{"id":819801,"date":"2026-07-24T00:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T00:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/819801\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T00:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T00:56:15","slug":"summer-price-creep-what-it-is-and-how-to-beat-it-to-keep-more-money-in-your-pocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/819801\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer price creep: What it is and how to beat it to keep more money in your pocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE \u2014 Summer is a time for road trips, family gatherings, and eating out, but those everyday expenses can add up quickly. <\/p>\n<p>From gas to restaurants to wireless bills, small price increases can quietly strain household budgets. &#8220;Summer price creep&#8221; is a term that typically refers to seasonal travel, car rentals, and utilities that slightly edge up over the summer months, according to AARP. <\/p>\n<p>Trae Bodge, a smart shopping and money-saving expert, joined ARC Seattle&#8217;s Steve McCarron and Patrick Hussion to share some brand new AARP research and some simple ways that families can keep more money in their pockets this summer. <\/p>\n<p>Find more ARC Seattle stories on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLZm7uq7_dyY5vGMqPNSeY4JRHHeutWpih\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch ARC Seattle weekdays from 7 to 8 a.m. and 10 to 11 p.m. on KUNS, The CW Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE \u2014 Summer is a time for road trips, family gatherings, and eating out, but those everyday expenses&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[64,63,99,186,184,185],"class_list":["post-819801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}