Dec 10 2008
A Bit of Change
I’ve been struggling with the state topics each week, and the response hasn’t been overwhelming, so I’m changing up the format again for this blog and I’ll go back to providing vacation tips, hints, and more - randomly, so that I’ll provide more information for more people.
Hope that works for you.
Here’s a money-saving tip I learned last month, and it’s good again this month, so you may want to check it out to save $75!
Travelocity is having a “Holiday Bonus” sale. If you book three nights with a hotel listed on their site, and pay with a MasterCard, you can save $75 off your total stay. You must enter the code BONUS75 when you check out. They seem to have taken the “Holiday Bonus” logo off the site this week (it was there last week) but enter the code anyway - it’s good through December 31st. (Since the logo is gone, just make sure you check your total before you confirm - you don’t want to be surprised if they don’t honor the code.)
If you don’t have a MasterCard, you can still get the savings, by using PayPal. PayPal has a new plug-in (Look for PayPal Plug-in in the left column to access) that allows you to generate a single-use credit card - and it’s a Mastercard.
We did this last month, and plan to do it again for Christmas!
I am going to confess something right here for all the world to see -we travel CHEAP. We scrape every penny and look for the best bargains possible. With that confession, I’ll share the details of our last savings:
We stayed in a nice, pet-friendly, Red Roof Inn (with elevators). Rooms normally are over $40 a night, but with our savings, we paid about $28 a night! We were within one mile of about 50 restaurants and a major mall - it was a perfect location for our purpose. The staff was friendly, the room was clean and odor-free.
You’ll also note on the Travelocity site that MANY of the hotels (from budget motels to luxury hotels) are literally cutting prices - some at unbelievable prices. It sure makes travel much easier in this economy.
And don’t you love the falling gas prices?
