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You are viewing the most recent 7 entries October 12th, 201107:33 pm: Save Money on Your Way Home
Unless you attend an online college, you’re probably thinking about going home for Thanksgiving. There are a lot of student discounts out there to help you save money for travel. Students can get one way airline tickets as low as $50 from STA Travel. According to its website, STA Travel is “a global travel specialist with 30 years experience advising young people on holidays and adventures abroad. We offer a unique range of flights, accommodation, tours and expeditions in 90 countries and send over 6 million passengers away each year. STA Travel has over 400 branches worldwide.” Student Universe is another travel service just for students. You can book flights, hotel rooms and rail travel with them. Most airlines offer some kind of discount to college students. Be sure to ask when making reservations.American Airlines has a special student discount program. If you travel by bus, Amtrak discounts their fares by 15% for high school and college students. Amtrak also has a Guest Rewards program that can help you earn more discounts if you travel frequently. If you need a place to stay, DiscountHotels.com has hotel discounts for students. They also have special prices on vacation packages. With Orbitz Student Discount Travel, you can save up to 70% on airline tickets, hotels, car rentals, cruises, vacations, and last minute travel. Shop around. Even if you have a high paying job, you probably want to save as much as you can! Tags: college discounts, discount travel, student travel
October 4th, 201109:01 pm: HallowCheap - Fast and Inexpensive Costumes for Halloween
Halloween is only a couple weeks away – plenty of time to put together an inexpensive costume. For the next two days only, all Halloween costumes are 50% off with a student discount at Shindigz,
Spirit Halloween Stores are also offering 10% cash back on all purchases made through Student Rate.com
If you want to do it yourself, here are some ideas for costumes you can make with recycled or inexpensive materials. Get a start now so you don’t have to do emergency management at the last minute. Scarecrow - Borrow some clothes from a larger friend including a shirt and blue jeans or overalls. Cut patches from an old flannel shirt or blanket and tape them to the clothes. Use rope for a belt, and to tie the ends of your sleeves and pant legs. Fill up the baggy clothes with newspaper, grocery bags or other clothes. Stick some straw out of the cuffs, wrists and neckline. Top it off with an old hat. Static Cling - Wear jeans or sweatpants and a sweatshirt. Use safety pins to attach socks, underwear and dryer sheets to your clothes. Gel or spray your hair so it sticks up. Mummy - This one is really easy. Wrap yourself in gauze or toilet paper.
Mother Nature - Collect flowers, leaves, branches, rocks, etc. Use a glue gun to attach them to your clothes. Make a wreath of twigs or leaves for your head. Carry a plush bird or squirrel. Add a construction helmet to be an environmental engineer. Cereal Killer - Gather empty cereal boxes. Cut slits in them and glue plastic or butter knives in the slits. Use red paint or lipstick to look like blood running from the cuts. Then attach the boxes to your clothes. Balloon Grapes - Attach green, red or purple balloons to your clothes with safety pins. Paint your face brown. Black Eye Pea - Wear all white. Cut out black letter Ps from construction paper or felt and pin them to your clothes. Paint a black ring around one eye. This is a great group costume. Laundry – Find an old plastic laundry basket and cut a hole in the bottom so you can wear it, sitting on your hips. Fill the basket with laundry. Rubicks Cube – Find a large cardboard box you can wear. Tape squares of different colors of paper to the sides in the pattern of a Rubick’s cube. Dice – This one is great for a couple. Paint or cover wearable boxes with white. Cut out black circles from construction paper or felt and glue them to the sides. Clothesline –This is another great group costume. Attach a rope to one person’s shoulder with a safety pin, drape it across their front and pin it to the other shoulder, then drape a couple of feet of the rope and attach it to the next person in the same way.. Use clothespins to attach pieces of clothing to the pieces of rope in between each person. Tags: cheap costumes, halloween costume
October 1st, 201108:07 pm: Student Discounts and Deals of the Week - October 1 - 7, 2011
While reading my email and browsing several student discount websites, I found some deals this week. Two websites had some really good offers. To access them, you have to go to the “deals” website, and click a link to go to the store’s website in order to get the discount. Student Rate.com has a little bit of everything going on this week. The first deal that caught my eye was a 50% discount on any mobile or online course at BenchPrep. Halloween is coming up, and Spirit Halloween Storesare offering 10% cash back on all purchases made through Student Rate.com If you want some treats for yourself, you can order the best baked goods and have them delivered by Priority Mail from Crumbs Bake Shop. Student get 15% off all online orders. Don’t worry about those calories. You can get 5% cash back when you shop for athletic gear at New Balance. I discovered a new student discount site this week. StudentBistro.com has some great bargains on clothes and food – the two things every student needs! You don’t have to take accounting courses to know these are great deals. eCampus has a huge selection of University and Greek Apparel up to 50% off, with free standard shipping for orders of $59 or more. Gapand Old Navy are both offering free shipping on orders of $50 or more. You can download printable student discount coupons for food at Arby's, Boston Market, D'Angelo's, Fresh Choice, Papa Gino's, Pizza Hut, Popeyes Chicken and Schlotzsky's Deli. Happy Saving! Tags: deals, online college discounts, student discounts
September 29th, 201110:52 pm: How to Get Top Quality Clothes at Bargain Basement Prices
As you start to plan for a good paying career, you need to start thinking about packaging yourself for that career. Thrift stores are a great place to get good deals on household items and clothes. You can find designer clothes for pennies on the dollar. But, if you purchase items you can’t use because they don't wash well, don't fit or show wear, it’s not a good deal. Make sure you get the best merchandise possible when you shop the thrift stores. Here are some tips: · Look for low-cost clothes with high-quality fabrics. Look at the labels for natural fibers including cotton, linen, corduroy and wool. Avoid acrylic fabrics that don’t wear as well. · While you’re checking the fabric type, look on the tag for laundry instructions. Make sure you purchase clothes that are easily washed. Silk, cotton and linen fabrics can bleed or pick up other colors, and are sometimes difficult to launder. · To check whether a garment needs to be ironed, squeeze a handful of fabric in your hand for a few seconds. When you open your hand, see if the fabric shows wrinkles. If it does, you may have to spend time ironing, or it will become easily wrinkled. · Notice how the fabric lays. High quality clothing drapes and flows smoothly. · Check to make sure all buttons are intact and buttonholes are well-sewn. · Check the seams to make sure they are straight and the fabric edges are finished. Wide seams are a sign of good-quality garments. · Look at the hem. It should be wide enough to accommodate alterations and to help the garment lay properly. · Check any elastic to make sure it stretches evenly. · Look for any stains, marks, tears or worn spots. · Make sure the garment fits comfortably. Clothing that is too tight doesn’t look good, and it wears out prematurely. Remember that cotton, linen and rayon can shrink and expand. With a little thought, picking the right clothes is as easy as picking the right career for you. Tags: career, job hunting, wardrobe
September 23rd, 201103:17 pm: Go Greek on the Cheap
Is joining a sorority or fraternity in your college plan? Then plan on spending some money. Fraternity or sorority membership fees can be anywhere from $400 and up. If you plan on living in the house, your room and board may be lower than dorm costs, but not always. And then there are the “miscellaneous” costs. Ladies especially, you know what I’m talking about. And if you don’t, then study up! The good news is, you can go Greek on a budget. While you can’t reduce the costs of membership fees and housing, there are many things you can do to save on all those “extras.” Here are some examples: Pin or badge - Some sororities require all sisters to wear the same style pin. Others let you choose from a variety. A silver, rather than gold pin, or one with pearls rather than diamonds, can be just as pretty and less expensive. If you are a legacy – meaning you have a mother, sister, or other close relative who was in the same sorority, see if she would be willing to give or loan you her pin. A “vintage” pin would be a charming accessory, and she would probably be flattered to have you wear it in her honor. You can also look on eBay. In a recent scan of auctions for sorority jewelry, pins sold from $15 to $120. Retail, these same pins are priced $50 to $200. Other jewelry – lavalieres, bracelets and keychains can also be found on eBay. Gifts for sisters – Sorority sisters come up with all kinds of reasons to give gifts. These items do not have to be expensive. Here are some ideas for inexpensive, but heartfelt gifts for Greeks: Picture Frames – Buy a plain inexpensive frame and embellish it with your sorority’s letters cut from inexpensive felt or foam sheets. Journals – Buy a pretty blank book and cover it with pictures or use markers or fabric paint to decorate it. Cookies – Buy Greek letter cookie cutters and make a batch of cookies. You can use the same cookie cutters as stencils for other projects as well. Or make a big cookie using a pizza pan and decorate it with frosting letters. Plush – You can an find inexpensive stuffed animals in the dollar store. Use puffy fabric paint to embellish one with your letters, or paint a baby t-shirt for it to wear. And then there is the matter of wardrobe… Almost as difficult as how to decide on a career, is deciding which sorority to pledge. To help you make this decision, potential sisters are required to attend a number of Rush events including: - House Visits
- Socials
- Skit Nights
- Cocktail parties
- Formal Dessert
- Mixers with fraternities
- One-on-one interviews
Each event has a particular type of dress required. Here is a list of events and type of clothing for each one. You can spend literally thousands of dollars on a “sorority rush wardrobe.” You don’t need a fashion merchandising degree to be frugal and fashionable. Consignment shops sell designer clothing, some of it that has been worn only once or twice, for pennies on the dollar. If you have friends going through rush at nearby schools, pool your resources and see if you can borrow items – this works especially well for pricey or trendy accessories. To extend your wardrobe, stick to basics. Pick a basic color palette and build your wardrobe around it. You can “multi-purpose” shoes, cardigans, handbags and jewelry that will match several outfits.
September 20th, 201102:50 pm: You Can Bet on Savings Cards
You know that you can score local discounts on all kinds of things by showing your college ID. But there is another kind of card that can save college students money on all kinds of things, locally, nationally and online. To qualify, you need to attend a college, university ,or be taking online courses. There are three main kinds of Student Discount Programs: Paid Membership Programs, Free Card Programs and Online Purchase Programs. Here is a look at the most popular programs: 1) Student Advantage bills itself as the “Nations largest student discount program.” A one year membership costs $20, but looking at the list of offerings, it seems that would pay for itself if you use the card regularly. They offer a special “Get $10 Back on Your First Purchase” incentive to sign up as well. The discounts are local near campuses and online, and are 10% - 20% in most cases. Here is a partial list of the companies offering discounts through Student Advantage: Allposters.com Amtrak Armani Exchange Barnes & Noble Ebags Footlocker Drugstore.com Lenovo Greyhound T-mobile Target 2) Edhance is a program that rebates cash back to your own debit or credit card when you make purchases online or locally. You register your card on the club website. The incentive is very attractive, as high as 50% back on many purchases. They also offer local discounts categorized by school. Some merchants offer “swipe and save” deals where you get a discount at the time you make a purchase . And there are online discounts too. Edhance has deals in a long list of categories: Apparel & Accessories Art & Entertainment Art Supplies Automotive Books & Magazines Camera & Photo Online College Courses Dorm and Home Supplies Electronics Food & Beverages Gifts & Flowers Health & Beauty Jewelry Music Online Department Stores Pets Restaurants School Supplies Services Shoes Spas, Salons & Barbers Sporting Goods Sports & Outdoors Toys & Games 3) Globestudent Discounts does not charge a membership or require a credit card. The deal here is that you go onto the Globestudent website and click through to its discount partners to make your purchases. It offers disc ounts on travel, computers, software, textbooks, insurance and health and fitness products and services. The discounts are substantial, from 5% - 80%. 4) Student Rate offers online discounts. This website is more of a clearing house for offers. Again, you must gotthrough their website to make your purchase. They also have a forum that lists coupons, contest, sweepstakes, and promo codes for local and national deals. They also ask users to rate each deal. Student Rate had the largest number of discounts listed: Adobe Amazon Wireless Bally Total Fitness Barnes & Noble.com Beauty.com Bed Bath & Beyond Canon Chinese Laundry Crumbs Bake Shop CSN Stores.com DIRECTV $ EA Store Eddie Bauer Endless.com Express Finish Line Forever21 GameHouse Guess Hockey Monkey Home Depot Hot Topic Hotels.com Kmart Linens'N Things Lowe's Megabus ModCloth MyJewelryBox.com New Balance Newegg.com Pacsun Penske Truck Rental PETCO Philosophy Reebok Roots Shoebacca Shoes.com Skin It Spirit Halloween Sur La Table Third Coast Kite and Hobby this coupon TOMS Shoes Torrid ULTA Beauty Under Armour Vera Bradley Verizon Wireless Wirefly Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Current Mood:  cheerful , mycollegeandcareers, online college courses, student discounts
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