Photograph: Linda Nylind
Wayne Rooney may, possibly, have had £5m to spare to lavish on his wedding last week, but the rest of us are increasingly feeling the pinch. The combined effects of the credit crunch and inflation, particularly in food and fuel prices, mean one in five people feel they have no spare cash after paying for the essentials.
After years of borrowing like there was no tomorrow, the nation seems to be preparing to tighten its collective belt. Traffic to sites like Moneysavingexpert is booming and discount retailers like Lidl and Aldi are seeing sales surge.
To help you reduce your day-to-day costs, this week we're offering you hundreds of tips to help save you money in every aspect of you life, from banking to motoring. On Saturday, we told you how to cut the cost of using a credit card, while yesterday the focus was on shopping, with advice on the best cheap wine to buy and how to avoid the supermarkets' tricks to part you and your cash. Today we have loads of ideas for saving cash on getting about.
There will be more tips in each of the money saving guides in this week's Guardian. But we would like to hear your advice on how to make your money go further so tell us - what's your favourite money saving tip?
