The Tidy Guide

Moving House Planner spreadsheet
Moving House Checklist: What to Do 8 Weeks Before (and After)
A week-by-week moving house checklist, from booking removals 8 weeks out to updating your address after you've moved. Read more...
Wedding Budget Planner spreadsheet
How to Plan a Wedding Budget: The Categories to Include
How to structure a wedding budget: set a total, list the categories, track quotes and deposits, and keep an eye on payment dates. Read more...
Trip Itinerary and Packing List spreadsheet
The Holiday Packing Checklist: Everything to Pack, by Category
A category-by-category holiday packing checklist, from documents to toiletries, plus tips for making it reusable for every trip. Read more...
Holiday Budget Planner split and settle tab
How to Split Holiday Costs Fairly With Friends
A simple, fair way to split group holiday costs: log who paid, mark what's shared, and work out who owes who at the end. Read more...
Holiday Budget Planner spreadsheet
How to Budget for a Holiday, From Flights to Spending Money
How to build a holiday budget: the categories people often forget, a worked example, and how to track spending while you're away. Read more...
Savings goals with progress bars
How to Set Savings Goals You Can Actually Track
A goal becomes trackable when it has a name, an amount and a date. Here's how to set savings goals up and follow progress in a spreadsheet. Read more...
Savings Goals Tracker spreadsheet
Sinking Funds: How to Plan for Irregular Costs
A sinking fund is a small pot you add to each month for a cost you know is coming, like car insurance or Christmas. Here's how to work one out. Read more...
Spending tracker spreadsheet
How to Track Your Spending Without an App
You don't need to link your bank to an app to know where your money goes. Here's a simple spreadsheet method that takes a few minutes a week. Read more...
Debt Snowball Tracker spreadsheet
Debt Snowball vs Debt Avalanche: How Each Method Works
A plain-English explanation of the debt snowball and debt avalanche methods: how each one orders repayments, with a side-by-side example. Read more...
Budget spreadsheet with planned and actual columns
Zero-Based Budgeting: What It Is and How to Try It
Zero-based budgeting means giving every pound of income a job before the month starts. Here's how it works and how to try it in a spreadsheet. Read more...
Budget spreadsheet showing spending categories
The 50/30/20 Budgeting Method Explained (With a Worked Example)
What the 50/30/20 method is, how the three groups work, and a worked example showing how to set it up in a spreadsheet. Read more...
Monthly Budget Planner spreadsheet
How to Make a Monthly Budget in a Spreadsheet (Step by Step)
A simple, step-by-step way to set up a monthly budget in Excel or Google Sheets: list your income, group your spending, and compare plan against reality. Read more...