The holiday season is the time of year where you may travel to see family or visit a significant other’s family. The bottom line is that the holidays bring on additional expenses when you are in a relationship. Here are five ways being single during the holiday season saves you money.
Money
It is no surprise that the holidays push for people to buy their friends, family, and significant others gifts. Seasonal holiday jobs appear during this season so that people can make an additional income to spend on gifts during the holidays. This holiday season save money instead of spending it on a significant other.
Travel
Travel is another major expense during the holiday seasons. Depending on your work schedule and your relationship with your family, you may not be able to or want to go back home for the holidays. While your family may be understanding, a significant other would put more pressure on you to visit their family during the holidays so that you can meet their family. The cost of going home during the holidays or visiting a significant other’s family include transportation to and from airports food and drink at the airport terminal, and flight tickets. There should be no pressure to travel during the hectic holiday season and being single gives you the opportunity to make your own decisions about where you want to spend your holidays.
Dining Out
Relationships are expensive, especially dating relationships, because you have to pay for another person when you dine out. It is no longer a meal and a drink. It is now two meals and two drinks. Food and drink quickly add up when going out. But if you went home with your significant other for the holidays, they want to take you to their favorite places in their city. This means that you will need to include additional money in your holiday budget to dine out with your significant other. However, by being single during the holidays, you only have to pay for yourself when you go out. If you want to save money, you can cut back on going out and put it towards gifts or put the money that would originally go towards dining out into your savings account.
Gifts
Gifts can be expensive depending on what type of gifts you like to give people. If you have a significant other who you want to impress at Christmas, you may buy them some nice jewelry or bottle of their favorite spirit. While some families want to cut back costs of gifts by doing a white elephant gift exchange, you may not be so lucky with your significant other’s family. Being single means that you can save money again by having to get gifts for your one family instead of for a significant other and their family too.
Holiday Parties
Holiday parties start around Halloween and peak during New Year’s, but won’t end until after Valentine’s Day. That means you may be go to parties with friends or a significant other at least once for each holiday. Depending on the type of party and where it is located, parties may require purchasing tickets in advance and events for holiday parties can get expensive. Instead of being pressured to go to holiday parties and spend money that you really don’t want to because of a significant other, embrace being single this holiday season and go to holiday parties that you want to or save money by not going to any parties.
These are the five most common ways that you will spend money during the holidays. If you are single and are not obligated to visit a significant other’s family this holiday season, be thankful because not being in a relationship is saving you money. Is being single during the holidays starting to look better now? Happy holidays and enjoy being single this holiday season!
Views expressed in this article are the author’s opinions and do not necessarily reflect the views of Secure Single. It is intended for informational and educational purposes only. It is not investment or financial advice. James Bollen is the author of Thriving Solo: How to Flourish and Live Your Perfect Life (Without A Soulmate). Now available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon. Subscribe to Secure Single’s Substack for free!
Secure Single wants to wish all singles a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Celebrate being single this holiday season by enjoying your alone time and not having to deal with the complications of a significant other. If you are going home for the holiday, don’t be ashamed of your singleness as a divorcee, single parent, or current single status in a society that wants everyone to be coupled. The best present that you can give yourself this year singles is to learn to utilize the four elements of the single life: security, diversity, autonomy, and flexibility. The best gift that the Secure Single team could receive from all of our followers and singles is your loyalty, support, and to provide us with feedback so that Secure Single can continue to improve our content for all singles. Now, enjoy some eggnog and celebrate the holidays as well as being single this season.
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Views expressed in this article are the author’s opinions and do not necessarily reflect the views of Secure Single. It is intended for informational and educational purposes only. It is not investment or financial advice. James Bollen is the author of Thriving Solo: How to Flourish and Live Your Perfect Life (Without A Soulmate). Now available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon. Subscribe to Secure Single’s Substack for free!
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The holidays are a time when singles return from college or from their busy lives to visit their family over the holiday season. This is also a time where there is pressure to bring home a significant other because of the expectations of family and friends to date. Instead, celebrate your singleness this holiday season. Here are five simple ways to celebrate being single this holiday season.
1. Alone Time Following Social Gatherings
The holidays are often filled with at least one family dinner where all the siblings and parents come around the table once a year to catch up. This often entails polite small talk and general questions about your life, which will normally include a question about your love life. Following catching up with your family, you normally will visit your cousins and grandparents if they live nearby.
After these various social gatherings; spend some time alone at your favorite coffee shop, lounge, or your personal hobby. One of the great things about being single is that you have the flexibility to do what you want after you are finished with your holiday social duties. Plus, you have no nagging boyfriend or girlfriend whom you must spend time with, introduce to your family, and show them the town where you grew up in. Spend time alone this holiday season and learn to enjoy your time alone.
2. Host Your Own Party
While alone time is important, it is also important for singles to learn how to be a good host. There are often plenty of holiday parties to attend during the holiday season. This year host your own party and invite your friends. A simple party consists of a few things:
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- Meat, cheese, vegetable, and fruit platters are an easy and filling choice.
- Antipasti with olives, variety of vegetables, and crackers.
- Winter cocktails, wine, and beer.
- Soda and nonalcoholic cocktails.
3. Treat Yourself this Holiday Season
Singles don’t have to worry about having to purchase an expensive gift for a significant other. Singles can decide to save and budget the money that would go towards buying a gift for a boyfriend or girlfriend or to spend it on something nice this season. Singles can treat themselves to a nice bottle of wine, update the wardrobe, or get tickets for an upcoming concert. Treat yourself and celebrate being single while you are at it.
Views expressed in this article are the author’s opinions and do not necessarily reflect the views of Secure Single. It is intended for informational and educational purposes only. It is not investment or financial advice. James Bollen is the author of Thriving Solo: How to Flourish and Live Your Perfect Life (Without A Soulmate). Now available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon. Subscribe to Secure Single’s Substack for free!