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• Free food & drink at London pop-up cafe if you 'pay' with (recyclable) plastic

  25 April 2018

  

• FREE outdoor gyms – could you save £100s a year on gym membership?

  24 April 2018

  

  Going to the gym to get fitter, healthier and in shape is great, but it comes at a price (and we don’t just mean giving up doughnuts). Before locking yourself into a costly gym membership – typically £120-£720 a year – or if you can’t afford it, consider giving free outdoor gyms a try. There are hundreds...

• How I got £68 of shopping for £5 with coupons (and you can too)

  17 April 2018

  

  My hiatus from scaring supermarket cashiers is over. If you missed it, I’m back – see my leaving hospital after 85 days blog – and thanks to a wodge of coupons I’ve collected, I’ve just bagged £68-worth of shopping for just over £5. Anyone can do this, so I’m going to take you through it. You may...

• How to bag a Travelodge room for £18

  12 April 2018

  

  If you need a hotel room and don’t want to pay top dollar, you can stay at a Travelodge and pay just £17-£19 with this clever deal-stacking trick. Of course, Travelodge is known for its cheap rooms, and paying less than £30 per night isn’t uncommon – but at the moment you can go one better by...

• Coupon Kid released back into the wild after 85 days in hospital

  5 April 2018

  

  Wow… what is this place? It looks homely, and smells like the Yankee Candles my mum’s always burning. Am I actually home – or is it a dream? Nope, I’m not dreaming. After 85 days of being treated for Crohn’s Disease in hospital, I’m FINALLY FREE. But I’m not out of the woods yet. Far from it....