Debt Consolidation can boast of several advantages. Some of them include getting a lower interest rate on your existing debt, sending smaller minimum payments each month, having only one bill instead of multiple bills, and getting all those small debts paid off immediately, which can improve your credit to debt ratio and subsequently raise your credit score. Ultimately, the point of debt consolidation is to make sure that you find a way to get out of debt faster. Of course, one major drawback is a person’s inability to stop racking up charges. If you consolidate you debt but rack up more new debt, you will be burying yourself in a vicious cycle that will never end.