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Getting a San Francisco Hotel is different than in most places because location matters a great deal. San Francisco has almost always been known as a romantic city. The city lights, a large bay, a couple of bridges, some great history and Victorian row houses all are a part of the San Francisco landscape. It also what makes this city offer a unique experience for families, couples and even singles.
When visiting San Francisco the first thing to consider when selecting a hotel is the proximity to public transportation. Traffic in this city by the bay is horrendous and the street layout is extremely difficult to maneuver. As with many older cities, San Francisco grew up over decades before there were automobiles. So the streets and roadways were no designed to accommodate the car but horses and foot traffic. Also like many larger cities, the government in SF also decided to make many interior streets 1 way! Combine the traffic, street size and unfamiliarity together is a recipe for a very stressful time.
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The good news is that there are many alternatives in the greater San Francisco Bay area region. The city has a good bus system, taxis, Bay ARea Rapid Transit or BART and of course the quaint cable cars. Find a nice hotel or suite in SF close to public transportation and simply enjoy the town and all it has to offer.
From the vantage point of a city bus or cable car, enjoy the sights and sounds of this unique city. Visit the old area of Haight Ashbury where some say the hippie movement of the 1960′s was born. If you’re into rock and roll history, locate 710 Ashbury Street, where the Grateful Dead Band lived at one time. There’s also the Golden Gate Bridge, tours to Alcatraz, Golden Gate Park, Chinatown, Coit Tower atop Telegraph hill and many other attractions.
By far, one of the most popular attractions has to be Fisherman’s Wharf. Here, California sea lions have taken over some of the most expensive boat harbor real estate in the country. Fisherman’s Wharf is much more than a launching place for the small fishing boats. There’s also Pier39, an outdoor mall experience built on an old commercial pier. For lunch, consider going down the street just across from the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum and pick up some fresh sourdough bread. Continue down a little more and there’s Alioto’s, a favorite fish and seafood place. Pick up some Dungeness crab or shrimp cocktail to enjoy with the fresh bread and have lunch right by the bay. An inexpensive lunch with scenery that can’t be beat.
The key to enjoying San Francisco is based more on the proximity to the public transportation that any specific San Francisco hotel room. Shop for the best deal on a room and give yourself a stress free vacation by leaving the driving to someone else.
Abigail Franks writes on a variety of subjects. These subjects include Home, Family, and Travel just to name a few. For more information on staying in San Francisco see http://www.SFhotel.tsonline.org
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There are so many websites offering the best deals online now and managing all these sites online can be a handful. Knowing which site offering your category of interest and alleviate the pain of going through all these deal sites to find what you want. If you purchase from these well known sites, rest assured that the deals are legitimate and you will rarely encounter any hassle from redeeming the vouchers. Often times when an item goes online as a daily deal, their prices are often discounted to get rid of inventory and make empty space for new shipment.
Online daily deals are everywhere these days with daily discounts of up to 90%. Finding the best deals online is always exciting. You brag about how much you’re saving and the thrill of the hunt is what makes deal shopping so fun. But why are there so many websites offering online daily deals now? You can easily miss out on a great bargain if you’re the last person notified of these deals. Many people still don’t understand the concept of have a deal per day. Deal of the day items online is a marketing boost to have consumer purchase what they want at a lower cost, because store owners are looking to get rid of their older inventory.
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There are websites you can register with to have the deals sent to you every day, allowing you to take advantage of everything that might interest you. You don’t have to sign up for the sites; however, subscribing to a site’s rss is a great idea to let them notify you of recent deals for that day. You can also choose to search for specific deals when you are getting ready to make a purchase. Knowing about them can give you the option of taking advantage of some great bargains, so it is usually a good idea to sign up for the alerts.
In fact, best deals online are never advertised on any site nor are they sent on people’s email addresses. So there are few people who get a chance to enjoy them are those who get them by sheer luck. It’s best for you to search some big and reliable sites and bookmark them in order to make accessing them easier. All of these sites deal in different products hence making one able to shop for lots of products at a fair price. These are reliable sources they are updated daily hence presenting one with firsthand information of the best deals online in the markets.
You should take consideration into the best time to check for the best deals online. It is at midnight when the sites get updated. Other than the deals, some items are also offered for free. All that one needs to do is sign in and get a chance to get the items. In case of price changes, information is also provided to prevent acts of confusing the customers. In case you need to search on different deals of the day in order to get the best, you can search on the net for a price comparison.
Online daily deals are a great way for you to enjoy your city without breaking the bank. By utilizing these sites and tips above, you can save money on products you buy for yourself as well as gifts for family and friends. By asking yourself these questions, you can make sure that you take full advantage of the discounts and only have positive experiences.
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There are really just four simple rules to follow to be a smart shopper:
1. Use a coupon if at all possible
2. Go in prepared, have a list and have your coupons cut and ready to go
3. Match your coupon to a sale for the best possible deal, and when you find that best possible deal…stock up!
4. Don’t buy things you don’t need (this includes things that you want, have a coupon for, but know you shouldn’t really have…in my case that is fruit roll ups!)
I don’t even know what first made me start wanting to coupon to save money. I can’t recall a defining event like many can. I’ve been a stay at home mom since my son was born (although I do work part time during the school year at a Mother’s Day Out program) and we’ve been doing pretty well as a one income family. By no means swimming in cash, but we had a roof over our heads, food on the table and clothes on our backs. A nice cable package, a playroom fully stocked with toys for the kids. But I knew it was possible to stretch our dollar further, and I knew it was going to require a lot of education on my part. If you are one of the lucky kids whose parents sat them down and explained how to find a good sale, and what a good price was for chicken…and you actually listened and retained that information I am very envious! I had to learn the hard way. I read all the blogs and forums I could get my hands on. I poured over store ads and probably ticked off a few cashiers along the way (be organized!). It was so worth it though. Because as I like to tell my husband so often…it’s honestly like I’ve almost doubled our income. And you can too.
Where to start?
1.Start off buying the paper. Just buy one, or if you are super ambitious buy more than one. I buy 3 every single week. Pull out the coupon inserts (and sometimes Parade has coupons so flip through that as well), and use the rest to pack things, make paper airplanes, wrap gifts (the comics are great for this!) or recycle it.
Now you have a choice, you can either cut out all the coupons and file them in some way. Or you can simply write the date on all of the inserts and file them away whole. I use the binder method. Which means I have a really large binder filled with coupons and I file them inside baseball card holders. One day I’ll take a pic and make a posting about it. You might want to start off with something smaller though like an alphabetized accordion file you can fit in your bag.
2. Find out when the stores you shop at send out their new ads. You can either wait for the ad to come in the mail, look it up online, or find a website that posts the new ads every week (sometimes they do coupon matchups as well which makes your job easy peasy!
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3. First I like to look at what meat is on sale. If you see a good price for meat, don’t just buy enough to get you through the week, buy enough that will comfortably fit in your freezer and that will last you until the next great deal comes along. Freezer bags are your friends.
4. Next look at produce. Typically whatever is in season at the moment will be the best deal. Don’t be afraid to buy alot and freeze whatever you know you won’t use before it goes bad. Some veggies and fruits change in texture a bit when frozen but when cooked or baked into something you can’t tell. Flash freezing flat on a tray is your best bet. Than pour into a bag so you don’t end up with an unrecognizable clump.
5. Next look at what kind of promotions your store has going on. Are they having a sale where you buy 10 participating products and immediately get $5 off your total bill? If so, look at the participating products (which are generally at sale prices) and match what you want to a coupon. If you combine a coupon, a sale price AND a promotion for $x off…you are looking at some BIG money saving.
6. Finally, write up your list. Gather your coupons. And go shop!
The best deal you are going to get is when the store is having a sale, that sale item is part of a bigger promotion AND you have a coupon. When this happens, STOCK UP. Do not shelf clear. No one likes a shelf clearer. That’s just rude. Sales cycles run around 6-8 weeks. Get enough of a product so it will reasonably last you until the next sale and nothing more. You don’t really need 2 years worth of cereal. Where in the world would you store it? Even if it’s free, it does you no good if it expires or if it takes up too much space in your life. The same goes for any product. Now if you just can’t pass up that great deal, and you have enough and you don’t have to shelf clear to get an overabundance…donate. Now that you are a savvy shopper, you can pass on your good bargains to others who are in need.
There are sites online called coupon clipping services. They charge NOT for the coupon itself, but for the cost of finding and clipping and sending the coupon to you (since it is illegal to charge for coupons). If you look ahead and see that your store is having a fantastic sale on diapers coming up and you only have 3 diaper coupons, you can order coupons from these services in bulk so you can really take advantage of the sale and stock up. Be aware that really hot coupons go fast (for instance, there was a $2 off of 1 pampers wipes 72ct or larger a few months ago. Walmart had the wipes priced at $1.97. Free wipes! Those coupons were gold! I never got my hands on one). You can also print coupons from many manufacturer sites as well as many sites I have listed under “Grocery Stores” (you can also preload your shopper card with coupons!).
For the most part, the greatest deals on toiletries, diapers and household cleaners are at the drugstores. Unless it’s an amazing deal at the grocery store…wait for the drugstore to have as sale on it. In fact this is where a ton of your savings will come from. There are some things I simply won’t compromise on in my family. For instance, I only buy one kind of bread. My kids eat a lot of bread and I don’t want them eating a bread that has high fructose corn syrup in it. I rarely EVER have a coupon for this bread, but I will pay full price for this bread no matter what. Sure I could get $.99 bread if I wanted to, but my families health in this case is more important than saving a few bucks. I’ll save that money elsewhere. It might mean I’ll never have a bill that’s 90% savings, but I can deal with that. Don’t compromise your families health or comfort to save a buck. It’s not worth it. You just can’t put a dollar sign on those things.
Some people have a price book as well. They write down the best price they’ve ever paid for something and when they buy always try to buy as close to that price as possible. My price book for the most part is in my head. Maybe one day I’ll get around to writing it down, but it takes a lot of work to keep up with.
You don’t have to shop at multiple stores, but I do. I get the best deals that way and all of my stores are within a 3 mile radius of where I live. So it’s not a big deal. And sometimes, the most “expensive” grocery store is actually the cheapest. They can afford to have the really awesome sales because everything else is so high priced. It’s good to have a “sale” store and a basic needs store (mine is HEB, but they have “everyday” low prices so 9 times out of 10 kroger and randalls beat them on sales).
Get on the mailing list for all the apparel, toy, video game, etc companies you frequent. EVERYONE sends out coupons. Match that coupon to a sale or a clearance rack? Big time savings!
Most of all remember that all coupons are a form of advertising. They want to get you in there, get that one thing for a low price and pay full price for everything else. Also they want to hook you on a product at a low price to where you feel you have to have it and will pay full price for it from now on. It’s brilliant, and it is a system that clearly works. The key to being a smart shopper is to make that system work in your favor by buying when the price is low and the coupon is high.
Happy Shopping!
Here are some great places to print coupons:
Cool Savings
coupons.com
savings and coupons
You can load directly to your loyalty card from here:
Cellfire
Happy Shopping!
Heather is a married mom of two living in Houston Texas. She blogs at http://www.familyfriendlyfrugality.com/ about saving money while finding ways to keep life fun and interesting for her family. From deals and steals to arts and crafts and frugal recipes, there’s a little of everything!
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