Here are all the top bargains, discounts and daily deals from the Moneymagpie ‘Anti-recession tips of the day’ from the Daily Express.
Today’s Tip
Family Photoshoot for just £10!
We’ve teamed up with Virgin Experience Days to save you 75% on a family photo experience. Normally priced at £45, this day costs just £10 for Moneymagpie and Daily Express readers. After arriving at the studio, you and your family will have a portrait session with a professional photographer and then you’ll get to pick your complimentary 10″x 8″ portrait and order any additional photos that you might like. To get this deal for just a tenner you’ll need our special code which is FPE75. This code is valid for any purchase up to and including 31 August but you’ll then have up to 9 months to redeem the voucher. The gift pack can be sent to you or directly to the recipient complete with a voucher and booking details. Go to the Virgin Experience website here and use the code for your offer now.
Less than half-price Elemis gift
Save a massive £64 on the luxurious Elemis Everyday Beauty Essentials collection at Timetospa.co.uk. This is a limited edition collection of favourites picked for the charity Mothers4Children so not only are you getting a great deal, but £1 from every sale goes to supporting vulnerable children. The set is worth over £100 but can be yours for just £46 and contains some of the best pampering Elemis goodies including a full sized bottle of Maximum Moisture Day Cream and Exotic Frangipani Monoi Moisture Melt, New Skin Nourishing Shower Cream, New Skin Nourishing Hand and Body Lotion, Skin Nourishing Milk Bath and S.O.S Emergency Cream, all kept in a blue double sided wash bag. This fantastic offer is only available while stocks last so visit the Elimis page at Timetospa.
Cheap cinema for kids and teens
If you’re running out of ideas to keep the kids entertained, every Tuesday and Thursday Vue holds a ‘Teen Screen’ for 13-18 year olds at selected cinemas across the country. At these screenings they can see recently released movies brought back to the big screen for just £1.95 for 2D movies or £2.95 if it’s in 3D. The next film will be StreetDance viewing on 10 and 12 August but teens can vote for the other films they would like to see via www.myvue.com/teenscreen. For the younger kids there are also Kids AM screenings every morning until the end of August, where the cost of a child’s ticket (aged 2 to 12 years) and accompanying adults tickets for selected kids films is just 95p. For more information, visit www.myvue.com.
Free in-car charger and top phone deals
Get a free in-car charger with any Nokia 1661 deal at Onestopphoneshop.co.uk with our exclusive code – FREEINCAR. You can get your hands on this freebie, worth £19.99, with any of the tariffs available for this handset including cashback deals working out to just 99p per month, and the mega cheap pay-as-you-go deals. You can even get this handset and the free in-car charger with Onestopphoneshop’s free gift deals so a free laptop, TV, PS3, Nintendo Wii or Xbox 360 is up for grabs as well as up to £280 auto-cashback! The Nokia 1661 is ideal for anyone fed up with complicated phones; this reliable phone has a great battery life plus a built-in torch, FM radio and up to 500 phonebook entries. This freebie is only available for two weeks (it runs out on 23rd August) so grab the code – FREEINCAR (remember to write it in capitals) – and get your deal now.
Cash back for late trains
Claim back cash for delayed Tube journeys with new free-to-use service Mytubewaslate.com. This site helps people with travel cards or Oyster cards quickly and easily claim back money for tube journeys that are delayed by more than 15 minutes, (as long as it is the fault of TfL). Mytubewaslate automatically alerts you when one of your trains is late and sends you the refund form – you simply press the send button, or print off the form and post it. You’ll receive the refund as vouchers that you can use to buy a new travel card or top up your Oyster. Elsewhere in the country Traindelays.co.uk offers a similar service for other rail operators in the UK and also provides a pre-prepared claim form. Find more ways to get cheap train tickets here.
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Longest 0% deal on purchases
If you want the best credit card for new purchases, Tesco has increased the introductory period on its Clubcard credit card so you can now enjoy a market leading 13 months at 0% with a typical APR of 16.9% thereafter. Also, every time you spend on the card you earn Tesco Clubcard points at 1 for every £4 spent. As a Tesco credit card user you will also be offered discounted Tesco travel insurance and no cash advance or handling fees on its travel money. This card also comes with 0% on balance transfers for 9 months, with a 2.9% fee, but remember that if you’re looking to shift debt there are longer deals available. Get more information and apply for this card at the Tesco site.
20% off car hire excess cover
Shelling out for excess insurance when you rent a car can be a costly affair if you buy it from the car rental company so we’ve organised a handy 20% discount for Daily Express and Moneymagpie readers at Insurance4carhire.com. This site specialises in car rental excess insurance which is designed to protect against the cost of excess damages that drivers are liable for if they have a bang in the car. The discount is available across all the policies on the site including its cover for couples, the over-75s and annual European excess insurance. Prices start from just £39.20 with the 20% discount, which only runs until August 31 2010 so go to our special landing page at www.insurance4carhire.com/augstexpress
Get 25% off stylish home furnishings
Save a massive 25% at ethical home furnishings and gift website Biome Lifestyle with our exclusive code. This is the perfect deal if your home is in need of a summer makeover or you want to spruce up a room with some new accessories. This discount code, which is MMAUG10 (it’s case-sensitive) is only valid until 15 August but you can use it as many times as you like before this expiry date so make the most of it before it goes. Our favourites include the recycled glass vases, the eco-friendly cushions and the fantastic sundials and clocks made from recycled vending machine coffee cups! The 25% discount is just for Moneymagpie and Daily Express readers so go to Biome Lifestyle now and nab your deals!
Extra 10% off in the Barratts sale
Save yourself an extra 10% online at Barratts with this exclusive code for Moneymagpie and Daily Express readers. The code is MAGPIEBAR and can be used on all items, including anything that takes your fancy in the sale. So, not only can you save up to 70% in the summer sale, you can slash the cost by another 10% with our special code, which is valid until 15 August. There’s a great selection to choose from, so whether you’re looking for a new pair of summer sandals, a new pair of trainers or even a new bag, make the most of this discount while stocks last. And, if you spend over £50 you’ll get free delivery by entering a separate code MOV5B at checkout.
Exclusive £25 spa treat
We’ve teamed up with Lastminute.com to offer Daily Express and Moneymagpie readers a Summer Glow experience at You…Spas for only £25! This offer is for one week only, until Sunday 8 August, so make sure you don’t miss out on this fantastic treat. There are two packages to choose from, both with three treatments including a back, neck and shoulder massage, a full body exfoliation and either a body balm, or a taster facial. You’ll also have use of the hotels health club facilities for up to four hours so you can make a real day of it. Take your pick from three You…Spas located in Stansted Airport, Cardiff and Birmingham. The experience is available Monday to Friday and vouchers are valid for six months. This deal is exclusively available here.
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Luxury beauty for less
Don’t miss out on the best beauty sales this week. If you’re after a new perfume or aftershave, the summer clearance sale at Cheapsmells.com offers some huge discounts on top brands such as Hugo Boss, Boss Femme L’Eau Fraiche, reduced from £36 to just £22.50. Despite the name, Cheapsmells also stocks skincare, haircare and cosmetics from the likes of L’Oreal, Schwarzkopf and Max Factor, so look out for these in the sale too. Elsewhere, the summer sale at Timetospa.co.uk has been extended to 31 July so get in now to save up to 50% on Elemis collections. Finally, you can still save up to 70% in the sale at Beautybay.com and up to 60% at Beautyexpert.co.uk.
Free family days out with RSPB
With a six week summer holiday to contend with parents will be on the hunt for fun things to do with the kids. Fortunately the new RSPB Wild families membership pack provides exactly that – it’s crammed full of booklets on places to go to enjoy nature and you’ll get free entry to over 100 beautiful nature reserves plus a quarterly magazine full of wildlife articles and photos. As an extra incentive you’ll get a RSPB Nature Guide family activity book for free if you join before 31 August. Junior members receive their own magazine every two months packed with stories, pictures, competitions and activities, as well as a choice of three free gifts. Family membership costs just £51 a year for two adults and any number of children so sign up right here, right now.
20% off your summer reading
We have organised an exclusive discount for you on all books published by the Random House group. You can save 20% on any order at their online book store Rbooks.co.uk with an exclusive code just for Daily Express and Moneymagpie readers. Top picks include a tale of camping disasters in The Tent, The Bucket and Me by Emma Kennedy, Danny Wallace’s cringeworthy Awkward Situations for Men and crime thriller Bad Things Happen by Harry Dolan. First class delivery is just £2.75 for the first item, then 60p per additional item, but if you spend £25 it won’t cost you a penny. Your exclusive code is MMSEXPRESS and you can use it as many times as you like before it expires at the end of September.
Save 20% on Energy-saving Gadget
We can help you get double savings on your energy bills. The Energy Wizard is a great gadget that saves you at least 10% on your electricity bill. For the average household bill this works out to a saving of around £60 a year. All you have to do is plug it into a mains socket in your home to save energy immediately. It normally costs £24.99 but Daily Express and Moneymagpie readers can save 20% with our exclusive code if you buy it at the website ‘Nigel’s Eco Store’. Your exclusive code is MMECXPRESS which you just need to type in during the online check-out stages of your purchase. The code expires at the end of August, so don’t leave it too long. Nigel’s Eco Store stocks a host of other affordable gadgets and environmentally friendly products too. This offer is subject to Nigel’s Eco Store standard terms and conditions which can be found here. Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer and doesn’t apply to delivery costs.
Exclusive 15% off top-brand bags
Get your fashion fix without having to blow your budget with our new and exclusive code for Mybag.co.uk. They stock a beautiful range of handbags and accessories from big names such as Ameko, Fiorelli and Mimco. These prices are already competitive and delivery is free but our discount code will save Daily Express and Moneymagpie readers an extra 15% on any order. As if you needed another excuse for a spot of retail therapy, you can use the code on any handbags or accessories that take your fancy, including sale items such as the French Connection sunglasses, now with up to 75% off! Once you’ve chosen what you want click on ‘My Basket’ and then type in your exclusive discount code which is DAILYMBAG.
The code is valid until midnight 31 August and you can only use it once so start browsing for something special here now.
£10 free airtime!
Asda Mobile has a fantastic new Sim Pack offer for Pay-as-you-go customers. If you buy the £5 Sim card you can double your spending power and get £10 free airtime. Simply pop it into your existing handset and the airtime will be added automatically. The Asda network also offers some of the cheapest call rates with a flat rate of 8p per minute for all calls. So you can call at any time to any mobile network, landline or voicemail and know that you’re only paying 8p a minute, no matter what time of day it is. There’s also a charge of just 4p for texts so it really is a cheap way to stay in touch with loved ones. Get the links to this special deal here now.
15% off wedding stationery
Save a handy 15% on wedding stationery with an exclusive code for Daily Express and Moneymagpie readers. Brideandgroomdirect.co.uk stocks a variety of elegant wedding invitations, table plans, favours and even gifts at great prices but you can save yourself an extra 15% by entering the discount code ‘10809’ at the checkout. A delivery charge of £5.50 will still apply to all orders but you can use the code in conjunction with other offers. Right now, for example, Brideandgroomdirect is offering 20 free save the date cards, a free personalised wedding planner, half-priced thank you cards and reply cards, plus a 20% discount on the popular Breathtaking range. Start browsing for all these deals at Brideandgroomdirect now. The 15% discount code is valid until 30 September 2010.
Tesco launches 12 month contracts
If you’re fed up of having to sign up to long contracts to get the best mobile deals, you’ll be pleased to know that Tesco Mobile is now offering 12 month contracts across all tariffs and plans. You can still opt for a longer contract of 18 or 24 months, but now you can take your pick from the shorter contract deals. Even better news is that many of these are highly competitive; top deals on 12 month contracts include the LG Pop White for £15 a month with 100 minutes, unlimited texts and 3 months unlimited data, and the Samsung Monte for £20 a month, with 250 minutes, unlimited texts and 3 months unlimited data.
Cheapest sports bundle
BT is now offering the cheapest Sky Sports deal if you’re looking to bundle your broadband, TV and home phone. For just £11.99 a month you can now pre-order Sky Sports 1 & 2, ESPN and Vision Sports when you opt for a BT broadband, TV and calls bundle package costing £17.99 a month (these channels will go live on 1 August). With line rental at £11.54 and a set-up cost of £64.99, the total first year cost with BT is just £498.24, according to comparison site Broadbandchoices.co.uk, whilst the Sky equivalent works out to £672 a year. Both Sky and BT offer 20Mb broadband speeds but BT has the most generous download limit of 40GB, compared to just 2GB with Sky. Get the BT package here.
Airport parking for 1p!
Today marks your chance to get bidding on a week’s airport parking space from just 1p! This is because today the parking company Airparks auctions off a parking space at each of its seven sites on eBay. The auction starts today and will last for 10 days and there’s a minimum bid of just 1p. The highest bidders will win eight days of parking for one vehicle at one of the seven Airparks sites – Gatwick, Birmingham, Luton, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow and Newcastle – which you can book anytime before the end of 2010. For your chance to get parking for a penny, go to eBay and just search for your airport location plus ‘Airparks’. So for the car park at Gatwick put in ‘Gatwick Airparks’ in the search bar. The winning bidders will then be contacted by email once the auction has finished with details of how to make your booking.
Cut-price camping
With festival season in full swing get a full camping package at a cut-price rate. Right now, happy campers planning can get a two person Eurohike tent, complete with two sleeping mats and two sleeping bags, all for a snip at £60 from Millets. You can also get your hands on the Eurohike Family Tent Pack Starter pack with £30 off, now just £89.99 at Millets, which is the perfect choice for your first camping trip. This comes with two sleeping bags, a double sleeping bag, a double airbed and two foam roll mats. You can also save up to 50% in the Millets sale so now’s the time to stock up on waterproof clothing, footwear, rucksacks and camping equipment.
Free caravan!
Park Holidays UK is giving away free static holiday caravans this summer. All you need to pay is the annual pitch fee and connection cost charges, (typically between £2,000 and £3,000). It’s then yours to enjoy for free whenever you wish, plus all the Park Holidays facilities including swimming pools, spas and children’s clubs. You could even rent it out for extra income! This deal works because every year, many owners trade up to new holiday homes, leaving the smaller, older models behind. Some may be 15 years old but they all come fully furnished and safety tested so this freebie is the ideal way to get a taste for caravanning before you fork out tens of thousands of pounds! Go to the Park Holidays website to find out more.
Exclusive 15% off gifts
With summer weddings on the horizon, presents website ‘The Gift Experience’ is offering Daily Express and Moneymagpie readers an exclusive 15% discount code on its products. This can be used on any order until the end of July. Top picks include the pyramid perfume bottle engraved with a special message of your choice and a pair of engraved cut crystal whisky tumblers in a silk-lined gift box, both for £29.99. You can even use the code on summer sale items which already have up to 40% off, including personalised aprons and mouse mats, children’s toys and games, plus various novelty gifts for all the family. Spend £30 and you’ll get free delivery too! Grab your 15% discount by using the discount code ‘moneymagpie’ at the Gift Experience.
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Top offers to cut your insurance premiums
Give your finances an overhaul and check out the latest offers from Direct Line so that you can save a packet on your insurance. The best deals are saved for their online customers particularly their home insurance package where they will give you 12 months for the price of 9 plus a 25% online discount and guarantees to beat the price of your current deal (valid until 30th September). Also you can save 15% on car insurance until 30 September. Pet owners can save money too – buy online and you’ll save a handy 20% on your whole pet insurance policy. This deal covers vet fees up to £6,000 and a further 15% discount if you insure more than one pet. Go to the Direct Line site to pick up these bargains.
Two free flights with Lloyds TSB Airmiles
Get your hands on two free flights with the Lloyds TSB Airmiles Duo Credit Card when you apply through Airmiles. Successful applications made before 30 September 2010 will earn a 1,500 mile voucher – enough to get you two flights to a Zone 1 destination such as Paris, Amsterdam or Dublin. The free flights include all taxes, fees and surcharges but you will need to spend at least £10 on the card by 30 November 2010 and book a night in an Airmiles hotel to be eligible for the free voucher. With this account you’ll receive two credit cards – you earn one airmile for every £10 you spend on the American Express card and one airmile for every £50 you spend with the MasterCard. Go through the Airmiles website to grab your free voucher.
Discounts for holidaymakers in Spain
If you’re heading to Spain this year, one of the most popular destinations for us Brits, make sure you add the discount card SpainSave to your holiday checklist. Costing just £15, this card offers savings on all your holiday expenses. Over 1,000 businesses have joined the scheme since its launch last September so you can save money on all sorts of things including excursions, activities, shops, restaurants, bars and night clubs. This is particularly handy for theme parks, for example, a family of four would save themselves around £25 at the Benidorm theme parks Aqualandia or Mundomar. The card comes with a pocket-sized discount booklet which is valid until the end of the year. Buy this card online by going to the SpainSave site here.
Free hotel room
Hotels.com has just launched a rewards scheme offering a free night’s stay when you book a total of ten nights at more than 65,000 qualifying hotels in its global network. Those ten nights can be taken at once or separately and each time you book a room, you receive a credit which lasts for three years. Booking more than one room (for a family, for example) counts as extra points. Once you’ve got ten credits, you get your free night. So, a family staying for five nights, with two hotel rooms would immediately earn a free night. This freebie is calculated at the average rate of the ten qualifying stays, but if you want a higher rate room, you can simply pay the difference. Get all the details and book your hotel rooms go to Hotels.com.
Free car washes for a year
If you’re on the hunt for a new car insurance deal, make sure you get more bang for your buck by looking out for the best freebies and special offers. Right now, HSBC is offering its car insurance customers free monthly car washes for an entire year. This offer is for new customers only taking out a policy online before 31 October 2010. You must purchase the policy within 30 days of the quotation and HSBC will send you the carwash vouchers. Each voucher entitles you to a level 3 wash at any IMO or ARC location nationwide. HSBC also offers a 3 year guarantee on all approved repair work and 90 days cover when you use your car to travel in the EU. Find links to this offer at the HSBC website.
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Best card for overseas purchases and 0% balance transfer
The new Gold credit card from Nationwide is a great all rounder and a best buy for us. not only is it offering 0% on balance transfers for a full 15 months (with a 3% transfer fee and a rate of 16.9% thereafter) but it also offers commission-free foreign purchasing and cash withdrawals in Europe. Not only that but if you use the card to buy electrical goods in the UK, you get an extra year’s extended warranty, with 0% on spending for three months. Even better, Nationwide offers a positive payment hierarchy so once the introductory 0% period is over your repayments will be automatically allocated to the most expensive debt first. We really think this one is a winner. Find out how you can apply before you go on holiday at the Nationwide website.
15% off contact lenses
Save 15% on contact lenses at Getlenses.co.uk with the exclusive code RAN7P, only for Moneymagpie and Daily Express readers. Purchasing your contacts online is a great way to get a good deal and is easy to do. All you need is an up-to-date prescription, then simply browse for your usual lenses and buy through the website. Websites tend to have lower overheads than high street stores so they can offer better prices. In fact, you can save yourself around 40% just by surfing the net, not to mention the hassle of queuing up in crowded opticians. And, with our discount code, RAN7P, you’ll be saving even more money so get in quick before the code expires on 31 July. Visit Getlenses to grab your discount.
Dress up your walls for less
Get some fantastic pictures for your walls with our exclusive 20% discount at Allposters.co.uk. There’s something for everyone on the site, from movie posters and copies of classical paintings such as Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, to portraits of famous people and art from contemporary artists. Currently they have over 1 million prints/posters to sell that can be framed or transferred onto canvas. You can even choose from original art and buy it framed or unframed. They also do wall tapestries and T-shirts to order. Throughout July Allposters has a summer sale with up to 75% off selected items so you can use the 20% discount on those to get even more off! To get the discount you’ll need our special code which is MAGPIE20 and is valid until 31 July.
Free Disney pass with P&O Ferries
P&O Ferries is offering Daily Express and Moneymagpie readers a free adult Disneyland Paris one-day hopper ticket for every Dover/Calais car booking made up to 30th September 2010 inclusive. The hopper ticket is worth £47 and will get you into the Disneyland Park and the Walt Disney Studios Park. The ticket can be redeemed up to 31st March 2011 at Disneyland Paris. With the falling Euro this means you can get a really cheap holiday as P&O already does good deals for families. You can get to Calais and back with a car and up to nine passengers from just £30 each way including all taxes. Or a day trip with car and passengers is from £25 return. Go to the P&O Ferries site for this great offer.
Travelodge rooms for £25 or less
To celebrate its 25th birthday, budget hotel chain Travelodge is offering 250,000 rooms for £25 or less at its UK hotels. These will go fast so book now for stays right up until 31st October. As well as the £25 room rate, rooms at £22 and £19 up for grabs so you can treat yourself to a long weekend on the coast, a city shopping trip, or simply escape to the country at a rural hotel. Each room caters for two adults and two children under 16 and there’s a new breakfast buffet menu at £7.50 per person (for each paying customer two children under the age of 16 can eat for free). Save even more money by booking breakfast online for a 20% discount. Visit the Travelodge site here for the special link.
15% off Holiday Lettings
Beat the Budget blues by making money on your holiday home (or even on the home you live in!) at Holidaylettings. We’ve arranged an exclusive 15% discount for Daily Express and Moneymagpie readers if you go to Holidaylettings and use the code ‘magpie’ when you pay for an advert. Over 2 million holidaymakers visit the site every month. Ads on Holidaylettings usually cost £219 + VAT for the year for a Classic advert or £279 + VAT for a Premium advert. However, with our code you will save between £38.60 and £49.17 and still get the benefits including a full-page advert, up to 20 colour photos of your property, an availability calendar, location map and enquiry form. With the Premium ads you can also upload videos of your place.
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10% off special travel insurance
If you have difficulty getting travel insurance because of age or medical conditions, then specialist insurance broker, Allclear, can definitely help you. Not only do they offer travel insurance for any medical condition, but we have negotiated an exclusive 10% discount for Daily Express and Moneymagpie readers for a limited period. Just go to the special site Allcleardiscounts which has been set up to give you the cut-price rate (Full details of the discount are on the website). We like Allclear because they will cover you for almost any condition as long as you have permission to travel from your doctor. They even provide cover for cancer patients who are still receiving treatment. Their premiums are reasonable too, particularly for over-65s, as they only gradually increase the cost each year as you get older.
Heavenchef
Just in time for summer, we have organised an exclusive 25% discount for Daily Express and Moneymagpie readers on all HeavenChef branded barbecues at HeavenChef.co.uk including Marco Pierre White’s new collection. Powered by Flogas, Marco’s range is his first and only collection of barbecues and includes the portable and colourful MarcO-Grill (from £134.99), as well as a selection of quality gas grills. The BBQs come in four snazzy colours and you can also buy his range of accessories. The site also sells a range of other barbecues and tools and they offer free delivery on all purchases. To get the special 20% discount just use the code MMP25 at the Heavenchef website. The discount doesn’t apply to patio heaters, cylinders and non-HeavenChef branded products.
Top phone for £10 a month
Discount mobile retailer, e2save.com is offering the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini handset for free on a contract costing just £10 per month. Normally £20 a month, this Orange Canary deal offers 200 minutes and unlimited texts on a 24 month contract. But, when you buy it through e2save and send your mobile phone bills back at months 6, 9,12,15 and 18, they’ll credit you by cheque with £48 each time, making the real cost just £10 per month. You’ll also get a free VisorLite Go Portable CarKit when you enter the voucher code E2Father, plus free insurance for one month and free VIP Gadget Helpline for one month, which you can simply cancel after the free period by calling the network provider. Grab this deal now at e2save.
Best card for purchases and transfers
There’s a new credit card on the market offering a great deal on both balance transfers and new purchases. The Virgin Money 12/12 card gives 0% on any debt that you move onto the card, with a transfer fee of 2.98%, plus, unusually, 0% on any new spending for a mammoth 12 months. You’ll also get various discounts on other Virgin products including 10% off Virgin Wines, Virgin Vie and Virgin Holidays, one month free at Virgin Active, up to 20% off Virgin Experiences and 50% off balloon flights. Remember, as with any card, you should aim to clear the balance during the 0% period. It’s important because this card charges 18.9% on purchases and 21.9% on any transferred balance after the promotional period. Find out more at the Virgin website.
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Summer savings at Tesco
Tesco Bank has a host of summer deals up for grabs. These include a £50 Tesco Gift Card up for grabs with both life and health insurance policies and 1,000 Clubcard points for new customers who buy Tesco dental insurance by 21 July 2010. If you have a furry friend you can save a full 35% when you buy Tesco’s standard pet insurance online before 18 August. Finally, if you spend more than £600 on Travellers Cheques with Tesco Travel Money before 28 July, you’ll receive £5 vouchers for Ambre Solaire suncare and summer clothing at Tesco. Remember, also, you can compare these with other insurance products at our comparison section.
15% off Glasses Direct
If you’re on the hunt for a new pair of specs, or some designer sunglasses for the summer, you can save an extra 15% at GlassesDirect with a our special discount code MAGPIE15. They stock a range of designer brands as well as its own stylish collections and you can use the code on all items, including those on sale and other promotions such as the 50% discount sale on all sunglasses tints. Now just £5, you can convert your fabulous new specs into prescription sunglasses for even less. Both this offer and the code expire at the end of the month and with hundreds of frames to choose from you’re bound to find the perfect sunnies! We’ve arranged this 15% discount exclusively for Moneymagpies and Daily Express readers so visit Glassesdirect and use the code MAGPIE15.
Free baby tree!
Velvet Tissue is offering a free baby tree as part of its Campaign for Trees – a commitment to plant three trees for every one they use. You can do your bit too by planting your free baby tree in your garden. Choose between a Rowan, Scots Pine or Silver Birch which will be around 20cm in length and posted in a protective container. The trees will be sent in September and October – ideal tree planting season – so that your little sapling has the best chance to grow. Apply for your freebie at www.velvettissue.com/campaign-for-trees/ and follow the links to the claim form. You must be at least 16 years to apply and you must apply before 31 July. There are only 250,000 available, restricted to one per household, so get in now!
Broadband for under £4.50 a month
Get home broadband for just £4.49 per month for a full 12 months with Plusnet Value. Usually this package is £6.49 a month but Broadbandchoices.co.uk is doing an exclusive £2 off deal if you book it through them before 1st July. The service comes with 10GB usage allowance, up to 8Mb speeds and a free 4-point wireless router. However there is a £25 activation charge and the package doesn’t include line rental. Even so, this is about the cheapest broadband deal around right now. This deal can only be accessed online. To get the £2 off just enter the code ‘bbcvalue’ when you book through the website. To link to the special page at Broadband choices just go here.
£29 hotel rooms
Premier Inn has just released another half a million rooms at just £29 a night available until the end of October. You need to book the rooms at least 21 days in advance but they can be booked (subject to availability) any time through summer and autumn including the school holidays. Bookings must be made online or through their Customer Contact Centre and you need to stay for a minimum of 2 nights Monday to Saturday inclusive except for Sundays. All Premier’s rooms can accommodate a family of up to four and guests can also take advantage of the All You Can Eat Premier Breakfast where children under 16 can eat for free. To get the link to book, go to the Premier Inn website. Also, check out our other travel bargains in our travel section .
A month of free films
If the World Cup frenzy is getting on your nerves, you can get away from it and enjoy over 3,000 film and TV series for a whole month for free. Starting from 11 June, the LOVEFiLM Extra Time promotion offers you access to a host of films and shows instantly on your computer (or via an internet-enabled TV if you’ve got one). You can even watch exclusives such as Let The Right One In and Oscar-winner Departures via the LOVEFiLM Player. This offer is for both existing members and those who sign up for a free trial during the promotion. LOVEFILM rental prices range from just £3.99 per month, up to £15.99 per month, with free postage and no late fees. Head to the LOVEFILM website for more details about this offer.
20,000 Airmiles with Amex gold card
Until 7th July you can get 20,000 free Airmiles if you take out the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Card and spend £500 on it in the first three months. Normally we don’t promote credit cards that you have to pay for (this one costs £95 a year) but as the 20,000 Airmiles will get you two return flights to Europe we think that makes the card pretty much free for the first year (you can always cancel it after that!). It comes with free travel accident benefit and £200 for food and hotels if your flight is delayed over four hours. You get one point for every £1 you spend, and two points when you use the card to spend on travel. Use the points for British Airways, Hertz, Hilton, Radisson and Virgin Atlantic. Get the special deal at the Amex sit
Half-price home cover
Everybody should have home insurance and the great news is that there’s lots of competition so you can bag yourself a fantastic deal. New customers can save a massive 50% when they take out home insurance cover with Churchill, if they haven’t made a claim in the last five years. This policy provides for up to £50,000 contents cover and up to £500,000 buildings cover as standard, both of which can be increased. Churchill also offers at least 15% discount when you take out a policy online (when more than one discount applies these will be deducted consecutively), again this is subject to any claims being made. Get an online quote to see how little a Churchill policy might cost you here. Also, to find out more about how to get the best deal on home insurance, check out our home insurance article.
£100 off excellent carpet cleaner!
We have an exclusive offer for Daily Express and Moneymagpie readers of £100 off the Vax V-125 All Terrain carpet and hard floor cleaner. This marvellous machine normally retails at £359.99 but you can get it for £259.99. This is an online deal only – just use the code WELOVECLEAN when you get to the check-out at the Vax website. The cleaner has a 6-year guarantee and will remove stains, oil and all the accumulated dirt that regular vacuuming can’t shift. It has several 5-star rave reviews on Amazon from users who say it gives a brilliant clean every time. You can find the reviews here – worth reading! This machine will save you £100s in professional carpet-cleaning fees. Do it yourself for a fraction of the cost whenever you want.
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Exclusive money off glamorous makeover
We’ve got an exclusive 10% discount on a glamorous makeover and photoshoot from New ID studios, the people who did the photograph of me that you can see on this column! They have studios in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff and Newcastle and they’re offering the discount until 29th June 2010. Prices range from £20 for a family shoot or Mums-on-the-run to £500 for a model portfolio. The sessions include a free cut and blowdry, free professional make-up session, the photoshoot and a free CD of your pictures. You just pick the photos you want to buy after you’ve seen them. Go to the New ID studios website fto sign up and use the code MoneyMag10 to get your discount.
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Asda wedding collection
Budget fashion line George at Asda has now launched its wedding range online. If a summer wedding is on the cards, make sure you check out the dresses which are a mere £60 each and suits from just £40. They really are incredible value! There are two wedding dresses to choose from available in size 8 to 20. One is chiffon, empire line dress with jewel embellishment and a boned bodice and the other has a lace bodice and fishtail design hem with a matching Bolero style jacket. There are plenty of bargains for all the other wedding guests too, with a chiffon bridesmaid dress for £30 and ‘occasion’ clothing for the mother of the bride.Visit the Asda site to see the clothes and buy the direct.
£2 for charity with Simple skincare
Do your bit for charity and bag some skincare goodies for only £10 with a new promotion from Simple.co.uk. Hoping to raise an impressive £50,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support, Simple is selling exclusive online gift packs for £10 of which £2 will be donated to Macmillan. You can choose from three different skin care packs; Simple Goodness, Age Resisting Goodness or Simply Radiant. Each pack contains cleansing wipes, moisturiser and face wash and comes with a free personalised Skin Health Check worth £8.99. These are only available online so visit www.simple.co.uk/macmillan-challenge and add the pack of your choice to your basket. For more beauty bargains go to our Bargains page.
Save £500 with RAC
Save a massive £500 through RAC member benefits if you take out breakdown cover with them. RAC are regularly adding savings onto their long list of member offers and now you can enjoy savings of up to £500. Some of the best offers include up to 50% off UK family holidays with Haven, 20% off at Roadchef and a 10% discount at online retailers CD WOW and IWantOneofThose.com. These offers expire on 1 September 2010 but you can find dull details of the £500 saving at the RAC website. Breakdown cover from RAC starts from just £28 a year when you buy online so get a quote on the RAC website.
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£50 Debenhams voucher
Take out a life insurance policy with Debenhams and you’ll receive £50 worth of vouchers to use in-store. If you have children or anyone else dependent on you, life insurance is best way to protect them financially if the worst happens. Typical level term life cover with Debenhams, for £150,000 over 20 years, could cost as little as £11.46 for a female, non-smoker aged 40 so it’s well worth considering for the peace of mind. Plus with a £50 incentive up for grabs, you can buy yourself a little treat whilst you’re at it. The £50 Debenhams giftcard is sent after you’ve made your sixth payment. Visit the Debenhams site for the links.
£5 spa freebie in May
Throughout May health and beauty website Spafinder is offering any customer who buys a £25 gift voucher an extra £5 voucher for free! SpaFinder vouchers can be redeemed at over 400 spas in the UK on any treatment, with no expiry date. There are three delivery options to choose from – you can either print off the voucher at home, or create a personalised gift voucher and email it, with the free £5 sent to you separately which you can either keep for yourself or forward to a friend. Or, you can post it to your loved ones from £2.95 and the free £5 will also be sent to them. This is an online only offer so visit Spafinder for links to the deal.
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Luxury discounts
Enjoy the finer things in life with private members site Keynoir where you can save yourself up to 70% on high-end experiences. This is one of many group-buying sites which offer huge discounts when a large number of people commit to a particular deal. Retailers are happy to slash prices with the guarantee of volume sales and you get a great deal as long as enough people are interested – and if they’re not, no money exchanges hands. Unlike many group buying sites, you can’t view any deals until you’re a member. It is currently free to register with Keynoir but they are planning to bring in a membership fee later down the line so get in early. You normally have to request membership but if you go to Keynoir here you can create your free account instantly.
Superdrug £1 make-up range
Budget beauty fans will love the range of £1 make-up at Superdrug. The Make Up Academy (MUA) products are available in-store and online, with over 100 lipsticks, blushers, eye colours, mascaras and nail polishes to choose from – and all for no more than £1 per item! If you’re shopping online at Superdrug standard delivery costs £3 but you’ll get free delivery on orders over £25 so it’s worth getting together with friends and family to bulk buy all your beauty must-haves. There are plenty of other online bargains to be had for beauty fans – check out Eyeslipsface where nearly all of the items are just £1.50 and you get free shipping on orders over £30 – then go to their website for more ways to stay beautiful on a budget.
New and improved All in One card
The All in One credit card from Halifax and Bank of Scotland now offers an extra month at 0% on balance transfers and purchases. Customers can now enjoy 0% interest for 10 months on both transferred debt and any new spending. There is still a 3% fee for balance transfers and the 0% rate is only available if you make monthly payments on time and stay within your credit limit. If you are late with a payment you will lose the 0% rate. A typical rate of 15.9% APR once the introductory period ends so if you’re not confident you can move or repay the debt before the interest-free period ends look for a card with a long term low rate instead. Visit the Halifax site to get one.
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Free drink at Greene King pubs
Treat yourself to a free drink at one of hundreds of Greene King pubs, located all over the country. All you have to do is visit the Greene King website at www.gkpubs.co.uk and select your nearest pub. Then simply register your details and you’ll be sent a voucher by email. This can then be printed off and handed over at the bar. You get to choose your free drink from a list that includes a pint of Foster’s, Carlsberg and John Smith’s Extra Smooth, a 175ml glass of Santa Carolina red, white or rose wine, or a 16oz glass of lemonade or coke. Only one voucher is allowed per customer and the vouchers are only valid for two weeks from the sign-up date.
Woolies bargain bin
The much-loved Woolworth’s bargain bin is back so visit the online store for huge discounts on games, CDs and DVDs. You can get as much as 70% off the retail price so it’s definitely worth checking and all the prices include delivery. It’s particularly good for the little ones – we found Disney Pixar’s ‘Kung Fu Panda’ for a fiver, the ‘Little Miss Collection’ CD for £1.87 and the High School Musical’ soundtrack for £2.97. Prices are mega cheap for computer games too such as ‘Up’ for the PC reduced to £4.97 and ‘Football Director’ for the Nintendo DS now just £5. Be warned, some of the best bargains will sell out quickly. Visit theWoolies site here to start rifling through the bargain bin!
3 months free broadband and calls
If you’re looking for a new broadband and phone deal, TalkTalk is offering three months for free with its Essentials package, saving you £20.97. After the freebie period it costs just £18.48 a month, which includes line rental at £11.49. You’ll also get free connection, saving you a further £29.99. The Essentials package is a great all rounder and offers fast broadband with speeds up to 24Meg and a very generous 40GB monthly download allowance, as well as unlimited calls to UK landlines on evening and weekends, free voicemail and free ‘Calling Circle’ which allows you to save 10% on calls made to your choice of 16 mobile and international numbers. Visit Broadbandchoices for the links to buy this great deal now
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Free Xbox 360 with O2 contracts
If you’re looking for a new mobile deal why not snap up some top freebies whilst you’re at it. Right now O2 is giving away a Free Xbox 360 plus two games to customers who take out an 18 month tariff worth at least £35, or any 24 month contact worth at least £30. Handsets offered with this promotion include the Sony Ericsson C903, the LG Pop and the Samsung Genio Touch. Customers taking out any pay monthly contact on Nokia 5800, Nokia 6303 or Nokia 6700 can also get a free Nokia Dining card which gives up to half price dining at over 3000 UK restaurants. Click on the links above to take advantage of these great offers.
An extra £2 off vitamins
Save £2 when you spend £15 at online health store Simply Supplements, exclusively for Daily Express and Moneymagpie readers. Simply Supplements sells over 150 different health products, from multivitamins to specialised products such as ginkgo biloba, and all at up to 89% off high street prices. The great news is that you can use the code on everything – including sale items so you could snap up a real bargain. You won’t pay a penny for P&P on internet orders either and if you place an order before 12.30pm it will be despatched the same day. Grab your £2 discount by entering the code MAGP20 at the checkout. This code expires at the end of June so go to the Simply Supplements site now to get the deal.
Cashback on your boiler cover
Get your boiler covered for a year, including a free annual service (worth around £74) and get 50% cashback if you don’t call out an engineer within the 12 months. This offer is a new package from the energy provider npower. The company is going head-to-head with British Gas’s Homecare 100 package which offers the same but without the cashback. The scheme, which is called hometeam 50 Boiler Care Flexi (or hometeam 50), costs £10.50 a month or £126 for the year. The one big drawback is that to get the cashback you have to be an npower customer. However, the free boiler service still makes it attractive offer for non-customers. To get this offer go to the npower site.
Sell your unwanted gift cards
Sell, trade or donate your unwanted gift cards at new website Giftcardconverter.co.uk. Lots of us have gift cards collecting dust in the back of a drawer. In fact, around a quarter of gift cards go unspent – worth almost £400 million! With this site, however, you can put them to good use by turning them into cash, swapping them for a card you will use, or donating them to charity. The site recommends that you sell your card for 90% of the value but you’ll also be charged 10% for selling one, £3 for trading cards up to £50 and £5 for cards worth over £50. So, a £30 card would go for around £24.30. Visit http://www.giftcardconverter.co.uk/for more details.
£9 Travelodge rooms
The Travelodge autumn sale is now on, offering 250,000 rooms starting from just £9 per night. Other rooms are available ranging from £12 to £25 per night but the best deals will go quickly so you’ll need to get in early. These offers are for stays between Saturday 28 August and Sunday 28 November 2010 only but you can choose from hotels throughout the UK, Ireland and Spain so it’s well worth a look if you need somewhere cheap to stay this summer. There’s also a new breakfast buffet menu to enjoy for only £7.50 per person which you can save 20% on if you book online. Go to the Travelodge site to book now.
Free money to refer your friends
Get £6 for referring friends to GrouponMyCityDeal. The site groups consumers together so they can take advantage of huge discounts for all kinds of things in cities all over the UK, from eating out to tickets for football matches. Previous deals in London have included £25 for top price tickets worth £55 to see Blood Brothers, and £1 to watch films (including those in 3D) at any Cineworld. Once you’ve signed up – for free – you can recommend as many friends as you like, and if any of them go on to sign up, you’ll get £6 for each one who does. The money will be credited to your account so you can use it towards your next purchase on the site. To check out the site and sign up, visit GrouponMyCityDeal here.
£60 cashback with Hiscox home insurance
Get £60 cashback when you take out home insurance with Hiscox. The insurer has been voted one of the top three for customer satisfaction in 2010 by ‘Which?’ Their policies cover accidental loss and damage for buildings and contents (including garden furniture and bikes) as standard and you get 24 hour home emergency with no excess. Valuables up to £15,000 are covered and your belongings are insured worldwide. You’ll also get a 10% online discount. The £60 cashback can either be paid as cash, or as M&S or Amazon vouchers. Once you’ve entered your details you’ll be sent a unique link to the Hiscox website. Take out a policy, Hiscox will notify us and we’ll email you to tell you how to collect your reward. Visit the Hiscox website to take up this deal.
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I tried using the discount code for ChockersShoes but apparently it is an invalid code.
I signed up with talk talk in good faith. I feel they mis sold the product to me. They lied to me and I feel other people should know about it
Thanks for letting us know Eileen and John. We will speak to Talk Talk about this and let you know what they say.
Don’t waste your time with Talk Talk three time I have signed up with them and have been give three start dates and like Dianne Ross I’m still waiting Talk Talk are just that Talk