How to earn extra cash for Christmas
In the coming holidays, I think all students and young people especially want to know how to earn some extra dollars for Christmas, Thanksgiving, and other holidays.
As far as I can see, the average person has to spend like 1000 dollars on just buying gifts for family and friends, and before December starts, many people want to do overtime to earn some extra money. Since this is the thing, I want to share some tips and tricks to be aware of how easy it is to earn extra cash for holidays.
As this is on my list to share with you, the first thing I do is make a schedule. Once you make a schedule, it becomes easy to determine how much money you will need to buy the gifts, how much you already have in your savings, etc.
If people need extra cash for Christmas, they can work online part-time jobs such as educating people (giving language lectures), research, or freelancer jobs on freelance websites. The next opportunity to get extra cash for Christmas is to sell stuff around the home or work offline jobs such as Uber driver, photographer, bartender, tourist guide, or delivery items to other people.
People do this, especially in October, so within two months, until or before December, it becomes obvious whether we have to earn more or whether our savings work.
How can I get extra money for Christmas?
If I have to earn, I go for some part-time jobs that get my back every year. Just do them right, and you will have extra holiday money. Here is a list of ways to earn extra cash for Christmas:
- Work in retail
- Housesit (baby or pet)
- Sell stuff around your home.
- Renting out your car
- Find one-time work
- Give English (online) lectures to earn money from home.
- Become an Uber driver
- Shovel snow for others
- Help people fix things around their homes.
- Help others to move their furniture.
- Become a photographer
- Do Bartend for a month.
- Become a guide for tourists
- Deliver items for others (earn Errands)
- Lend a hand on a farm
- Make other’s resumes to get paid in return.
- Manage social website accounts and get paid
- Start writing blogs
- Teach a skill you know
- Answer surveys online.
- Give a try to a side business.
- Rent out your space (Garage or room)
- Freelance writing for others
Work in retail
As the holidays are coming, more work in retail shops comes up; they announce the jobs for just part-time and seasonal. These jobs do not exist on a long-term contract, so side hustling can quickly pursue this type of job. What matters is your time, which you need to manage during your side work, which is quite normal because, in the holiday’s part-time jobs, it gets busy sometimes at work.
Housesit (baby or pet)
Before the coming holidays, these days of retail and other jobs should be on your list. Whether you can babysit for money or not, this is a warm job you should consider because all you have to do is stay in one place and care for someone’s kids. In months like December or November, it’s chilly outside, which makes it super challenging to work for a long time in the evening.
In this perspective, babysitting is a viable option, but here is great news too: not only people ask for babysitting but also for pet sitting because, at this time of year, there is usually heavy snow outside, which makes it nearly impossible for pets to go for a walk. That is why people tend to pay others to hire them for pet sitting.
In this way, taking this as a chance, you can make money without struggling in cold weather.
Sell stuff around your home.
People use excuses such as selling their home items, which is a waste of time because no one will buy them.
Some say that selling home items makes them embarrassed.
Regardless of making money, these excuses are nothing because I have seen a reality show where people sell their home itemss,s, and others buy and resell them to generate some profit. Reselling is a long process; once you purchase it, you find someone else to sell it to. So, in short, this way works to make money.
You can give it a try and try to make money.
Renting out your car
Finally, if you are a car owner, renting out your car is the preferable option that could make you more money than doing other parts for longer. HOW?
Before the holidays, many people travel to their ancestral houses to meet their families; some leave the cities and go to their hometowns. They want an affordable car, and making money from it is theirs.
You are setting out the charges and taking this opportunity for good. You can carefully put a margin on the fuel cost. During several trips you will make, you can get 1000 dollars reasonably quickly.
Find one-time work
Many projects are uploaded online just for a one-time task (help). That task could be pool cleaning or home cleaning, etc.; these such tasks pay as the work gets done. You can pursue working for others when you are available and free.
This job task is also paid hourly, so that is a plus: you can make more dollars on an hourly basis.
Rent out your textbooks to students.
If you are a nerd or have the capability to write well, then write notes in journals and rent them out to various-level students on a small profit margin; this way, students will get help, and you will have some money in the end. The more you help other students, the more you can earn to meet your holiday budget.
As a university student, I like to write more, so I decorate my journals online and then get them printed. After attracting them, I sold them at a reasonable price; this way, I never realized that I was making money, but my only intention was to sell them since I did not think about making money from selling out more journals (notes).
I was just happy about the selling part—that people actually liked my work. I soon decided that it was a good idea to make some extra money.
If you do not like to make it handwritten, you can do it in typing format; if you also do not want to type, then the other best option is to make the audio conversion into text. Many apps can work on it. You speak, and it will automatically get it typed. Your problem is solved quickly. After that, print out that cover in an attractive style as students like. Here you go.
Give English (online) lectures to earn money from home.
Many people want to pursue foreign opportunities, but their dream is just a dream because of the language barrier. Many students want to learn English to seek jobs, so they try hard to find affordable courses online.
This is your chance to make some money without leaving your comfy bed in chilly weather outside; it’s quite straightforward to make some extra money after you go home from your 9 – 5.
Become an Uber driver.
Do you have a car? That is the best option for giving rides to others by yourself. You can go to Uber, submit your vehicle, and register as a driver.
If you do not want to become a driver, renting out your car is still a way to make extra money for holidays.
Rent out your space (Garage or room)
Many people relocate for different purposes because of the holidays, maybe for roaming around with family or friends or going for some work purposes.
You can take this chance and rent out your extra space in your home to people for a night or two or a week. This way, you can earn a good amount of money without any struggle.
Answer surveys online.
If you do not want to go outside for side hustling in the winter days, there is also another option for making some extra money for you, such as filling out online surveys.
Yes! On different websites, you can find these types of surveys, fill them out, and get paid in return. As far as I know, most websites pay 3 to 5 dollars for one survey, which is around 2 to 3 pages long.
You can quickly fill out that in 10-15 minutes. For this, you do not have to be an extraordinary person with an exclusive profile and some experience. Yoohoo! And do not have to go anywhere.
Teach a skill you know.
Teaching skills and getting paid for it is also the easiest job you can consider; if you know how to cook, you can make more money than your imagination. Cooking meals and selling them is one way to earn, whereas giving cooking coaching is also the best option. You can charge your desired fees from people and teach them how to cook.
You can go on an hourly base payment; in this, you teach them and charge them hourly.
Freelance writing for others
You can do freelancing for others around the world. Make your profile on the freelancing websites and upload some of your written samples to get the proper work quickly. If you are great at web design, you can take web design projects, and if you are good at writing, you can manage to write even more words, so this opportunity is also for you.
You can take several projects for the season and get paid just before the holidays start because on Christmas days, everywhere is a holiday, and you can not get the payment on those days, especially, so be efficient and careful with the dates.
Give a try to a side business.
A side business is something you need to try before six months to Christmas. By doing this, you will have a soft margin for spending on your business and start earning from it.
Business ideas can be many beyond the limit of resources. You can do thrift reselling. You can buy clothes and design them to resell them. You open your boutique or start your store. There are a lot of things around you. You can even use your services as a resource to do business. A side business can generate enough money to travel and spend on Christmas.
Start writing blogs
You can start writing blogs for the websites, or you can launch your websites and then make the blog and upload it; this way, you can earn many dollars at the end of the month.
From what I heard, people can make up to 3000 dollars by blogging. You can write about your experience with anything or talk about the journey to somewhere you just traveled to. Yes, you can write anything to draw the attention of your readers.
Always try new things and experience what it has in it that you can or can’t do. Maybe you find pleasure in doing that job, for example, writing a blog. Once you start loving what you do, making money through that job does not tire you.
Shovel snow for others
There is usually heavy snow around that people need to shovel in winter, and many old neighbors need help to get rid of that snow. This is your chance to make extra money by shoveling s ,n w neighbors.
You can walk around your house and ask many other people to shovel service their houses. You can easily do 3 to 4 houses a day, or on the weekends, you can boost this and take the number from 4 to 6 or 7 and earn more.
Help people fix things around their homes.
Many old neighbors need help with Christmas decorations. This is my experience as well, as my husband does. We really enjoy doing decorations for Christmas and charge a minimal amount, though it really makes our day happy and cheerful.
Together, we spend 2 – 3 hours getting the work done and making money from it. This is not only for Christmas but also for birthday parties, wedding ceremonies, or even anniversaries. This is a fun job for those with a compatible partner and some extra time and passion.
This can lead to event management as well. You can then manage events on a higher level and easily earn thousands of dollars.
Become a photographer
Photographing events and occasions like Christmas and others is also an option for making money. It would help if you had a camera and you could charge for each photo you take; after a day, you can send the photos to their owners and charge the fees.
You do not need to be professional for this, but some basics are there for you to deal with; after that, you can start this and make money for Christmas.
Do Bartend for a month.
Especially in November and December, many get-togethers made the cafe and bar business flourish, which is helpful because, in that season, the bars ask for more bartenders. You can take this opportunity to work part-time in hotel restaurants and bars.
This is also a fun option. You can enjoy working in the building, not anywhere outside, and after a night shift job, you can make a good amount of money.
Become a guide for tourists.
Becoming a tour guide is an excellent opportunity to work. In this season, people around the city and outside the city come to enjoy their holidays, and it is a wandering job to become their tour guide as you know your city better than them. Take this chance and pack your bags to have fun along with them and earn from this job as well; this is a duo of fun and money-making. You can take your partner along and make your holidays even more fun while earning some money.
For this, you need to go online or on any popular social media site in your city,ke your profile a tour guide, a, nd start contacting people. You can also contact other guide companies and become their agent. It is up to you whether to do this job on your own or work for a company and get paid in return. You can always choose between them.
I suggest going with the company option because they always have your back and pay you on their behalf in any delays or accident situations.
Deliver items for others (earn Errands)
It gets hard for people to move around more often and freely in winter because of the heavy snow and the chilly, freezing air. They need other people to take their errands, and you can take this opportunity to make some extra money while you are already outside of your job.
Try to take the errands of your office near the area so that they do not become an issue for you. You can charge them according to fuel consumption and your services.
Lend a hand on a farm.
If you live in the countryside where you can easily approach the farms, helping on the farms is soothing and profitable. It would be best if you went anywhere far, and doing simple chores on nearby farms could make you some money.
Make other’s resumes to get paid in return.
Before the new year starts, many people want to try their luck in different job vacancies, and for this, they need to make their CVs, which cuts off their time and requires help. Of course, many students do not know how to make and design their resumes after graduation and are willing to pay more for their CVs. I have much experience doing this part-time. When I was side hustling last year, I did thisme extra money while staying home.
I charged 25 dollars to make just one resume, and designing hardly took me 2 hours. I spent my extra time on this each night, and within a month, I made 500-plus dollars. You need to Google around and ask some senior fellows about the essential parts of resumes, and you can make it and earn money from it.
Manage social website accounts and get paid.
During the holiday, people running their online businesses need to take care of their web pages or social media accounts in their absence so they may not miss any chance on their business in this way. They also pay for this service.
You do not need to go out to earn money to be in a comfortable, warm bed. You can do this job in winter by staying with your family.
Tips:
Although making some extra money is necessary, especially during the holiday season, we all want to have some extra money to buy presents for our loved ones. But in the chilly weather outside, working overtime sometimes gets tough. Since this is the case, I work more on my saving part.
Before the winter starts, I do overtime for nearly a month and make some money, and after that, I start saving for up to 3 more months to the budget for holidays. And this works for me.
After leaving Wells Fargo Bank in 2014, Daniel began a career as a finance consultant, advising companies and individuals on economic policy, labor relations, and financial management.
At Promtfinance.com, Daniel writes about personal finance topics, value estimation, budgeting strategies, retirement planning, and portfolio diversification.
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