In a shopping season marked by rising costs and inflation, GOBankingRates gives shoppers the tools
feel empowered in their financial choices without losing the festive spirit of the holidays.
LOS ANGELES, November 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Despite high inflation and the possibility of a recession, consumers entering the 2022 holiday season are still plan to shop and spend money. To help dollars stretch further during this tough financial time, GOBankingRates is launching the Guide to smart holiday spending designed with your wallet and bank account in mind. Readers across the country will receive the best tools and tips to ensure they make wise spending decisions throughout the holiday season.
The Smart Holiday Spending Guide will provide basic content related to retailers, inflation, popular gifts and black friday – and go further in the exploration of each individual holiday money needs.
“We focus on budgets, smart spending, planning ahead, making tough choices, cost comparisons and more,” said Don Sena, Senior Vice President of Content and Partnerships at GOBankingRates. “We want our readers to feel empowered to do smart financial decisions for the holidays with the best tools to do so in a time when expenses are traditionally high.”
In addition to expert advice and insights, the Smart Holiday Spending Guide also features an exclusive survey of over 1,000 Americans about their holiday shopping and spending habits. Some of the questions respondents answered included how much Americans plan to spend on holiday shopping in 2022, their favorite places to shop and whether any of their holiday traditions or spending habits will change due to inflation and rising costs.
“We found that two-thirds (67%) of Americans plan to change some of their holiday traditions due to rising costs. Added to this is the fact that nearly half of Americans (42%) do not are not planning on traveling for the holidays at all this season,” said Andre Murray, Senior Content Data Researcher at GOBankingRates. “It is obvious that the Americans are feel the pressures of inflation and we hope this featured content series can be a guide for our readers on their personal finance journey this holiday season.”
GOBankingRates’ guide to smart holiday spending provides readers with recommendations on how to sound financial decisions while they shop. Advice will include setting holiday spending budgets, the best credit cards to use when shopping and early holiday shopping offers from a wide variety of retailers, helping to reduce consumer stress when shopping. By following GOBankingRates’ guide to smart holiday spending, readers should feel empowered to plan ahead to spend and save with intention.
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