What is the first goal you saved for?

bunq

We all remember our very first salary (at least I do) and we all used it in different ways. Some of us saved it all to reach our goal quickly (not me), some of us saved a bit and spent the rest (not me) and others spent it all the way (me) and took longer to reach their goal. The moral of the story is: always listen to your parents when they say “you should start saving now”.

What was the first goal you saved for and how long did it take you?

Here are some of our fellow bunqers’ answers:

An engagement ring 💍 I used Auto Save and it helped a lot. Also, Savings Goals encourage you not to pay out money as you wish, making it easier to stay the course!

A sports car 🏎 I used Zapier to save up money I had left over to buy the car of my dreams! Discover how you can use Zapier to automate your savings here

A sunny holiday 🔆For this, I used the magical Payment Sorter, in 6 months I was ready for the swimming pool 👙

Do you have any tips for a new bunqer who wants to try to save too? We will choose our favorite ones and share them in a new topic in June, stay tuned!

You can also (re)read our last topic to know how to save €1378 in a year!

Rauley

Save 8.97% of each paycheck, and only make use of it at the end of the year. Make sure you don’t touch it throughout the year, be firm about it, and then, at the end of the year when you take this money, it will be equivalent to your yearly bonus 💛💙

bunq

Such a great idea 🙌 And what would you use that for?

Rauley

I have many ideas, but I’m crazy about traveling, so I would probably take a nice trip to the beach, or to see some fjords 😜

bunq

You can go to a very far beach with this 🎉

Freek

I started paying every service that offers it in advance and yearly, then saving up for them the year before. No surprises and always lower total amounts!

bunq

Yes, that's an excellent tip! Surprises are the worst (well, not when it's your surprise birthday but otherwise, they are)

R

As a kid I used to save ‘dubbeltjes’ (10 cent coins) in a huge bottle. Eventually saved for over a year and bought the first PlayStation with it!

But times have changed and now I can just round up to the euro with bunq! My first goal wasn’t a specific one, just wanted to see how quickly stuff would add up. Eventually I got 100 euro in a couple of months and took my girlfriend out for dinner.

TwitNour

It also surprised me how fast you can save up with the rounding up feature. On average (and depending on your payments) you can save between €7 and €10 per week so after some months you do have a nice potje met geld as I like to call it ;)

bunq

Ah, the dubbeltjes! You can also save up every red coin, you know, the ones you think "Meeeehh, it won't make me rich anyway" It will take some time but eventually you can really end up with a nice amount to spend!

bunq

Yes, exactly! Every time you make a payment, don't you think about it as a "bunq payment" instead of their real value? For example, when you purchase food and you pay 7,85 euros you automatically think "8 euros will be removed from by bunq account"

R

It’s been quite a few years, I don’t use coins anymore :)

Selina-Purple-Falcon

Ich spare für meine Weiterbildung. Ich würde gerne nach meiner Ausbildung und etwas Berufserfahrung nach Aachen ziehen und Smart Building Engineering studieren ☺️Das kostet Geld und darauf wird gespart 😊

Ancro

Disneyland Paris. That saving goal is always enabled, once I have enough I’ll go on a trip and set my cards to the Disneyland account. After the trip I set the cards back to their original accounts and start saving again. And again and again.

bunq

Hey Lucas 👋

Thank you for sharing with us! How many times did you manage to go then?

bunq

Hi Selina, you are very wise, we are super impressed and wish you all the best 💓

Ancro

Only once so far, but I took two friends with me so I basically already paid for three trips. I already have enough for the next one though, as soon as the parks reopen. More time to save for a bigger budget!

bunq

How nice of you for taking your friends with you! Disneyland is always better when shared 💓