Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel

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📈 Are you on track with the Baby Steps? Get a Free Personalized Plan Remember signing up for that “free” trial of Apple TV+ . . . and four years later, you’re still paying $9.99 a month for it? In this episode, Rachel and George reveal sneaky marketing tactics like this to help you avoid wasting money.   Next Steps: 💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! 🍸 Follow Smart Mo...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! If you love awkward silences, just try asking your blind date how much money he makes. In this episode, Rachel and George share hot takes on common taboo money topics, plus how you can avoid cringey situations. Next Steps:  🍸 Follow Smart Money Happy Hour on TikTok: @smartmoneyhappyhour.     📱Submit a Guilty As Charged question for R...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! We all know that person who wears flashy designer logos like they’re personally endorsed by Michael Kors. In this episode, Rachel and George react to ways people pretend to be upper class and discuss how to be smart with your money instead. Next Steps: 🍸 Follow Smart Money Happy Hour on TikTok: @smartmoneyhappyhour.    📱Submit a Guil...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! If you want to have a “new year, new you,” you have to do new things. In the first episode of the new year, Rachel and George share bad money habits you’ll want to ditch in 2025. Next Steps: 🍸 Follow Smart Money Happy Hour on TikTok: @smartmoneyhappyhour.    📱 Submit a Guilty As Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @r...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! It’s almost time to put out the flame on 2024, and we’re feeling reflective. In this episode, Rachel and George look back on the best (and worst 😅) Smart Money Happy Hour moments of the year, including money lessons you won’t want to forget in 2025. Next Steps: 🍸 Follow Smart Money Happy Hour on TikTok: @smartmoneyhappyhour.     💍 G...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! It’s easy to get caught up in holiday commercialism during the holidays—just ask the Grinch. In this festive episode, Rachel and George find money lessons in nostalgic Christmas movies that you can apply all year long. Next Steps: 🍸 Follow Smart Money Happy Hour on TikTok: @smartmoneyhappyhour  🎄Shop the Ramsey Solutions store 50 Day...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! When it’s 11:30pm and a snack is calling your name, do you go for McDonald’s French fries or a cheesy gordita crunch? In this episode, Rachel and George debate favorite fast-food and fast casual chains, plus you’ll learn which might be best for your budget. Next Steps: 🍸 Follow Smart Money Happy Hour on TikTok: @smartmoneyhappyhour ...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! So, you booked all the Airbnbs for the group hiking trip, but that was two months ago, and Becky still hasn’t responded to your Venmo request? Awkward. In this episode, Rachel and George are responding to cringy financial faux pas you’ve experienced with friends. Next Steps: 🍸 Follow Smart Money Happy Hour on TikTok: @smartmoneyhappyh...

🍸 Check out more episodes of Smart Money Happy Hour Tired of giving your dad the same pack of white socks every year for Christmas? In this episode, Rachel and George have the gift inspo you’ve been looking for—plus great ideas for the one on your list who has everything. Rachel and George’s Gift Guide: Wine and Cocktail Lovers Cocktail shaker that doesn’t freeze your hands  Vintage cocktail book...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!   Carefree (and kid-free) travel isn’t the only reason DINKs are living their best life. In this episode, Rachel and George get real about the cost of kids and how to know if you’re ready. Next Steps: 🎥 Watch our video Why Fewer People Are Having Kids Today. 📱Submit a Guilty As Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @ra...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! “Alexa, set a timer for tomorrow at 8 a.m. Alexa, turn the thermostat to 70 degrees. Alexa, can you make my budget?” Okay, maybe that last one is a stretch, but modern conveniences can be truly life changing. Find out Rachel’s and George’s take on what technology is worth the hype. Next Steps: 🎥 Watch our video “‘Harmless’ Purchases T...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!    Okay, so maybe you get a little carried away at Bath and Body Works, but at least you risk your financial future on a perm and hair products. In this episode, Rachel and George react to hilarious money fails you found on Reddit.     Next Steps:  📱Submit a Guilty As Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze o...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!   Today we’re setting the chrometophobes who haven’t been on a vacation since 2004 free! In this episode, Rachel and George are calling out the irrational money fears keeping you stuck—plus how you can overcome them.   Next Steps: 🍸 Follow Smart Money Happy Hour on TikTok: @smartmoneyhappyhour 📱Submit a Guilty As Charged question for...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!   We all love the ‘80s (minus the shoulder pads and neon). But were ‘80s babies better off financially? Find out how your favorite decade stacks up against today when it comes to money.   Next Steps: 💸 Invest in your future with a SmartVestor Pro! Ramsey Solutions is a paid, non-client promoter of SmartVestor Pros. 📱Submit a Guilty a...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!   On a scale of “water only at restaurants” to “extreme couponing,” how far would you go to save? Rachel and George weigh in on what savings hacks are really worth your time.   Next Steps: 🎥 Watch our video Cheapskate or Resourceful? A Wake-Up Call With Sharon Ramsey 📱Submit a Guilty As Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!    Would you rather retire in style or broke? (All right, that’s an easy one.) In this episode, Rachel and George are putting you to the test with a financial twist on “Would You Rather.”     Next Steps:   📱Submit a Guilty As Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to typ...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!  Remember Horsegate? When George broke a girl’s heart with just three words: “Sell the horse”? Well in this episode, Rachel and George react to seven of their viral money moments like that one that got your attention.   Next Steps:  🎥 Watch our video Explaining Our Most Hated Financial Advice.  📱 Submit a Guilty as Charged question f...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!    Would you park a mile away to avoid pricey parking? Or let your home become a sauna to keep AC costs low? Just how far are you willing to go to save on cost of living? Stick around to hear some of the most extreme money-saving hacks out there.     Next Steps:  🎥 Check out our video Girl Math: Smart Financial Strategy or Huge Money...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! If you’d rather do literally anything else besides sit down and make a budget (including watching Frozen with your kids for the 10th time), then this one’s for you. In this episode, George and Rachel are responding to the most common excuses for not budgeting.   Next Steps: 📗 Order George Kamel’s new book, Breaking Free From Broke. 📱...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!   If you’ve ever dreamed of being a contestant on your favorite game show (and yelling “good answer!” at the top of your lungs), then today’s episode is the next best thing! Rachel and George are going head-to-head in our Financial and Fun game, so play along for some money- saving tips. Next Steps: • 📱Submit a Guilty as Charged quest...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! In this episode, we’re switching things up with a little help from our friends (that means you, #SMHHNation)! Rachel and George are here to weigh in on actual money questions submitted by YOU.   Next Steps: · 🎥 Check out our video Explaining Our Most Hated Financial Advice. · 📱 Submit a Guilty As Charged question for Rachel and Georg...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!   The smell of warm cookies, a hug from your bestie, American Idol b-roll—let’s face it, we all love feeling good! But in this episode, Rachel and George explore why dopamine overdosing doesn’t hit quite like it used to—plus how to regain everyday joy.   Next Steps: ·  🎥 Check out our video Should We Sell It All and Be Homesteaders? ·...

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!   We all love a good BOGO, but can you really spend your way into saving more? In this episode, Rachel and George help you identify common “spaving” tricks you may be falling for and how to break the cycle!   Next Steps ·  Never heard of EntreLeadership before? Check out our podcast for business leaders, EntreLeadership. ·  🎥 Check ou...

💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today to create a free budget!   We’ve all been guilty of some “stupid tax” moments, like that time you spent $75 on a velvet cat pillow (that you didn’t even use). In this episode, Rachel and George confess a few of their own epic money fails and react to some of yours!   Next Steps ·      📱Submit a Guilty As Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachel...