In this week’s edition of Beyond the Cupola Trevor Booth, OSB’s Director of Business Services, provides valuable insights into how he uses OSB Perks to help stretch a dollar. You might be surprised by some of the ways you can save!
How OSB Helps Stretch a Dollar
Last fall my wife, Macey, and I, went through Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University at our church. Being a recently married couple we thought that it would be advantageous for us and our future family to make sure we were making smart choices with our finances. This 9-week course opened our eyes in so many ways. One of the biggest lessons we learned was to how to stretch a dollar.
In speaking of how to make a dollar stretch, OSB Perks has helped us with that tremendously. First, we have a discount network from OSB Perks. Before the first of every month, we always sit down together at the dinner table and carve out our budget for the coming month. Like every budget, we have our essentials, bills, and play money. Since we are focused on trying to pay down our student loan debt as quick as possible, this doesn’t allow for much play money in our budget. This is where the OSB Perks discount network comes into play for us. Thanks to the OSB Perks discount network we are now able to do more with what little play money that we allocate for ourselves. We can enjoy more dinners out, spoil each other a little more with surprise gifts, and make our date nights a little more fun.
Along with the OSB Perks discount network, we were also able to trim down our monthly bills thanks to the awesome emergency roadside assistance and cell phone protection. We were able to cancel our emergency roadside assistance through our insurance carrier and our cellphone insurance through our phone provider, which has saved us about $20 to $30 every month.
The benefits don’t stop there though. We are also able to plan more budget-friendly trips and vacations thanks to the deals we have been able to find through the OSB Perks app. The travel piece of OSB Perks has helped us get the best bang for our buck in selecting our hotels and adventures. We are now able to better enjoy our trip without having to always think about how our budget is going to be impacted.
I am so thankful for Oconee State Bank and the value that they have provided through the OSB Perks Program. They have truly impacted both of our lives in a remarkable way.