Brit Money Saving Tips ?

rickhasco

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As I'm closing in on our departure date, i thought I'd start a thread where we can share tips to save money on any aspect of your holiday specifically for us Brits:banana: ....aka how to have more money to spend at Disney:cool1:
A few that I've used:
1) If booking a Hotel separately, try booking a rate that can be cancelled without charge so that if price drops nearer to your Holiday, you can make big savings. We're doing this and hope to save £400:)
2) If booking Airport Hotel and are staying at a Marriott, Renaissance or PremierTravelInn, try buying Whitbread Leisure Vouchers via eBay to pay for the Hotel bill. These Vouchers are normally given away as work incentives by big Companies and you can normally save 10-15% off the face value. You can also use them at TGI's and lots of other Restaurants. Disney Store Vouchers are often listed too so you can use these to buy Park Tickets again at 10-15% saving.
3) Airport Parking: Take advantage of Discounts through AA, BUPA etc where you normally save 10-15% off normal advance purchase price. Voucher Code Websites such as "HotDeals" and "MyVoucherCodes" are worth checking.
Hope these help...any others out there ?
 
Use Quidco whenever possible, it's money for nothing if you already plan on using a particular site/service anyway :)
 
Quidco is fab, plus moneysavingexpert etc

I also have a money jar where i put in anything smaller than 50p plus £2 coins.
 

I have a money jar at home and everytime i come home i empty all the money that i have on me in the jar even if its a £20 note, i never have cash on me i always take it out of the cashpoint if i need to use money so if i dont use it all i put it in the pot lol crazy!
 
Shop around for villas, car rentals etc...

Decide what you must have and get the cheapest price and then compare the price to the "would like to have" and decide whether the price difference is actually worth it or value for money.
 
join any reward schemes you can. For our upcoming trip I managed to save up enough points with prioritypoints (holiday inn group) for 4 free nights in Orlando, at the Holiday Inn Express at Universal in a suite! :cool1:

As others have mentioned, quidco or topcashback are also excellent sites to join, we've managed to hundreds £££ through it!

I also save up £2 coins, and also have a piggy bank for any other small change (although that one is currently rather light due to recent holidays).

Shop at aldi rather than waitrose.
 
Hold a car boot to raise extra spending money and if you haven't any junk to sell, ask your friends and family if they have any.

We have raised £370.00 doing this.
 
On the subject of supermarkets.. One tip I heard from MSE's Martin Lewis is to try one 'brand level' lower than you would normally buy. If you find you don't like it then you don't have to buy it again but if you do then every little saving helps ;) We hardly buy any name brand groceries, nearly all supermarket brand. I also frequent Home & Bargain for household items and toiletries (some food too though most of what they have isn't that healthy) and Costco for washing powder, cheese (we only use it in cooking so their bags of pre-grated stuff are ideal) and some fruit and veg (my bf is veggie and we both eat a meat free diet at home so we go through a lot of mushrooms, the big boxes are a great deal) Obviously their is a lot of scope for impulse buys at Costco so you have to be quite disciplined! *lol* :)
I also sell on eBay but I think i'll have run out of stuff to sell by the time we go away, if it ain't nailed down..!! :rolleyes1
 
I also sell on eBay but I think i'll have run out of stuff to sell by the time we go away, if it ain't nailed down..!! :rolleyes1

:lmao: Same here!!!!!!!!.

I sell on ebay and have been since 2006 and have made quite a large amount of money so far :thumbsup2 .All the money we have made/making goes straight into our savings account and is only used for our holidays.

I have a money pot for 1p/2p+5p's.I have also started saving £2 coins and was very suprised to have saved £40 last month.Also goes into our savings account.

I run a catalogue+hamper for friends and family and all the comission i receive every year goes straight into the savings account.
 
The thing i've found with saving £2 coins is i hardly get any....i think everyone is saving them!!!
 
:lmao: Same here!!!!!!!!.

I sell on ebay and have been since 2006 and have made quite a large amount of money so far :thumbsup2 .All the money we have made/making goes straight into our savings account and is only used for our holidays.

I have a money pot for 1p/2p+5p's.I have also started saving £2 coins and was very suprised to have saved £40 last month.Also goes into our savings account.

I run a catalogue+hamper for friends and family and all the comission i receive every year goes straight into the savings account.


Im impressed Michelle, Well Done :yay: Your very good:rotfl:

I need to take advice from you I just keep spending:rotfl:

We must try the E Bay thing, we have lots in the loft
 

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