I don't know about
you, but I love a bargain...and free stuff. I am trying to save for a house; in
Sydney, so you can't really blame me. I heard about the entertainment book through work who are
selling it for the Christmas Party fundraising. You can get a book based on
location, such as: Sydney, Sydney North, Sydney Greater West etc. Obviously I
bought Sydney as I live in Sydney.
The book cost me $65, though I think the price
varies depending on the region you buy for. I got it two weeks ago and already
I have saved $65 from the vouchers so it has paid itself off. Earning its keep
from day one. I am not getting paid for this review, nor do the people who
created the book even know about this tiny little blog. The point of this post
is to let you know that if you buy the book, we can all be a bit cheap
together save money.
So far, I have only used vouchers for places I
regularly go to. I am a creature of habit, I know. I do however intend to use
the book to open my eyes and find new places. Perhaps ones I even need to drive
to! I was surprised at the list of offerings available and am really keen to
try out a few of the places I would usually never venture to. Most of the deals
are either for 25% off or a complimentary main meal when another is purchased.
Obviously up to a certain value, but still a great offer.
Some
offerings in the fine dining section in Sydney include: Ocean Room, Bistrode
CBD, Cafe Sydney, Kobe Jones. As I said, the offerings in the book are not too
shabby.
If
you don't have an entertainment book, I'd highly recommend grabbing one. Even
if you don't want to save money because you're rolling in it, it's a good way
to find new places to eat out.
My friends have the entertainment book and they certainly love it!
ReplyDeleteIt's great if you eat out a lot like I do haha
DeleteWe have one! They are awesome hey :)
ReplyDeleteSo good! We've saved about $75 already and have only had it close to three weeks!
DeleteThe Adelaide one is $65 too. We sell them for Ovarian Cancer Australia at work, $13 from each book goes to the charity. The best bit? Get your dining buddies to get books, then you can use more than one Gold Card for every couple, and you save even more!
ReplyDeleteNow there's an idea!
DeleteOh we buy one / get one as a gift from J's parents, every year! I love it, and I seriously wonder if we spend more because of it...like would we go and eat out and do fun activities if we didn't "save" because we were doing it? Probably not.
ReplyDeleteBut life is more fun when you can do fun stuff for cheap!
When I bought ours this year, I was so overwhelmed because the charity we bought it off wrote us like 3 letters to say thank you, so that was nice!
We eat out all the time, so for us we're not going out any more than we normally would. Mainly due to laziness... I get bored on weekends so decide we should eat out. We have had to scale back though due to saving so only go out maybe once a fortnight now. I really like that the book has places to eat from all over the place.. Makes us choose places we wouldn't normally go to.
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