During College

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Thanks for these great tips! I missed to look for a summer employment early last year so summer was coming and I didn't have a job. But situations like this make you creative. I signed up at barterquest.com and started to barter off my services as a babysitter, dog sitter and house sitter. It was one of the greatest summers of my life, not to mention what I got in exchange: new clothes (some designer pieces!), a laptop, books and so on. I'll do it again this summer, for sure.

Ana of NY 9:09AM May 08, 2012

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Julie and Lindsey Mayfield are a mother-daughter duo tackling the college experience for the first time. Julie is a finance blogger at The Family CEO and the mother of two: a son in high school who is weighing his college options, and a daughter, Lindsey, who is a junior studying journalism and political science at the University of Kansas. Got a question? E-mail them at twicetheadvice@usnews.com or follow Julie on Facebook and Twitter.

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