Earning sites and apps for trip saving.

[Carina]

Wondering if any fellow Canadians use earning sites (swagbucks etc) to save up for part of their trips?

I have a few I use that are Canadian Friendly wondered if anyone wanted to compare lists / tips.

 

[pigletto]

Sure !
I use Swagbucks, Caddle and Checkout 51, Airmiles and PC points.
PC points is my biggest earner.. I average about $80 a month from that one. I used to be an avid Airmiles collector but I’ve found PC better for my every day shopping, and I now just focus on airmiles when it‘s a big promo like MegaMiles. I also prefer the Loblaws branded stores and can earn points at Nofrills where I find much better deals than having to shop at Sobey’s for airmiles. I guess it’s different for everyone depending on shopping habits.

Swagbucks is a $1-$2 a day for surveys and a few other things. $2 is rare. I don’t spend much time on it and it averages $30 a month. I shop through the Swagbucks shopping links for anything I might buy online. We recently went on a trip where we booked 8 different hotels. I was able to go through the Swagbucks portal for Expedia for each booking, and then earned double Expedia points on top of that for booking through the Expedia app. I earned about 10% of the pre tax amount of each hotel back between Swagbucks and the Expedia app.

Checkout 51 and Caddle aren’t big earners but between the two maybe $10 per month. Definitely better than nothing.
So with those things combined it brings in $120 a month or more that goes straight into the trip budget. I don’t find any of it time consuming or difficult. Deal hunting is fun for me. The exception would be swagbucks which can be tiresome, so I just get a couple of surveys and a few other things and walk away.. I refuse to give it more time.

 

[starvenger]

I do something similar to swagbucks with ebates. Feels good when you can double up on points programs. Plus, why not get a rebate when I buy something on Amazon (which is more frequent than I want it to be)?

 

[Carina]

Just started the coinout app for Amazon.com GC's.
It's taking pics of reciepts
I've been very pleased - no minimum payout!
I can't post the link here as the only link I have is my refferal.
But if you have any questions PM me and I can screenshot the app to show you.

 

[bcwife76]

Swagbucks, Ebates, Pinecone Research, Checkout51, Airmiles and PC Optimum are all ways I like to earn extra money.

 

[Gigi22]

If you have a Fitbit, there’s an app called Carrot that connects to your device and pays out in your choice of either Airmiles or Aeroplan points (be careful there’s a similarly named app that is a corporate earning app). There may be other points options for pay out. You get paid to exercise.

 

[Donald - my hero]

If you have a Fitbit, there’s an app called Carrot that connects to your device and pays out in either Airmiles or Aeroplan points (be careful there’s a similar app that is a corporate earning app). You get paid to exercise.

OFF TOPIC -- I found the payout for both of those painfully slow, switched to Scene points and in less that a year earned enough to see a VIP movie!

Back to your regularly scheduled trip saving tips

 

[Gigi22]

OFF TOPIC -- I found the payout for both of those painfully slow, switched to Scene points and in less that a year earned enough to see a VIP movie!

Back to your regularly scheduled trip saving tips

Carrot has recently changed how points are awarded, it is a bit faster now I think. I’ve earned over 800 points since January.

 

[Carina]

Just shy of $3 for the past week in Coinout
Half was refferals.
Loving the app takes about 1-2 mins a day.

Going to order Amazon items and have them delivered to our condo (Maui not Disney)
Need a blow up mattress for too many people not enough beds...lol