Being a large family that is addicted to travel and outings we find ourselves always looking for a better price or a deal of some kind. I am not sure where GroupOn was hiding most of my parenting life, but I only discovered it about 3 years or so ago. Since then it is the first place I look before I buy anything and often I will browse the app when I know I will be in a certain area or I am looking for something to do on a weekend in the city.
Some GroupOn deals only appear certain times of year. Last weekend we went to the Glow in the Dark Mini Putt in the city called Putting Edge. Our kids love it there and every year for the past 3 years we have bought the GroupOn which saves us more than half of the price for our family. We were excited and surprised to see that they had repainted a designed a bunch of the course. And with this newest GroupOn deal you can golf two rounds in the same day, so we took advantage of that as well!
There is also a theme park an hour away called Upper Clements Park. We go every summer and the kids receive their passes free from the local library for their reading program. Sandy and I each year buy our passes through GroupOn where we again save more than half the price. We already have ours purchased for this summer! That is the catch though, you really have to look in advance and watch the expiry dates!
And some places only run GroupOn’s certain times of year. We were fortunate enough to find the deals for Get Air (an indoor trampoline park) in late Fall so that the kids could try the place out with friends. They loved it and can’t wait to go back again! During Winter months they often do not produce them since those are their busier times!
Noah and Sandy’s Christmas gift to see the Harlem Globetrotters also came as a GroupOn Deal, which we also received an additional 20% off of since they often have daily coupons as well! My canvases in my livingroom that were a Christmas gift from our parents also were on GroupOn.
This Friday I will be heading to the city with a couple of good friends to try out my first Paint Nite and I am sure you are not surprised that I bought my ticket through a GroupOn deal!
It really is the best way to save on just about anything, so before you pay full price for something, don’t forget to check, you never know, you may just find a WOW deal! 🙂
I Dream of Summer 
Leave a comment