Always look for the coupon codes when buying online, it is your last chance at further discount.
I took a quick trip to New York this past weekend, and it was my first time, so I wanted to take a guided bus tour. I know, the best way to see New York is on foot, but time was short and there was cheap shopping to be done, so the next best thing was the bus tour, GrayLine Tours. The company offers single loop, multi-loop and multi-day packages, and I was opting for the ALL LOOP special for 48 hours. They did have a 72 hour ALL LOOP special as well, adding a third day for minimal cost, but I wasn’t going to use it so why waste? Anyhoo, I was all ready to check out when I saw my favorite option at checkout, the promotional code field box. This box should send off fireworks in your eyes when you see it, because it is telling you that they offer discounts and you can get your purchase for cheaper.
Unless you already have coupon codes, received via e-newsletter, you are going to have to do some research. The success of you finding a good or active code depends on your ability to use Google and how much time you have to search. For my bus tour I simply typed “gray line new york promotional code” into Google, and watched 110,000 results show up. Now I could have started clicking on websites in hopes of finding an active code, but I wanted to limit my search a bit more. On the left toolbar on Google there is an option, “More search tools”, and when clicked and expanded it gives you the option of narrowing down your search by date posted. Given that we are looking for coupon codes, and they have expiry dates, you want the most recently posted codes. I narrowed my search to the last 24 hours, 530 results, and started opening sites where the description looked promising. I found a fellow cheapie, http://www.cheapdanny.com/ and he had the codes for $5 off. I did a bit more research but that was the best on the net at the time, so I copied the codes into my Grayline checkout and saved $5 off each ticket.
All in all my search took less than 10 minutes and I ended up saving roughly 10%. That extra money afforded me a large vanilla shake at Shake Shack, so it paid to be cheap.
Long story short, if you are buying something on the net and you see that promotional code option, do a quick search before buying. By the time you see the code box you have already made up your mind to buy, so it was probably already a good deal, and an extra 10 minutes could get you free shipping or an even further discount.
So it is your birthday today, or this week, and you are Googling, yes Googling’s a word , to find out where you can eat for free on your special day. It is ‘the cheap‘ in you, I know, I have done it too. Either you are looking to help out your friends and family so they do not need to spend on you, or you are looking to make a solo run and try to fill your belly for free for the week. Either way, it is cool by me. So much so that I put together this list of places you can eat for free on your birthday.
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