Posts from — December 2009

Honolulu on the Cheap reports that Pleasant Hawaiian Holidays has a Hawai‘i special that you can take advantage of. For $499 you get:

• Roundtrip airfare from Los Angeles or San Francisco
• A three-night stay at Sheraton Princess Kaiulani, Waikiki
• Three-day Hertz car rental
• Upgrade to The Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa for $200 more

This Hawaii getaway from Pleasant Holidays and Starwood Hawaii is valid for travel from Jan. 18-June 7 and is even available for Friday departures.

So tempting!

Get a coupon for a free fresca Taco at Taco Bell, while supplies last.

If you have a lego fan in the family, you can sign up for a free 2-year subscription to Lego Magazine here.

You can get a free movie rental on Amazon.com from now until Jan 3. The credit is good for $4 toward anything on Amazon Video on Demand—I haven’t tried it yet, but  I think you should be able to use it either toward several of the $0.99 rentals or one of the more expensive options.  To get the deal, use promo code “AVODGIFT” on Amazon Video on Demand by 11:59 PST on January 3, 2010.

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Don’t miss out on these free music downloads, thanks to Cities on the Cheap:

• Free Download of Matthew Mayfield’s “Maybe Next Christmas” EP (7 songs)
  
• Free Downloads: The Best of NPR Music Live ( 10 songs)
  

Todays Groupon deal is $26 for One Ticket to the Oakland Raiders vs. Baltimore Ravens Game on January 3 at 1:15 p.m. and $10 Worth of Concessions Including Hot Dog, Soda & Chips ($46 Value). It’s only good on the Jan 3rd game and you can’t use your food coupon for alcohol. The seats are located in section 354. The seats will be distributed as you arrive. Unfortunately, your exact seat and row will not be known until you pick up your tickets at the box office. Must be purchased today. A last minute gift for a sports fan perhaps?

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Every 30 seconds, a child in Africa dies from a malaria infection.

Want to do something about it? Participate in the Nothing But Nets promotion. Through January 31, 2010, if you donate $10 at NothingButNets.net, you’ll receive two free tickets to an NBA game, subject to availability, of course.

The donations will be used to send anti-malaria bed nets to refugees in 11 African countries. Thanks to @MahoganySunshin for the lead.

Thanks to Jody at Charlotte on the Cheap for this lead: Through Christmas, you can send free $10 Restaurant.com certificates to 30 different people each day. It’s part of Restaurant.com’s Feed It Forward promotion. There’s an option to send certificates via Facebook, too, but I haven’t tested that one yet.

On Wednesday Dec. 23, from 6 pm to 9 pm, the Ace-in-the-Hole Cider Pub will hold their last community event—a free Beatles singalong with Robert Butler & Coyote Studios. They hope to reopen someday in Sebsatopol or Graton. (The owners will continue to make ciders, but the pub will close it’s doors on Dec 24.)

3100 Gravenstein Highway North,  Sebastopol (707) 829-1101

This week only, Amazon has a bunch of magazine subscriptions on sale for just $5—including Sunset, Golf, Health, Southern Living, This Old House, Coastal Living, Essence, etc.  There are others on sale for $10, including Entertainment Weekly,and InStyle. If you need a last-minute gift, a note about the subscription taped to the most recent issue (you know you are going to the grocery store this week, no matter how organized you were) or a print out of the cover, rolled like a scroll with a ribbon, is an quick fix.

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