Kristen Kuchar

Kristen Kuchar is an editor at Bankrate with the Wealth team. She has written for personal finance publications for 15 years, covering a wide range of money topics throughout her career, including how to save money, debt management strategies and protecting your money while traveling. As a writer and editor, Kristen hopes to help create content that makes money and finances easier to understand, less stressful and genuinely beneficial. She strives to help readers reach their money goals whether it’s saving more money, getting out of debt or saving for retirement.

Outside of Bankrate, Kristen enjoys her other passions such as travel, food and beverage and hiking.

Kristen wants you to know

Regardless of your financial goals, creating a budget to know where your money is going is imperative. Once you have a better idea of your spending, you can choose to make cuts where you can or find creative ways to save on the things that matter most to you.

Kristen's recommended readings

• How to Budget and Save for a Weekend Getaway
• 7 simple ways to build good money habits
• How to make a zero-based budget