When it comes to holidays my family think I am a bit anal. Past trips to Italy involved researching flight prices/times between various NW UK airports - Man, Liv, Bpl and airports in Italy - Bergamo, both Milan airports, Verona and Brescia and that's before we have even chosen any hotels or even resorts.
Going to Ireland was not quite as complicated but still presented a bit of a conundrum, An additional factor with this trip was Tesco - no that was not a typo (although other supermarkets are available).
Tesco has a loyalty scheme that rewards shoppers with vouchers of a monetary value. Now many customers just use their vouchers pound for pound to reduce a particular shopping bill. Now a much more productive outcome is to use the vouchers on one of the many deals Tesco has set up with various other retailers - most crucially when used this way the voucher value quadruples.
Consequently, over the past 3 years, we have purchased over £1200 of watches and jewellery from Goldsmiths just by buying groceries and petrol from Tesco and the free vouchers we were awarded. So now you are wondering do I work for Tesco (no) or is this blog sponsored by Tesco (no) It was a total no brainer - jewellery and watches for just buying groceries we would have bought anyway.
With regard to this holiday this scheme allowed us to buy £300 of ferry travel without it costing a penny - it was the no brainer of no brainers. Using the tickets we went from Liverpool to Dublin on P&O Ferries. This also meant we could take our own car (we had heard some horror stories about car hire in Ireland) and we booked a cabin which was invaluable. The trip also include a free breakfast upon departure and free evening meal prior to arrival in Dublin.(it was an 8 hr sail). So although it was a much longer journey, the free meals and cabin allied to avoiding the 200 mile return journey to Holyhead and the fact that it was only 20% more expensive than the 3 hr Holyhead - Dublin crossing made for a compelling case.
Remember two wrongs don't make a right bit three rights make a left!
Going to Ireland was not quite as complicated but still presented a bit of a conundrum, An additional factor with this trip was Tesco - no that was not a typo (although other supermarkets are available).
Tesco has a loyalty scheme that rewards shoppers with vouchers of a monetary value. Now many customers just use their vouchers pound for pound to reduce a particular shopping bill. Now a much more productive outcome is to use the vouchers on one of the many deals Tesco has set up with various other retailers - most crucially when used this way the voucher value quadruples.
Consequently, over the past 3 years, we have purchased over £1200 of watches and jewellery from Goldsmiths just by buying groceries and petrol from Tesco and the free vouchers we were awarded. So now you are wondering do I work for Tesco (no) or is this blog sponsored by Tesco (no) It was a total no brainer - jewellery and watches for just buying groceries we would have bought anyway.
With regard to this holiday this scheme allowed us to buy £300 of ferry travel without it costing a penny - it was the no brainer of no brainers. Using the tickets we went from Liverpool to Dublin on P&O Ferries. This also meant we could take our own car (we had heard some horror stories about car hire in Ireland) and we booked a cabin which was invaluable. The trip also include a free breakfast upon departure and free evening meal prior to arrival in Dublin.(it was an 8 hr sail). So although it was a much longer journey, the free meals and cabin allied to avoiding the 200 mile return journey to Holyhead and the fact that it was only 20% more expensive than the 3 hr Holyhead - Dublin crossing made for a compelling case.
Remember two wrongs don't make a right bit three rights make a left!
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