How to beach on a budget

It's the Beigie Awards, our eight times a year salute to the art and science of telling stories about the economy. The most recent <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/beigebook202507-summary.htm" target="_blank">Beige Book</a> shows that Americans are finding ways to spend less money ... including on their vacations. On today's show, we find out what Benjamin Franklin and Jersey Beach goers have in common.<br /><br /><strong>Related episodes:<br /></strong><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/1238261953/beigies-uncertainty-tariffs-farming" target="_blank">How many times can you say uncertainty in one economic report?</a><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/05/1249236680/usda-food-banks-trump-kansas-missouri" target="_blank">Trump's cuts come for food banks</a><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/11/1253992695/beige-book-bonded-foreign-trade-zone-warehouses" target="_blank">The secret tariff-free zone</a><br /><br /><em>For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at </em><a href="http://plus.npr.org/" target="_blank"><em>plus.npr.org</em></a><em>.<br /><br />Fact-checking by </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/people/g-s1-26724/sierra-juarez" target="_blank"><em>Sierra Juarez</em></a><em>. Music by </em><a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"><em>Drop Electric</em></a><em>. Find us: </em><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney" target="_blank"><em>TikTok</em></a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/" target="_blank"><em>Instagram</em></a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney" target="_blank"><em>Facebook</em></a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money" target="_blank"><em>Newsletter</em></a><em>. </em><br /><br />See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>