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Entertainment Savings
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entertainment savings can mean the difference between a great time or a
time you want to forget..quickly. Not to mention a bad deal
can
completely break your attempts at sticking to a budget.
Explore
some of the suggestions below for great on a budget entertainment.
Save
Money on Entertainment
Cook
up a fancy feast at home by finding great recipes online.
Check
out the abundance of recipes at Foodnetwork.com. Here you can
search for recipes by ingredients, degree of difficulty, time to
prepare, by chef etc. Set the mood with music by tuning into
Pandora.com, which will allow you to custom define what type of
music suits your event's needs.
If you live in a
college town be
sure to check out their website. Many schools feature free or
low
cost, top quality entertainment. By checking out CitySearch you can
find out local events in your area.
Play games
online.
Try Kali.net. Arcade outings can be expensive, but
you can
play a universe of games online for free or just pennies.
Also
try zone.msn.com
Host a Karaoke party. Go to
FreeKaraoke.com for
free tunes to download and ideas on hosting a karaoke party at
EatSleepMusic . If you send out free evites to your guests
using americangreetings.com.
They can rsvp and let you know some of their favorite karaoke
songs so you'll have them available.
Go
to Online museums. Learn see and experience without sore feet.
New England Aquarium has whale watching (www.neaq.org).
Experience
the immigrant's experience at New Yorks Ellis Island
(www.ellisisland.com). Art lovers can take a virtual tour of
the
Lourve at www.Lourve.fr or at the Art Institute of Chicago
(www.artic.edu)
The
average paper greeting card costs from $2 to $6. But you can
send
personalized email which includes audio and videos for free.
Try AmericanGreetings
or Blue Mountain for free ecards for every occasion such Mother's
Day, Birthdays, anniversaries, Thank yous to Grandparent's
day.
Save
money on magazine subscriptions by checking out MagazinePrice
Search.com. This site monitors more than 2500 magazines to
give
you the best prices on magazine subscriptions. Sometimes at
up to
50% off.
Here's a way to save time and
money. Rent from one of the mail order rental
companies. In the past, you've headed down
to your local video rental store to rent a video or DVD. It
meant you had to get in the car, drive over, pick through the titles
and hope the one you want is actually there, drive back home, and then
race to get it back to the store before your rental time was up or else
you had to pay additional late and viewing fees. Now you can
eliminate the drive time, and additional fees by renting from companies
that deliver the DVD right to your front door mailbox. And to
put icing on the cake, the prices are cheaper too. You sign
up for the service via the internet, set up a list of movies you wish
to view. The movies are sent to you the next day via the US
mail. You watch as long or short a time as you wish then drop
the DVD back into the mail via the supplied pre-paid postage envelope
and then the rental company sends the next movies on your list to
you. And with the option of having up to 8 titles at the same
time, you've always got a movie on hand to watch.
Now that saves time....and what's the break down on saving
money? You pay one fee for an unlimited number of movies per
month.....at the video store you pay per movie plus tax plus
gas......With this rent by by mail you've just saved dollars.
Some of the available services are:
- Blockbuster has a variety of program
levels and you have
the ability to rent one free video in the retail store each month with
an e-coupon. Additionally, you may return any mail in video
to a
rental store in exchange for another movie. However the movie
rental from the store is subject to the in store rental policies and
the movie must be returned that store.
- Netflix
- They are the priciest of available programs, but they probably have
the largest selection of new releases, lots of old classics,
and alot of off the beaten path titles.
Book
your travel through online services. You can compare prices
on
flights, hotels, car rentals, vacation packages. Some of the better
sites are Orbitz, Travelocity and SideStep. You
can also book
inexpensive last minute trips through site59.com. One great
site for
saving money on travel for students is STATravel.
This site specializes in finding the best bargains for
college student travelers. Try looking for lodging via
craigslist. You can check craig's list for the city you are about
to travel to and can often find great bargains of apartments and houses
to rent for 1 to 4 weeks. Prices are often considerably cheaper
than a comparable hotel stay.
Avoid
hotel room service and mini bars. These prices tend to be
extremely
steep. Better to hit the local grocery store or convenience
store and
bring the goods back to your room. Take your own snacks with you on
travel. You'll be more likely to pack healthy snacks and the
price is much more reasonable, than buying food in the airport.
Like to scrapbook? Save money by buying
photo albums on sale.Then when the long winter months come along you'll have the
photo albums already on hand to organize those family photos. An economical way
to scrapbook is to do digital scrapping. With today's digital cameras, you're
already loading your photos onto your computer. Take it a step further and
digitally setup your photos into electronic scrap pages. The economical part of
digital scrap booking, is you can use your scrap booking supplies an infinite
amount of times. Unlike paper scrap booking, where when you use a paper, you
must then go buy another one for the next project. an electronic paper can be
used again and again. Try logging onto scrapgirls.com for a complete run down of
the fun and savings that can be had in electronic scrap booking
Swap
books and cd's and save money on titles and albums you're looking for.
Swaptree.com allows you swap cd, video games and more.
Bookmooch.com arranges book swaps for free.
Join a ticket club such as Goldstar.
These clubs help theaters and clubs get rid of unsold seats by
offering last minutes discounts to members. Tickets are also sometimes
offered free when a theater needs to generate a word of mouth tidal
wave for a little know show. You can also get the hook up on
resell tickets through Stubhub.
Check
for a better rate. You can often get a better deal by calling your
existing cable, internet or phone company and pointing out that you can
get a better deal at company y. Your existing provider will often
lower your bill to match the competitor's price. Savings for you,
by just making a phone call.
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