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HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Half of people surveyed by TopCashback
would only pay for a holiday they could
buy at a discounted price. If you’re booking
flights and hotel separately, use skyscanner.
net to compare the cheapest flights across different
airlines. For hotels, use trivago.co.uk to compare room
prices across different sites. For package holidays, use
travelsupermarket.com to compare different deals.3
EATING OUT
If you enjoy
dining out, look
at vouchercodes.
co.uk for money offat restaurants. Current deals
include 40 per cent off main
courses at Prezzo and 30 per
cent off mains at Café Rouge.
Print off the code for the deal
and show it to your waiter, or
simply download the app. Also,
if you use comparethemarket.
com to buy insurance, you’ll
be rewarded with two-for-one
starters, mains and desserts at
Pizza Express with Meerkat
Meals. Most deals are only
available Sunday-Thursday.
SHOPPING
If you like shopping,
moneysavingexpert.
com keeps you up to
date of all the stores
offering sales.
Check your fave
shops online to see
if they offer money
off when you sign up
to their newsletter
or app. If you’re an
online shopper, check
vouchercodes.co.uk,
which offers money-off
codes. It’s also worth
using cashback sites –
topcashback.co.uk and
quidco.com are popular
sites in the UK,
with cashback from
retailers including
M&S and Clarks.
WORDS:SUSANNENORRISPICTURES:^ BIGSTOCK,^ GETTYThere’s nothing better
than finding time to do
the things you love. But
according to TopCashback,
only three in 10 consumers
are happy to pay full
price for their downtime
activities. If you want to
enjoy your leisure time
without a hefty price tag,
here are some top tips...2
GYM BUNNY?
If fitness is your thing,
your gym membership
doesn’t have to make
a monthly dent in your
bank account. Shop around for the
cheapest price – gyms often offer
promotional codes or no
joining fee offers. Opt for
an off-peak membership,
which is usually cheaper.
Don’t forget, training
outside is free. The Our
Parks initiative (ourparks.
org.uk) gives access to
free fitness
classes in
your local park.
Or sign up to parkrun
(parkrun.org.uk)
for weekly
5k runs.CINEMA
TICKETS
Vue offers ‘Super
Mondays’ – allowing
you to watch films for £3.99 when you
download a voucher from its website.
Mars is running a ‘Sweet Sundays’
promotion, where you trade in tokens
collected from sweet packets for tickets at
most Cineworld, Empire and Showcase
cinemas. Compare The Market
customers can get two-for-one tickets
on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
as part of the Meerkat
Movies deal.Join our campaign and
get your finances sorted
at hearstmagazines.co.uk/
ffbest for money-saving
tips and brilliant advice
on being financially
savvy.4 5