Cutting back?
The obv one for us as a family is the busier we are the more we eat out or buy crap-food vs cooking. This is a lose lose for butts brains and pocket books.
I can't really say there is anything that is extravagant in my life, I live the life of a servant/innkeeper.
Anything cut
would not be on the guest side, as whatever we do there either a) must be done, or b) cannot be reduced
We just paid off $5750 of orthodontia and she gets them off May 18th. That is a monthly payment we could live without.
I don't have a cell phone. If I did, that would be the one thing I would 86. We have an answering machine and people can leave a message, of course we encourage booking online to save all those calls and wasted long distance call backs for 30 minutes worth of questions. Making sure the website is easy to navigate and the information is there - this cuts down on calls and call backs (long distance).
It is not rocket science on the cell phone - they are expensive. This is just where I am on this, not saying anyone else needs to listen to what I do. DH has a cell phone required for work, if he didn't then
we would be on a family plan. I did have a trac-fone that expired minutes, so I left it that way. I just bought them and used them when I was out of town. My daughter asked for a cell phone and I said "You can't afford it" and ended that discussion.
Like Mort, our lights are on timers, they are also energy efficient bulbs, we do not have ALL exterior lights on if there are no guests (ie winter time when we have less guests)..