Daily Deals

It seems the latest money saving craze to pop up is the "Daily Deal" offers. And this is craze in all ways desirable These--we'll call them websites--These websites offer one deal each day, and for that day only. Don't think you can go back the next day to get this deal...Nooooo! (I learned that the hard way, thinking long and hard into the next day about getting myself a 1-year membership for two to the Walker. That was a huge bummer!) You have to jump on those offers!

Get together with your friends: The central idea around these offers is to support a social, interactive lifestyle. You can subsidize almost any activity with these offers: eat at restaurants, get massages, do pilates, visit art galleries or history museums, or even get your teeth cleaned! My favorites, of course, are the restaurants though!! If you know me, you know how much I love the dining experience! Past restaurant offers include Solera, Moto-i, Spill the Wine, French Meadow Bakery, and Rinata. Today's offers are so so tempting...Al Vento and WA Frost!

Value: The certificates are usually offered at around 50% of the face value. $50 certificate to a restaurant for $25, for example. But it varies for each offer. Typically you will have to use the entire certificate amount on one visit. So if your certificate is for $50 plan to order that amount of food and drinks. Tip is not part of these offers, so make sure your lovely wait staffer still gets their deserved tip--or those poor servers will start to groan and roll their eyes at us thrifty diners every time a certificate is presented.



Get Started: You can find these offers by going straight to their websites, having them emailed to you, or even scrolling Facebook (more on that in a later post). Two of my favorites are Living Social and Groupon.
Use these links here to sign up for the emails:
Living Social
Groupon

Get Credits: On top of just getting these vouchers at a reduced price, when you share these deals with friends and they, too, buy certificates you receive $credit towards your next purchase! So by clicking on the links I'm sharing above, you support my sleuthy-ness and generosity for sharing. Then you, too, can share your own link and receive your owncredits too!

Now, I'm going to go get myself a certificate to Al Vento...Dinner anyone??
Deal of the Day: 50% Off Italian Fare at Al Vento - LivingSocial Deals"