Last night I checked on Tesco Clubcard site to see if I had any vouchers. I'd seen the advert for the "double up" scheme they are running again and I wanted to see which departments you could double up in. I had £7.50 worth of vouchers due to be hitting the door mat any day now. I was pleased as I'd thought we would be lucky if we got £5!! So an extra £2.50 of vouchers was pleasing.
What to do with them?????
Double up - not interested in toys or electronic devices.
Days out - that's the one I want!
£5 of vouchers got me entrance for the 2 children to the Eden Project - somewhere K and I have always wanted to go to, we already have the Gardeners World Magazine to get free entry for an adult with a paying adult. So to get in Eden without any vouchers would of cost us £65 - way too much for our pockets, but with the vouchers it will cost £23 for 2 adults and 2 children.
The Gardeners World Magazine cost £3.80 - cash outlay, vouchers cost us nothing as they are an incentive from Tesco, so for £3.80 and vouchers we got entrance to Eden Project - a saving of £52.
What to do with the other £2.50 voucher - Wicksteed Park here we come. Alton Towers is too far away [3 hours drive to get there] and the cost of petrol puts it out of our league. The children really want to go to a theme park and Wicksteed Park is the nearest. A £2.50 voucher has given us £12.50 towards wristbands for the rides. Cost of getting in would of been £40 but now its down to £27.50 - affordable for a day out in the summer holidays.
These trips would of not happened if it wasn't for the vouchers so as much as I don't like Tesco we will continue to visit them occasionally and make the most of their offers to continue to get points to help pay for days out.
Helen x
I try and save my Tesco vouchers up and then near Christmas I use them for magazine subscriptions which I give as Christmas presents. I also swap some for restaurant vouchers, it makes having a meal out so much cheaper. We went to The Eden Project a couple of years ago, it hardly cost us anything either as we too used vouchers for most of the admission fee.
ReplyDeleteJo - I do the magazine subscription thingy too - it makes a nice present. K and I are really excited about visiting the Eden Project - like kiddies at Xmas
DeleteHelen x
Wow, some really good savings there! I have to go with Mr Tesco as he is the only one near and I'm just boring and use the vouchers on the next shop. Your plan sounds so much better. You will love the Eden Project.
ReplyDeleteArwedd xx
Thanks Arwedd. I used to use the vouchers for the food shopping - especially when money was extra tight [still do sometimes] but this time I was determined to spend them on non food and as I actually haven't got them yet it was easy to spend them on rewards as I could just use the codes from the website
DeleteHelen x
Thank you for dropping by my blog and leaving a comment. You have used the vouchers to your advantage. Enjoy your days out. I too hate Tesco but sometimes I do need to shop there because the smaller outlets I use don't supply the products I need.
ReplyDeleteKaren x