Bargain Community

Finding cheap things to do can be difficult depending on how hard you are willing to look. For Orlando, the big thing to do is to go to Disney. Disney is the biggest attraction here in Orlando. Buying tickets from Disney itself is quite expensive. Ever looked for other ways to get tickets? Alternative ways of finding tickets can save you so much- giving you more spending money. Craigslist is a great way to find practically anything you need. Craigslist is basically an online market for the community. Anyone can advertise things from jobs to music gigs. Craigslist includes categories such as: community, housing, jobs, personals, for sale, discussion forums, services, gigs, and a place for resumes. The community market is given to all relatively big cities. You find the biggest city near you and search the market for areas near you. For our scenario, we would use the “for sale” category. There is a subcategory called “tickets”. Advertised here are tickets placed at very low rates. For Orlando much of the tickets include Disney and Sea World. There are the occasional concert tickets. Josh Groban is performing here in Orlando on Sat, Oct. 29. On ticketmaster, tickets can range from $30-$80. Tickets are advertised on craigslist much cheaper, including presidential suites for $65. Craigslist does have its ups and downs. There is a lot of fraud surrounding that market. Many people have lost money, gotten stolen, and sometimes even murdered. I believe much of that crime was done due to people not being aware. EHow gives a list of ways to protect yourself when using craigslist. I would advise anyone using this market to review the list. I don’t think you should be afraid to use this market--just make sure you are taking the precautions needed. Craigslist is a great way to save money on all adventures.

The Art of Couponing

Too often coupons are thrown away. Thousands upon thousands of pounds of paper are wasted on printing coupons that people never use. I figured once people accepted that we were living in a recession, they’d start using coupons. This hasn’t been the case. Yes, we watch reality television shows of mothers buying food each month for under $50 but that isn’t always realistic for everyone. Cutting out that many coupons would take time. Time that most of us just don’t have.

Have you ever thought about finding your coupons online? There are some pretty incredible websites that offer great deals on interesting things. I used to think the only sort of coupons out there were for women who go shopping at the grocery store- once again, not the case. There are two website that I want to mention in this article: groupon and livingsocial. Groupon is a website where we can buy deals. Usually the deals are 50-90% off the actual costs. For example, they might have a spend $30 at Olive Garden deal that I would have to buy for $15. I end up paying $15 for the piece of paper and am able to spend $30 on food. Inside the website are coupons for just about everything: Food, Exercise, Shopping, Fun, etc. Living Social is a bit different in that they have a section labeled “escapes”. In escapes we find deals such as a 4 night stay in the Bahamas that would originally be $1,140 for $402. Each deal comes with a kit. The Bahamas kit includes daily breakfast for two, resort fee included, and a couple excursions.

Both of these websites are great sources to save money through. I know the task of looking for coupons can be time consuming but with these websites you can navigate your way through coupons you would never use to coupons you would use on an everyday basis.