Archive for the 'Travel & Leisure' Category

Enjoy travel and leisure on a budget by looking out for money saving deals on restaurants, days out and holidays.

£12 Rooms in Travelodge April 2012 Sale

There will be £12 rooms available in the Travelodge UK Sale, which starts on Thursday 12th April 2012, for stays between 1 September to 30 December 2012. You’ll need to be quick off the mark, as there are only 25,000 money saving £12 rooms in the Sale, although there are additional 25,000 rooms priced between [...]

Finding a Hotel in Leeds for Write on Finance Blog Up

Source: europealacarte.co.uk via Karen on Pinterest If you’re attending the Write on Finance Blog Up Leeds 22-23 September 2012 and don’t live in the Leeds area, you’ll need to find a hotel for one or two nights. In general, the earlier you book a hotel the more you save. I recommend that you start off [...]

Using a Travelodge Discount Code

I find that Travelodge consistently offers the lowest prices of any of the UK budget hotel chains; I’ve managed to book many rooms over the past few years at prices like £10 or £12 a night during Travelodge sales and promotions.  One way to save more on the price of your booking is to find [...]

Write on Finance Blog Up Leeds Competition – Win One of Two Hotel Stays

If you’re attending the Write on Finance Blog Up Leeds 22-23 September 2012, there’s an opportunity to win one of two great hotel stay prizes. Update 17 May 2012 – Winners Announced 1st Prize Winner – Elaine Colliar of Mortgage Free in Three: Is Frugal the New Black? 2nd Prize Winner – Becky Goddard-Hill of [...]

Finance in Your 50s – My Money Podcast #11

My Money Podcast #11 covers the articles below: Finance in Your 50s – My Money Podcast #11 (mp3) Subscribe to My Money Podcast from Help Me To Save in iTunes. Money in Your 50s – This article on finance in your 50s was my contribution to Women’s Money Week on Help Me To Save. I [...]

Budget Family Holidays at Haven Parks

With UK household budgets being tightly squeezed by tax hikes, rising fuel and food costs and wage freezes, you may be asking yourself if it’s sensible to splash out on a Summer holiday? This is particulary true for families with kids, as holiday prices can go sky high during the school holidays. One of the [...]

How to Change My Life – My Money Podcast #10

This edition of the My Money Podcast features the articles below. How to Change My Life – My Money Podcast #10 (mp3) Subscribe to the My Money Podcast from Help Me To Save in itunes. Change Your Life – Next time you ponder “how to change my life” and think it all seems to much [...]

Save 10% on Otel.com Bookings

I discovered that you can save 10% on hotel bookings on the Otel.com site. All you need to do is like the Otel.com Facebook page and then click on the 10% discount page. You’ll see a discount code near the top right of the page. Copy that discount code and enter the details of your [...]

How to Save on Hotels

I’ve already written about how I use the HotelsCombined  price comparison site to save on hotels. However, you may also be able to save more by making your purchase through a cashback site such as TopCashBack.co.uk. As always my advice on using cashback sites begins with doing research to find the lowest price. I was [...]

Review of Rufus Roo Travel Jacket

It can be hard to fit all  your luggage into the one carry on bag allowed by the budget airlines. They’re generally pretty strict about enforcing the one bag limit at the boarding gate. If you want to carry more luggage, without paying for hold luggage, one of the ways to save is to buy [...]