Thee Parking Spot at LAX June 7, 2009
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I used to be a frequent flyer but lately, I really dread air travel. I’m becoming more and more like my friend Kirk who is scared of heights and don’t like flying. I braved it this weekend and flew home. After coming off on the 405, I was heading towards the Westin hotel where I normally park my car. I dreaded parking my new vehicle in the dark and glooming parkade in the back. The parking spots are cramped and surely, your car will be damaged by an uncaring driver who will park next to you and kick the door open.
I chose to park at the Parking Spot on Sepulveda. It’s well lit and very open. If you want to save some dollars, park on the rooftop for the lowest price. If you don’t mind paying a little more, choose the covered parking. And if you’re ok with leaving the keys to valet, you can choose valet service.
Here’s a coupon for you to try out the Parking Spot. There’s two locations to choose from, one on Sepulveda and the other on Century. You can’t miss their shuttle buses – yellow with black spots all over it.
Magically Free Shuttle January 8, 2009
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When it comes to running a small business, either from home or in an office, it is vital that you fully stock your business with supplies. I’ve shared a Staples $20 off coupon with you before but it comes with a $150 minimum purchase. It’s not hard to rack up the bill, especially if your business needs a new external hard drive or a new printer. Even school supplies can easily make up for the $150 minimum. Here’s the coupon anyways: 5991592125470472. Use it online or by phone.
Any of you planning a Walt Disney World vacation? If so and you are planning to stay onsite at one of the WDW resorts then get free shuttle service from Orlando airport to your Disney resort. This is called the Disney Magical Express and is available to guests staying at all the WDW resort hotels. To get this service, simply ask for it by name when reserving your WDW vacation. Reservations made prior to 30 days from departure will get special luggage tags sent to you. Disney will automatically transfer your luggage from the airport to the resort.
While in Florida, rent a mid-size SUV from Dollar for only $37.99 per day. Or in Tampa, get a mid-size SUV for only $169.00 per week from Alamo.
Christmas on a Budget December 2, 2008
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Everybody is going to budget-minded this Christmas. And talk about Budget, be sure to use BCD code U114800 to save on your Christmas rental. In Vancouver, you can rent a economy/compact car for only $45 for a 3-day rental from December 16th to 19th. I’ve been shopping and comparing with Thrifty’s using the code: LM78 and it comes close. Remember, the trick is picking up the car from a non-airport location to save on airport taxes. In Vancouver, the tax is well over 17% which cancels out alot of promo code rates.
Alot of people are going to strap down their budget and shop for themselves. If you are looking to stock your house, perhaps your new renovated basement with a home theatre, spa or home office, here’s a free visitor’s pass to DirectBuy. We’ve seen the ads on tv where they say you can save up to 50% off all your home remodelling and fixtures.
And if you have golfers on your Christmas list, check out all the golf shirts and windshirts by Antigua and Oakley at savings up to 75% off at Knetgolf. To take advantage of this special, be sure to use the coupon code: SHIRT.
Free Jabra Bluetooth Headset November 28, 2008
Posted by yp2m in Accessories, Car, Electronics, Free stuff, SOHO, Shopping, coupons, freebies, gadgets, money, saving money.Tags: cellphone, free, headset, jabra, motorola, office, razr, staples
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Since getting my Plantronics 520 bluetooth headset, I’ve noticed less headaches when I talk on my cellphone. Also I find it a lot safer while driving to and from work. If you know someone who talks on their cellphone a lot during their drive then do them a favor and get them a headset.
I’ll even give you a coupon code: 5313492125470476 to use at Staples to get a free Jabra headset. Use this coupon when you purchase more than $150 worth of office supplies, school supplies, a new computer or inkjet printer cartridges. Whatever you buy, just make sure you total more than $150 to get your free headset.
My Plantronics 520 is ideal for people on the go. Just plug in the charger and it can be used for days on standby. When a call comes in, you simply push the button on the headset to answer. To sign off, you press the same button. It’s an intelligent button, as you turn the unit on/off, volume up/down and send/receive. I use it with a Motorola RAZR but other phones work with it too.
If you don’t need office supplies to get your free Jabra headset, get a Plantronics 520 noise-cancelling headset for under $50 from eCost.
Free Traffic Service GPS November 18, 2008
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Don’t you just hate it when the exit ramp you need to take is on the left side of the freeway? And to make matters worst, you are trying to get there fast and during rush hour? I used to get fustrated on LA freeways when driving on I5, 55, 57, 91, 134, 210, the notorious 405 and the US101. Freeway signs don’t help neither. Some of these signs are positioned too far from the place where you need to turn into or some are positioned right at the ramp entrance. I have turned too soon and end up driving through a residential area, just to see the freeway running parallel to the road you are on. Or I would have caused a scene, rolling my SUV over just to turn right angles onto the ramp.
It took me a good couple of months to navigate through the Los Angeles area. To make things easy for myself (the out-of-town driver), I started memorizing the lanes on each freeway so that when I needed to exit, I knew exactly which side the ramp was on.
Thanks to technology, this feature is known as the Lane Assist on the Navigon 5100 GPS which is the one I would buy if I was in the market for a GPS. As you are driving down the freeway, the Navigon 5100 will display the green signs above the lanes on the display, showing you which lanes lead to where. The left lane exits towards Barstow, Las Vegas and the right lane exits towards San Diego, Indio. Once the signs appear on the GPS, you can start planning to merge left or right, depending on your destination.
Another great feature that the Navigon 5100 has is the real-time traffic service which zeroes in on traffic incidents, accidents and tie-ups. If traffic is going to be a bother for your trip destination, the Navigon 5100 will recalculate an alternate route for you. That way, you don’t enter a void where you can be stuck in traffic for hours. Most of the newer GPS’ have this feature but on a subscription basis only. That means, to enable it, you would have to pay a monthly charge. Not this GPS, the Navigon 5100 has a subscription-free traffic service that works right out of the box. (It is industry’s only GPS with free service)
For a limited time only, you can get a recertified Navigon 5100 GPS for as low as $109. (Check out our links to the right but you will have to hurry – 62 hours, 34 minutes and counting).
Free Hawaii Coupons November 10, 2008
Posted by yp2m in Car, Free stuff, Life, Travel, beach, car rental, coupons, freebies, golf, kids, money, saving money.Tags: alamo, avis, big island, Car, hawaii, national, rental
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My niece is having too much fun studying abroad in Hawaii. She chose to spend her last year at the University in Hilo, Big Island Hawaii. Every week, I die of envy as I see her beach photos and the sun and surf in Hawaii. Her dad is planning a trip in January to visit her and was asking me for the best golf courses to play at and who to rent a car from to get the best deal.
It seems like Alamo has the best deal. Using the ID/CORP ID: 675899 and the coupon code: AD6974JDM, you can rent a compact car for about $184 Canadian where everybody seems to be charging over $250. With National, a compact car is $287 and with Avis, it goes for $296.
Too bad he is not going in December because I have some coupons for Avis renters going to Hawaii. Check these coupons out but you will have to had rented a car from Avis because you have to show your Avis keys when redeeming these coupons.
It’s a GoodYear November 5, 2008
Posted by yp2m in Car, Invest, Shopping, money, saving money, weather.Tags: Car, costco, goodyear, november, rebate, season, tires, winter
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With treadwear ranging from 80,000 to 100,000 km, I’m glad I only have to shop for tires once or twice per lifetime of a car. One sure thing, if you live in a winterbelt city, you should invest in a set of winter tires. I learned the hard way when I failed to listen to the dealer about equipping my high performance sportscar with a set of winters. I thought with a little snowfall, my summers would work fine. Wrong! I couldn’t even get out of my driveway.
Where do you go for tires? Your dealer where you bought your car? Costco? Wal-Mart? I like some assistance to determining the best tires for my vehicle so I like visiting the Fountain Tire people. On their website, you can quickly determine a list of tires for any year, make and model of a vehicle. From there, you can print out a list and go shopping. If you need tires, this is the month to get your Goodyear tires because there is a mail-in rebate going on for November. If you rather, you can buy it from Fountain Tire and they will pass on the rebate to you.
If rebates aren’t your cup of tea then go to Canadian Tire where you can buy tires for almost half the price that Fountain Tire charges. There you can get light truck or SUV tires for as little as $90 each. (Check out the Motomaster Total Terrain AT tires – great reviews)
Costco is another website where you can get a list of recommended tires. BF Goodrich is also giving a $40 rebate for tires purchased from October 13 to November 23. But note that Costco doesn’t carry all sizes. For instance, I’m going to have to skip Costco because they don’t have my size: 235/70R16.
Turkey Santa Needs a Car November 3, 2008
Posted by yp2m in Car, Special Days, Travel, car rental, saving money.Tags: $1, Car, dollar, florida, hotwire, orbitz, penalty, rental
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It’s almost time to rent a car for the big Thanksgiving trek if you live in the US and for Christmas if you are heading out of town. First of, lets start with Dollar. Use coupon code: 8CMCA to save 15% off a premium, luxury, midsize SUV or a standard SUV from a Southern California location such as San Diego, Palm Springs, Ontario or Los Angeles Airport. Also at Dollar, you can rent a car from select locations for only $1 per day but you will have to drop it off at a participating location with no drop fee. For example, take a car from Chicago and drive to Miami for only a $1 per day then pay no drop-off fee when you get to Miami. That’s a fantastic deal. If you are interested, check out the list by clicking here.
Some people rather not fuss with promo codes and coupons when renting a car. If you’re one of those, go to Orbitz. With Orbitz, you will get a pretty good rate but read the fine print if you plan to cancel. Did you read my last blogs on renting a car for Palm Springs? Up to the last week of travel, I booked and cancelled my car until I was paying about $100 less than my first booking. This you can only do, if you booked it directly with one of the car rental agencies. With Orbitz, HotWire, CarRental – you might have to pay a penalty so watch out.
Free GPS October 27, 2008
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If you heard of the news about a driver in Warsaw who drove into a neck-deep lake after following instructions from his GPS, let me take back the word ‘foolproof’. Driving with a GPS is not completely foolproof unless you are a fool who ignores warning signs. This man ignored three road signs until his car was submerged in a lake. Even Hertz’s NeverLost system is not foolproof. We followed Hertz’s GPS to Jamba Juice in Palm Springs and never found it because someone moved Jamba Juice from Palm Canyon to Ramon and Sunrise.
Without regular updates, your GPS cannot keep up with construction, new roads, new detours and new lakes. I stumbled upon a Mio site where owners of the Mio GPS can obtain a free map in 2009. To get yours, you must register now and when it is available, they will send it to you by email. If interested, click here.
Some people are using their cellphone as a GPS but let me warn you that it is not safe to use a cellphone while driving. If your cellphone can give you voice directions then fine but if you are relying on a visual cue then forget it. Here’s the software download for a free GPS.
If you’re looking for a free Garmin, Magellan or Nuvi – forget it. Remember, nothing is for free. There are lot of scams out there for a free GPS. Most of them end up getting you to sign up for something that you don’t need.
NeverLost October 24, 2008
Posted by yp2m in Car, Free stuff, Shopping, Travel, car rental, coupons, freebies, saving money.Tags: aaa, ama, Car, coupon, discount, hertz, online, rental
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I’m sorry I’ve been neglecting this blog but I started a new job a few weeks ago and really haven’t found time to write to you. I promise I will make it up to you, especially my loyal readers and shoppers who are looking for the BBD or coupons to save money.
When I was in Palm Springs last week, I rented from Hertz rent-a-car for the first time. I loved their cars. Actually, I love their NeverLost GPS. With it, we were cruising around town like a local. We knew exactly where to go and we didn’t get lost, well we did but it was my fault for not trusting it. Sometimes I get disoriented and think I’m heading south when I’m really heading north.
The fellow at the Hertz counter couldn’t believe the rate that I managed to find. Thanks to this blog, I rented a compact with a NeverLost GPS for only $143 total for the week. I ended up with a Mazda 3 sedan that was easy on the gas and big enough to hold our two sets of golf clubs, luggage and shopping bags.
As a AMA (or AAA for US, BCAA for BC residents), I got 2 free days of NeverLost using PC# 106282. If you want hard cash savings, use PC# 119770 and save $25 off a weekly rental. If you’re not an auto club member, just go to the Hertz site and sign up as a #1 club member – it’s free. After you sign up and print your card online, you can use PC# 118650 and save $25 off your weekly rental or $15 off your weekend rental.
