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Groupon has Coupons!

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This is a sponsored post. All opinions are mine.

Like so many other moms, I find shopping online can save my family money, and my sanity.  I think each of those things, money and sanity, are equal!!  So here on the blog I have occasionally  mentioned money saving tips, and I am here to share a new-to-me way to save… through GROUPON! Groupon Coupons actually.

Groupon Coupons

I’ve bought plenty of Groupon deals over the past couple of years, but only recently learned about Groupon coupons.    Maybe you have noticed that I love to travel.  Looking over today’s coupons I’ve found deals for Priceline and Hilton to research for an upcoming trip to the Northwest US that my family is taking later this year.  We will be visiting some family and road tripping for a week and I can quickly see how Groupon coupons is going to be an easy way to save money on this trip.  One of the things that is so great about Groupon is that it is local, where ever you are.  All you have to do is type in the general area where you’ll be, and groupon finds the coupons!  Easy peasy!

groupon coupons

One thing that I find terrific about the Groupon Coupons is that all the Groupon deals are right there on one site.  Before I start my online shopping, I can search the coupons.  And on the same site I can check the local deals for dinner out with my husband, or for that ski trip next month.  And as I already have mentioned, a person can use groupon anywhere in the US and many locations in Canada.

Here are a few of the other stores and businesses with coupons on the site today:

Target

AEO

Hertz

Nordstrom

Starbucks

and look at this one, Udemy, coupons for the Online Courses site!

and so many more.  If you haven’t heard of Groupon Coupons before, go ahead and check out the site.  Let me know of any great travel deals you find, okay?!

 

 

Boost Your Gift Giving Budget With These 3 Apps

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It’s fully Autumn here in Colorado, and winter, along with Christmas, is still a little ways off. But the commercial signs of Christmas are showing up in local stores. While most of us truly want to enjoy Autumn and Thanksgiving well before we dive in to all the beauty and fullness of December and the Christmas season, there is something to be said for a little preparing.

Over the years, my husband and I have not set a robust gift giving budget. For our family other things have taken a higher priority, but there are ways that I have boosted the budget without increasing the main line entry!

There are many ways to keep the gift giving budget stocked outside the normal budget deposits.  One way I do that is with these three apps on my phone,  as well as some activities that I do online via my laptop or tablet.

gift cards

Swagbucks is my favorite boosting activity of what I will list here.  Most days, while I am doing other work on my computer, I open an additional window and go through a list of Swagbucks “todos”  At the same time, I am usually running videos through the Swagbucks “watch” app on my phone.   Doing this little bit of multitasking usually nets me one to two $25.00 gift cards for a wide variety of stores, or even a deposit to Paypal, per month.  My actual favorite, and easiest way to redeem Swagbucks is for Amazon.  I love to build up gift cards in my account at Amazon!

Ibotta is another way that I “multitask” and boost our gift giving budget while doing something that already needs to be done…household shopping.  The Ibotta app is on my phone, and whenever do my regular shopping, I just check to see what rebates are available.  It’s really sweet when I can match coupons and Ibotta rebates to my shopping list.

Ibotta

how the Ibotta looks today upon opening. See the wide variety of rebate opportunities?

One other app that I use for regular shopping rebates and money making is Checkout 51. On any given week I make as little as $1.00 and up to $5 or $6 on rebates for my regular shopping.  Again, when I am making my list, I check to see what rebates are available, and hopefully match those up with a coupon.  Once I reach $20 total in rebates, I can cash out the account and have a check sent to me.

What sites or apps do you use to exchange points or rewards for gift cards?  Do you use them to boost your gift given budget or in other ways?

Disclaimer: if you sign up for some of these reward sites, I may receive an affiliate compensation.

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