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This is a daily updated list of vouchers, 2for1 deals, and offers on days out. All have been checked with the companies involved to ensure they’re legit. Thanks to all MoneySavers who spotted and suggested them (suggest other cheap days out deals).
Last Updated: 5PM 3 Jul 2009
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Chessington £49 family ticket
Phone to book
Get a family ticket for four to Chessington for £49 with GMTV’s promotion. The offer's £17 cheaper than using a standard 2for1, which would work out at £66 for two adults and two kids tickets (based on two adult on-the-day tickets at £33 each). It’s valid until Monday 7 September for bookings until this date.
To get it, phone 08444 990 990 to book. The ticket's valid for up to two adults. If there’s more than four of you, you can buy up to two additional individual tickets at £12.25 each, valid or either one adult or one child. The promotion’s only available for advance phone bookings.
As the offer's first come, first served, it’s worth having two or three dates in mind in case your first choice is taken. There’s a maximum of two family tickets per household, and it isn’t valid with other offers. Tickets are subject to availability and are non-refundable, so check your dates before you buy.
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Alton Towers Resort 2for1
Click 'n' print
Get 2for1 entry to Alton Towers Resort with this voucher available on the price comparison site Money Supermarket (we’ve permission to share this with you). Unlike many theme park 2for1s, there’s no spend required to get the voucher, making this a particularly good offer.
It’s valid for one free entry when you buy a full price adult ticket on the day (£36). Two adult tickets bought online would cost you £58 (£29 each), whilst an adult and a child ticket bought online would cost £51 (£22 for a child ticket). Use the voucher and you’ll save £15 - £22 on the online prices.
It’s valid until Friday 10 July, and can’t be used with other offers or advanced bookings. There’s a limit of one voucher per person, per transaction. You can also use the bottom half of the voucher to get 20% off in all Alton Towers Resort shops and restaurants, valid until the same date.
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Sea Life Sanctuaries 2for1
Click 'n' print
Get 2for1 at Gweek (Cornwall), Hunstanton (Norfolk) and Oban (Argyll) Sea Life Sanctuaries with this Sea Life voucher. Use it on the day to get one free admission when you buy one of equal or greater value. It’s valid until Thursday 31 December ’09, though 25 December is excluded.
On the door, prices are £12 - £13 for adults and £9 - £10 for kids, depending on location. Online, tickets are £5 cheaper at £7 - £8 for adults and £4 - £5 for kids. Use the voucher for two adults and it’ll work out at £2 - £3 cheaper than online prices (or £12 - £13 cheaper than buying on the day).
However, if you want one adult and one child ticket, or two child tickets, online tickets work out as slightly cheaper or the same price as using the voucher, depending on location. The voucher isn’t valid with other offers, fast track entry, or online tickets, and you can only use one voucher per transaction.
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Thorpe Park & The Dungeons 2for1
Totally free! Just register online
You can grab a voucher for one free entry to Thorpe Park or The Dungeons, valid Monday – Friday until Friday 31 July, with a full paying adult. Unlike many current theme park vouchers, you don’t need to spend anything to get it. Just visit the promotional website for the film Drag Me To Hell, and click ‘enter’.
Watch out at this point, as a trailer for the horror film will appear (you can close the popup window if you'd prefer). Then simply enter your name and email address, plus the name of the second person and their email.
Print and bring the voucher on the next page to the attraction’s ticket booth on the day. The second email will receive a message stating ‘You have been cursed by <your name>’, but there won’t be a voucher attached.
The voucher’s available on the website until Monday 13 July. It can’t be used with online tickets or other offers. There are also some exclusion dates, so check these on the voucher before you go.
- 2for1 Theme Parks with Persil
On-pack voucher offer
Get 2for1 on a range of theme parks and attractions, including Alton Towers Resort, the London Dungeon, Chessington World of Adventures, Madame Tussauds, Thorpe Park and Legoland, when you buy special Persil 100th birthday washing detergents.
The cheapest pack that you can get the voucher with is likely to be the 950g Persil powder, which retails at around £2.59. Unusually, this 2for1 voucher is valid at 33 different attractions, so as well as the larger Merlin theme parks you’ll also be able to use it at a range of local attractions.
Find one voucher on 100th birthday packs of 730ml or 1470ml Persil Small & Mighty Bio, Non-Bio or Colour, 48s Persil tablets Bio, Non-Bio or Colour, and 950g or 2.85kg Persil powder Bio, Non-Bio or Colour, while stocks last.
Cut out the voucher and bring it to the attraction to get one free admission when one person buys a full price adult ticket, valid on the day only. Expiry dates vary, but it’s valid at all the attractions until at least Monday 31 August 2009. There are also some exclusion dates, so remember to check these before you go.
There’s a limit of one voucher per person, per transaction. You can find the promotional packs in Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons and many more. See the full list of attractions and more details on the Persil website.
- Kids go free at Legoland & more
Coupon offer
Get one free child entry with a full-paying adult at Legoland, Chessington, Sea Life Centres and Sanctuaries, or Warwick Castle, when you buy selected Green’s cake mixes. The coupon’s being printed on five different cake mix packets: Tom and Jerry, Dennis the Menace, Dora the Explorer, Thomas the Tank Engine and Barbie.
Packs with the coupon on start from £1.49 (RRP). You’ll need to bring the coupon with you to the ticket booth and buy your ticket on the day. Without the offer, buying a child ticket (£27) and an adult ticket (£36) on the day would cost you £63. Use the coupon and you’ll both get in for £36.
Promotional mix packs are available to buy from April – September 2009. Find them in Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Waitrose, Somerfield and Co-op, while stocks last. It’s worth noting that not all of these stores stock the full range, so check the packet before you buy.
The coupon is valid until Wednesday 30 June 2010, but remember to check the voucher as there are some exclusion dates. It isn’t valid with other offers or online tickets, and you can only use one coupon per person and per transaction.
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Cineworld £3 adult tickets, £2 child tickets
Use Tesco Clubcard Rewards tokens
If you’ve got a Tesco Clubcard, you can now use your Clubcard points to buy Cineworld tickets. Just go to the Tesco rewards website to exchange £3 worth of rewards points for one Cineworld adult token, or £2 worth of points for a child token. For a full explanation of how this works, read the full Boost your Loyalty Points guide.
Your tokens will be send to you within five working days. Take it to the box office in your nearest Cineworld to exchange them for the ticket. Cineworld rewards tokens are non-transferrable, and can’t be used in Dublin, Jersey or London’s West End cinemas (Chelsea, Fulham Road, Haymarket and Shaftesbury Avenue).
- Cineworld £1 tickets on Sat mornings
In cinema offer
As part of Cineworld’s ongoing ‘Movies for Juniors’ promotion, you can get adults and children’s tickets for £1 per head. The £1 tickets are only available on Saturday mornings for selected screenings beginning between 10 and 10.30am.
To find available £1 tickets, visit the Cineworld website, select your local branch and click on individual Saturday morning screenings. Although you can also buy these tickets in the cinema on the day, it’s worth booking in advance as the £1 tickets can go quickly. Check that your local Cineworld is participating before you go.
- Odeon buy kids ticket, get free adult ticket
In cinema offer
As part of the Odeon Kids promotion you can get a free adult ticket when you buy a kids ticket at Odeon cinemas. The offer applies to selected screenings on Saturday and Sunday mornings and during school holidays. To find the tickets, visit the Odeon website and choose your cinema.Then select ‘Filter events by: Kids’ in the ‘Now Showing’ box to see available screenings. When booking online, the adult ticket price will be taken off when you click ‘Calculate Prices’. You can also buy these tickets on the day in the cinema, but if your kids (or you!) have their hearts set on a particular film it’s worth booking to avoid disappointment.
You can only get one free adult ticket with every child ticket purchased. A child ticket costs around £2.50 and an adult ticket is generally between £6 - £10, depending on the cinema, so you could save yourself up to a tenner with this offer.
- Vue kids ticket for £1.70 & adult goes free
In cinema offer
You can get a kids cinema ticket for £1.70 with free adult admission as part of Vue cinema’s Kids AM promotion. You can get this offer with selected screenings on Saturdays and Sundays, and all adults need to be accompanied by at least one child, with one free adult place with every child.
You can also buy extra adult tickets under the offer at £1.70 each. The offer is likely to be popular so it’s worth booking in advance. See the Vue website for details and current screenings.
- Orange Wednesdays 2for1 tickets
Text Orange & show code
It's worth noting you can get 2for1 tickets at cinemas nationwide through Orange Wednesdays. Just text FILM to 241 from your Orange phone and Orange'll send you a code which you show to the cinema staff.
If you use a different mobile network, why not sneakily buy an Orange SIM card, which cost just £1 to qualify (read the article '2for1 Films for Non-Orange Customers' for a full how to).
- Free cinema tickets
Register online
Companies such as See Film First, The Film Factory, Momentum Screenings and Tell Ten promote new films by offering tickets to advance screenings of films before they’re released. To get tickets, you need to sign up with the companies online and you’ll be sent a code for free tickets when they become available, which you then enter into the website to access the tickets.
It’s worth noting that these free seats tend to go quickly, and there’s likely to be a wait between each set of free tickets. See the Free Cinema Tickets forum and Free Cinema Tickets discussion thread.
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Free Royal Horse Show tickets
Magazine-based offer
Two people can go free to the Longines Royal International Horse Show, the official horse show of the British Horse Society, with this offer in July's NagMag magazine (free). The show’s on from Wednesday 22 – Sunday 26 July in Hickstead, West Sussex.
The voucher’s valid for two free adult or child admissions on Wednesday 22 or Friday 24 July only. Just bring the ‘Free admission’ advert in the magazine to one of the main entrances. Parking for the show is £6 per car. To get a copy of NagMag, find your nearest stockist.
Alternatively, send an A4-sized stamped, self-addressed envelope to NagMag, The Granaries, Paynesfield, Henfield Road, Albourne, West Sussex, BN6 9JJ and you’ll be sent a copy. Note that this is only while stocks last, as supplies are limited. Find more information about the show on the Hickstead website.
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Woburn Safari Park kids go free x 2
On-pack voucher offer
Get two kids go free tickets to Woburn Safari Park when you buy special packs of Thorntons Moments chocolates. The tickets are inside the pack on promotional 250g boxes. Each is valid on the day for one free child admission with a full-paying adult until 31 December 2009.
The chocolates cost around £3.99 and are currently on offer at 2 for £6 in selected Thorntons’. Bought online, an adult and a child ticket for the main season (1 June – 17 July) would cost £26.10 (£15.30 for one adult, £10.80 for a child). With this offer, you’ll both get in for £17 (on the day price for one adult), so you’ll save £9.10.
If you factor in the cost of the chocolates, it’s still a saving of over a fiver. Promotional packs will be on sale throughout summer, while stocks last. The offer isn’t valid with pre-bookings, Tesco deals tokens or other offers; find full terms and conditions on Woburn’s website.
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Grand Designs Live 2for1 Tickets
Book using discount code
The Grand Designs Live show is a home-design event that takes place at Birmingham’s NEC from Friday 9 – Sunday 11 October. You can get 2for1 on tickets when you use the code MSE on the Grand Designs booking page or quote the code over the phone.
With this offer, you’ll get two tickets and a free show guide for £13. Tickets are usually £13 each in advance or £18 on the door. This offer will save you £13 on the online price, although it’s worth noting there’s an unavoidable £1.75 transaction fee.
The offer’s valid for bookings until Saturday 4 July. Expect to find over 500 exhibitors, consumer advice and live demonstrations. Kids aged fifteen or under go free, but you need to book a ticket; for more info, visit the Grand Designs Live website.
- Activities & experiences with Nestle tokens
Collect tokens
Get activity sessions, including tennis, martial arts and golf, and experience days, including snowboarding, quad biking and skiing. Just use vouchers from 33 promotional Nestle cereals, sweets and bottles of water. Tokens are valid until 31 July 2010.
One voucher or three single wrappers’ll get you an activity, or you can swap five vouchers for an experience. Get an activity for as little as 75p with three Rowntree’s Jelly Tots wrappers (approx. 25p each). Choose an activity and venue on Nestle’s website, then call to book, quoting the promotion.
To get an experience voucher, get the corresponding experience code from the website or helpline. Then send off five activity vouchers and you’ll be sent an experience voucher within 28 working days (max. one application per envelope).
Equipment hire isn’t included, so check what’s provided before you go. Find more details on the website; click ‘Offer terms and conditions’ at the bottom of the page and scroll down to see promotional products and the number of tokens on them. Remember to bring the vouchers or wrappers on the day.
- £5 tobogganing
Phone to book
Real-snow ski centre SNO!zone is currently offering 30-minute tobogganing and ice sliding sessions for £5 each. The offer’s on at all three SNO!zone centres, which are in Braehead, Scotland; Castleford, Yorkshire; and Milton Keynes.
At full price, the sessions would normally cost £11 for adults or £9 for children, so you’ll save £4-6 per person with the offer. The £5 sessions will take place weekdays only until the end of September. £5 session times vary at each centre, so check before you go.
You’ll need to wear warm waterproof clothing, which can be hired at the venue if needed for an extra £5 per person. There’s a minimum age of three for tobogganing or seven for ice sliding. It’s also worth booking in advance to avoid disappointment; find more details on the SNO!zone website.
- Days out & more with Walkers crisps
Collect codes
Get discounts on days out, theme parks and more when you collect codes on promotional packets of Walkers crisps with its 'Gary's Great Trips' offer. Days out include a free National Trust day pass (3-10 points, depending on location), half price adult entry to Alton Towers (15 points), and half price child entry to Madame Tussauds (10 points).
Find codes on the outer bags of special multipacks, as well as promotional 34.5g, 50g, 125g and 175g bags. Each code is worth a different number of points. Whilst 34.5g bags (approx. 40p) and 50g bags (approx. 54p) are worth two points, 125g bags are worth six points and 175g bags are worth eight points.
Multipack codes are worth the same number of points as the number of bags of crisps in the pack. Discounts start at two points. To redeem codes, register on the Gary's Great Trips website. You'll also be given the chance to get two free points by completing a short survey.
Then enter Walkers pack codes to ‘bank’ them, before redeeming them online. Alternatively, register on Walkers’ mobile and bank codes by texting 51199 (Walkers has arranged for all texts to be free across all networks). Each pack code can only be used once.
If you wouldn’t normally buy Walkers crisps, check other current theme park and days out offers, as a variety of 2for1s are often available with little or no spend required. Promotional packs will be available until late August 2009, whilst all points must be redeemed by 31 December 2009.
- Activities & sports gear with Ribena tokens
Collect tokens
Collect tokens on promotional bottles and cartons of Ribena drinks to swap for UK-based activities including horse-riding, go-karting and rock climbing, or a range of sports gear. Different rewards require different amounts of tokens. With six tokens you can choose from activity equipment including a velcro catch set, juggling balls or a football.
Eight tokens allows you to choose from a range of activity sets, including cricket, rounders and badminton, whilst twelve tokens lets you choose from a list of activities, including canoeing, archery and sailing. To start collecting, sign up on Ribena’s ‘Have a Field Day’ website and print out a personalised collector card.
Each collector card has one free starter token on it, meaning that you only need to get five, seven or eleven Ribena tokens, depending on which item you’re collecting for. 600ml bottles and 4-packs of cartons have 1 token, 1l bottles and 10 packs of cartons have 2 tokens, and 2l bottles have 4 tokens.
The cheapest item with a token on is likely to be the 4-pack of cartons, which retails at around £1.19. A 1l bottle of Ribena concentrate retails for around £2.79, although you can often get them cheaper with multibuy offers. Find tokens on promotional packs, either on the front of the sleeve on 200ml Tetra multi-packs or on the bottle neck label.
When you’ve got the full amount of tokens needed, send them along with the name of the activity/sports equipment, your name and address and a cheque for £2.50 to cover postage and packaging.
The equipment or activity details will then be sent to you within 28 days of receipt of your claim. You can have a maximum of five claims per household, and there’s a maximum of one starter token per claim. The offer runs until 1 February 2010; to see the full list of activities, visit Ribena’s ‘Have a Field Day’ website.
- Newbury Racecourse free concert tickets
If it’s your birthday or wedding anniversary
For its Party in the Paddock anniversary concerts, Newbury Racecourse is giving away a free Premier ticket to anyone whose birthday falls on Saturday 30 May, Friday 10 July or Saturday 15 August (the dates of the concerts).
Alternatively, anyone whose 30 year wedding anniversary is in May, 20 year wedding anniversary is in July or 25 year wedding anniversary is in August can get a free pair of Premier tickets. Madness is playing on 30 May, whilst Bjorn Again is on 10 July and Simply Red is on 15 August. A Premier ticket to see Madness or Simply Red is usually £32, or £22 for Bjorn Again.
The free tickets are subject to availability. To book, call 01635 40015; all free ticket claims must be made seven days in advance, and you’ll need to prove your eligibility with a copy of your wedding certificate or proof of your birthday. For more details, see the Newbury Racecourse website.
- Free swimming on Mondays
Bring cap from 50p-ish water bottle
You can swim for free with special bottles of Schweppes Abbey Well water; just hand over the bottle cap at a participating pool. Promotional caps are on special packs of 750ml still sportscap bottles and 500ml still and sparkling bottles. Find them in a range of stores, including Morrisons, Asda and Waitrose.
Although prices vary, one forum user has reported finding a promotional bottle for as little as 54p. As under 16s and over 60s can now swim for free as part of a new government scheme, this is a great way for adults aged 17-59 to swim cheaply.
Each promotional cap entitles one free swim at a participating public pool or leisure centre for anyone of any age on a Monday, although entry is at the pool’s discretion, so it’s worth phoning ahead. The offer excludes Bank Holidays, and the last date that promotional caps can be redeemed is Tuesday 2 February 2010.
For each free swim claimed, Schweppes will donate £1 towards helping to get Britain swimming in the run up to the London 2012 Olympics, whilst caps will be recycled. To find your nearest participating pool and get more details, visit Schweppes' website, or share your views on the forum discussion.
- Free football coaching for kids
Book online or by phone
Kids aged 5-11 can get free football coaching sessions through the FA Tesco Skills Programme. Sessions are available at 36 venues across England during school holidays, excluding Christmas. You don't need to purchase anything to get the free sessions, just book online or by phone.
Each session lasts two hours, from 10am-12pm or 1pm-3pm, over one or two days, and kids can only attend one session per day. It’s also worth noting that children need to be signed in at the start of the session by a parent or guardian.
Children must be registered at least two days before the chosen session, and places are subject to availability, so it’s worth booking early. To find your nearest venue and book a place, visit the FA Tesco Skills website.
- Free swimming for 16s & under and 60+
Ongoing government scheme
If you’re aged 16 and under or 60 and over you can now swim for free as part of a new government initiative. Nearly 300 councils in England are offering the free swimming scheme. Check participating local authorities to see if pools in your area are taking part, or simply check at your local pool.
Each participating pool has different terms. While some will simply ask for proof of age, others will issue a special card that you’ll need to bring with you each time you swim for free, so check before you go.
They may also issue a one-off charge to cover the cost of the card, but this should be no more than £2. Check with the pool for times that you can swim for free, although you can go as many times as you like. If your nearest pool isn’t taking part, you can still swim for free at another participating pool.
If you’re aged 16 and under you won’t be able to use the free swimming scheme during school hours. The scheme will be running for at least two years until Thursday 31 March 2011. Find more info on the free swimming webpage.
- Free sports for kids
Print a voucher & phone to book
Kids can take part in community sports events for free through ASDA supermarkets' Sporting Chance promotion. This scheme runs during school holidays, and is currently ongoing, re-starting at the beginning of each holiday.
Simply print the voucher from ASDA’s website, then type your postcode into their online search engine to find a list of local activities. Select the ones you want and you’ll be given details of participating venues, as well as a booking number for your chosen session.
Then just call the session provider to book a place; kids will need to remember to bring their voucher along to the session. Activities include football, martial arts, dance, golf, bowling, swimming, laser quest and gymnastics, depending on what’s available in your area.
You’ll need one voucher for each session, and sessions are subject to availability. Individual venues may have their own restrictions, as well as age restrictions, so check when you book, and it’s also worth checking the terms and conditions on the website.
- Enjoy England 2for1s, kids go free & more
Click 'n' print a voucher
Visit England’s official tourism website, Enjoy England, and you’ll find a feature that allows you to search offers on attractions and accommodation across the country by region. There are a variety of vouchers that you simply need to print out and bring with you to the attraction.
Offers on the website include kids go free at Alton Towers, valid until Sunday 1 November 2009, and kids go free at Cadbury World, valid until Wednesday 30 December 2009.
Make sure you check the terms and conditions, exclusions and use by dates on each voucher, as whilst some are undated, others are valid for a specific period. It’s also worth checking with each attraction before you go.
- Kids go free to West End Shows
Book online or by phone
Get a free kids ticket to shows in London’s West End when you buy a full-price adult ticket. The offer’s available for kids aged 5 – 16, for performances from Friday 14 – Friday 28 August. There are 29 shows participating, including Wicked, Sister Act, The Lion King and Hairspray.
Booking opens on Tuesday 14 July, online and by phone on 0844 248 5151. There’s no booking fee, and both tickets’ll be sent to you together. You can buy up to two extra kids tickets at half price under the offer. Kids Week ticket-holders can also attend various show-related activities for free.
This ‘Kids Week in the West End’ promotion’s run by The Society of London Theatre. It also includes free workshops for those without tickets, including set design and dance classes, also bookable from 14 July. Tickets are subject to availability, and the offer isn't valid with tickets already purchased; visit the Kids Week website for more details.
- Free theatre tickets for under 26s
Book online or by phone
If you’re aged 25 or under you can get free tickets to shows across England. Just go to the Arts Council website, enter your postcode and choose a participating theatre, then choose from available free tickets. Then call to book at the theatre’s box office or book online.
Don’t forget to bring proof of age with you when you pick up your tickets from the box office. It’s worth bearing in mind that tickets are allocated on a first come, first served basis. The promotion's part of a pilot scheme by Arts Council England, running from February 2009 - end of March 2011.
Each theatre has a different number of free tickets available. Although it’s aimed at 16-25s, under 16s can also get free tickets, depending on the show’s age rating.
Every Friday Lastminute.com has special 'when it's gone it's gone' sales. The sale starts at 10am sharp with the big bargains usually selling out really quickly, so make sure you're on the site by 10!
Expect discounts on a range of offers including days out deals from £2, experience days from £7.50, restaurant deals from £10, hotel stays from £10, and 2for1 spa days from £20.
- Free Audience tickets
Regsiter online - The X Factor, The Sunday Night Project & others. For big shows like this, register your details with Applausestore. The very big shows such as X Factor operate a reserve list system where you register your interest in the show and if you are successfully chosen one of the site's researchers will be in touch with show dates.
- Deal or No Deal. If you go to the Deal or No Deal website you can apply for tickets to the show, or, if you're feeling brave, you can also apply to be on the show on Deal or No Deal's contestant page.
- Anna and Katy Salute You. Visit TV Recordings. The shows on this site are predominately filmed in the London area.
- The Graham Norton Show, Countdown, The Alan Titchmarsh Show & others. If comedy and game shows are more your thing register with SRO Audiences. The shows on this site are also filmed in London and the South East, but it does also offer tickets for Countdown which is filmed in Leeds.
- Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps & others. The BBC website has tickets for BBC programmes, although these tend to get booked out quickly, and for radio recordings for shows such as Friday Night is Music Night for Radio 2.
- The Paul O' Grady Show, Noel's HQ and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. If you'd like tickets for these shows, register your details with Lost in TV. The shows on this site are also mostly filmed in studios around the South East of England.
- University Challenge & Countdown, Manchester & Leeds. Many of the above recordings are based in or around London and the South East; however, ITV has tickets available for shows in their studios based in the North, including University Challenge and Soapstar Superstar in Manchester, and Countdown and Through the Keyhole in Leeds.
There are many websites out there designed to get your bums on seats to watch the recording of TV shows, sitcoms, comedies and chat shows. Just sign up online and apply for the tickets for free. Some shows offer travel and some even provide a cuppa and a biscuit when you arrive. Here is a list of some of the bigger ticket companies and examples of the shows you can see for free:
A lot of these shows tend to overbook, so make sure you arrive at least one hour before the show is due to start to ensure you get a seat. Often, if you do get refused entry due to over booking, the organisers will try and arrange for you to get priority seating at the next week's showing.
Some of the bigger shows have a waiting list so you might have to wait for a cancellation to get a seat at a very popular show. Always make sure you check out the lists for these free ticket shows so you never end up paying money for them on ebay or other ticket sites. Depending on availability you should always be able to get them for free.
We don't have any of these deals at the moment, but we'll update this as soon as we do.
- South East attractions 2for1s & kids go free
Register and print vouchers
The tourist board for South East England has 2for1s, kids go free and 20% off vouchers for a range of attractions across the South East. Just go to the South East Offers website, select the offer you want and fill in the online form. You’ll then be emailed a personalised voucher to print out and bring to the attraction.
Each offer has its own terms and conditions and dates that it can be used. Offers include 2for1 at Birdland, valid until Saturday 31 October, and kids go free at Dinosaur Isle, valid until Tuesday 30 June. All the offers are subject to availability so it’s worth phoning to check before you go.
- National Rail 2for1 at London attractions
Buy train ticket and print vouchers
There's a sneaky loophole to get 2for1 tickets for a massive range of London attractions (e.g. the Zoo & London Dungeon) through National Rail's Days Out Guide scheme. The catch is you need that day's valid train tickets, yet as the saving can be up to £25 even if you're not using the train you can get cheap singles for £2ish and still qualify to save up to £25.
For example, a one way ticket from a Central London station (e.g. Marylebone for Tussauds/London Zoo) is £1.90, but entry to Madame Tussaud's is £23. That means a saving of £19 (both visitors must have a rail ticket). You can print as many vouchers as you like and currently offers are valid ‘til Wednesday 30 September 2009. Check the individual offer pages for full T&Cs.
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- West Midlands attractions 2for1s
Click 'n' print vouchers
Visit the tourist website visittheheart.co.uk and you'll find loads of 2for1s and discount vouchers to be used on days out across the West Midlands area. Just visit the website, click on your desired location and print your vouchers straight off.
Offers include kids go free at Cadbury World with a full price adult ticket, saving you up to £29.85, 2for1 at the National Sea Life Centre, saving you up to £12.95, and 2for1 at Shakespeare's Birthplace, saving you up to £9. Just visit the website, choose where you'd like to go and print your discount voucher.
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As well as the deals above, there are tons of permanent ways to cut the cost of family fun.
Save 75% with Tesco Clubcard
One of the cheapest ways to entertain kids is to spend your Tesco Clubcard vouchers on days out. This way, you effectively get them for a quarter of the normal price. This is because 100 Clubcard points are only worth £1 if you use them in-store.
Yet spend the points on goodies from its Deals Brochure and you get four times the vouchers' face value, eg, £16.75 worth of Clubcard vouchers gets you an annual Legoland pass worth £67.
There are nearly 200 days out on offer, including Alton Towers, Thorpe Park and National Trust Scotland. For a full list of ways to maximise Clubcard points, check out the Loyalty Schemes guide.
2for1 days out in London and the South
There's a trick to get 2for1 activities to hundreds of theatres, museums and theme parks throughout the South, with National Rail's Days Out Guide scheme. To take advantage, you need a train ticket valid on the day you want to visit. Yet with savings of up to £25, buy the cheapest £2ish ticket and you’ll still be quids in.
As an example, London Zoo costs £17 for adults and £13.50 for kids, so entry for a family of four is normally a jumbo £61. But buy a £1.90 single to and from any station, present it with the voucher, and you’ll slash the cost to £30.50, saving £28.60.
You can print as many vouchers as you like and the cheapest person gets in free. Attractions include everything from Madame Tussauds to Les Misérables the musical.
Take a stroll
There’s an innovative free exercise system which involves advancing the feet alternately in bipedal locomotion: walking. Great British country walks are among the best bargain days out, as well as being a great excuse for refuelling with a pub lunch or an afternoon tea. There’re loads of free walking ideas and trail maps on the sites nationaltrail.co.uk, ramblers.org.uk and walkingbritain.com.
Free high-tech treasure hunts
Just go to the website, type in your postcode and a map pops up with all the geocaches near you. Then enter the coordinates of the geocache you want to find on your GPS, and off you go. The treasures are hidden at spots like waterfalls and parks.
Reely cheap cinema tickets
Taking the family to the flicks can burn a huge hole in your pocket, but every Wednesday, Orange customers can go to almost any cinema nationwide and get 2for1 entry. Even if you’re not on Orange, sign up for a £1 pay-as-you-go Orange sim card and you'll be able to bag half price cinema tickets too. Get the full lowdown in the Orange 2for1 guide.
Watch unlimited Cineworld films
Regular moviegoers who live near a Cineworld should check out its Unlimited Card. For £13.50 a month (£16.50 including London West End) you can see as many films as you want. Regular ticket prices vary, so compare at your local cinema for savings; as a rule of thumb, the cards are worth it if you see more than one film a month.
Plus we’ve confirmed with the Cineworld press office that the card works with Orange Wednesday codes, so passholders can take mates for free. Do remember that Cineworld makes its money back on expensive popcorn and drinks, so take along your own cheap snacks, provided the cinema's cool with it.
Family flicks from £1.75
Many cinemas run cheap family screenings on the weekends. Some films may have been out a few months, but they're just as much fun for little'uns. Vue's Kids AM' club costs £1.75 per child and one adult goes free with each child (extra adults pay £1.75).
The Odeon Kids' club works in a similar way and costs £2.50 per child, with one adult free per kid and extra adults £2.50.
Halve the cost of London Vue tickets
Lastminute.com sells ‘stand-by’ tickets for selected London Vue cinemas at £5, roughly half-price. To grab one, simply buy and print a voucher before 4pm on the day you want to go.
Then take the confirmation e-mail to the cinema any time from 12pm to book your film; tickets to your choice of movie are subject to availability, so arrive early. The vouchers are valid on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays.
Tuesday £4 tickets at selected Vues
It’s also possible to grab £4-ish tickets on Tuesdays at selected Vues (the exact price varies depending on cinema). All you have to do is register for a free ‘Cheap Day Tuesday’ card at the cinema, then show it when you next buy tickets.
The offer’s only valid in 18 of Vue’s 64 cinemas across the UK. To check whether yours is taking part, go to Vue, click on your local cinema and look for a cheap Tuesday banner on the right hand side.
Thanks to all the Moneysavers who originally suggested the deals above.
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