Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Trips and Deals

Who doesn't love good deals? I don't remember a time in my childhood when coupon codes were popular. However, now they are all over the place and everyone I know is always trying to get coupon codes - whether to use online or in-store.

I can recall recently I was trying to purchase some clothes from an online shop and I was in a hurry to grab some discount before the sale ended. Luckily I managed to secure the deal for my little girl's clothes as well as some cheap summer clothes.

Another one I am trying to keep my eye on are for travel promotions! I am looking for a good holiday for my family and friends to go on this coming school holidays. I prefer a beach getaway, however if a mountain adventure comes up surely I will consider. While on that note, I am also keeping my eye open for restaurant specials we could visit while on holiday. After all a trip with 17 people would be expensive - me and my mummy friends are surely excited about the mention of a cheap holiday break.

Just before we go on our trip I have to make a mental reminder to bring our car to the shop! Hubby has been on my back asking me to take our car for timing belt repair - or something like that! As much as I am good on researching I can never really ask my brain to remember details about the car. Repairs, model, make, etc all just sound like a big jumble of words in my mind. Well, I guess that's what husbands are for! If only I can get away from bringing the car to the shop!

Now back to surfing the internet for specials - I wish I could allot some time each week to just search for ways to cut expenses and save on items or experiences that we would normally spend on anyway. They are selling some Entertainment books for charity (with coupons for savings) at church last week. Maybe I should look into getting that for our group? That way when we go out each of the family could just use their own book of coupons! Ideally we find special deals that will coincide will all our plans - hotel, activities, restaurants, meals, etc. That would be wishful thinking! I can start with looking for travel agent rates that I have access to. I can always pass my savings to the other guys!

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