I have found that booking a hotel room (after checking price on Booking.com) by phone and haggling on phone with the receptionist to be very beneficial price wise to us. This is especially true for hotels in Kerry, West Cork, Donegal and Northern Ireland. The later you leave contact, the better and be prepared not to travel if your bargain cannot be obtained. Use your head and not your wallet - ask for an extra dinner to be thrown in also.Use Booking.com or similar for accommodation searches.
When you find a hotel or whatever that you like, go to that establishments website directly, where it will usually be cheaper.
Don't just assume these things, test them. Buy an inexpensive power meter.Leave nothing on standby overnight...uses 25% electricity
Don't get a second car in the first place.If retired / kids gone etc, get rid of the second car. I think many keep 2 cars because they always had 2 cars, not that they need 2 cars now.
How's that a money saving tip???Instead of buying the latest phone from apple or Samsung, research the features you want and get a phone that actually suits you
Don't let them force you to give up headphone jacks
Don't just assume these things, test them. Buy an inexpensive power meter.
I always turn socks inside out because the seam across the top invariably digs into the foot and can get very sore and uncomfortable for walking.Mrs Lep suggested in turning the trekking socks inside out which I did
I always turn socks inside out because the seam across the top invariably digs into the foot and can get very sore and uncomfortable for walking.
If you or more likely an elderly relative still has a plain old telephone line (POPTS) from eir, get rid of it fast. I came across two older people lately who still had landlines, both making no more than a handful of calls if even that. And paying eir an astonishing €75 per month (month, not two monthly). Justification was that the was all they needed. Both had mobiles which were their main source of contact. Got fibre broadband installed for both, free install and half the monthly cost, and the land line number transferred seamlessly. One had a personal alarm connected to the phone line and this is also working perfectly over the fibre (via the second phone socket on the router).
I had the same concern and didn't expect it to work and anticipated having to replace the personal alarm box with something IP based. I asked the fibre installer about it when he arrived and he said that he had seen it working on a number of occasions. Once the install was complete we connected the personal alarm to one of the two RJ11 sockets on the router and tested it by "calling" the remote monitoring station and it worked. I was actually surprised.Are you sure on the last bit? I've understood that the alarms don't work properly over VOIP?
There's a fair few people who just get the latest Samsung or apple, financed over 24 months from their service provider.How's that a money saving tip???
Unless they have a carer most people are quite capable of buying a phone that suits their needs.
Been trying to explain this to the in laws. The only people who contact them on the land line are scammers ....If you or more likely an elderly relative still has a plain old telephone line (POPTS) from eir, get rid of it fast. I came across two older people lately who still had landlines, both making no more than a handful of calls if even that. And paying eir an astonishing €75 per month (month, not two monthly). Justification was that the was all they needed. Both had mobiles which were their main source of contact. Got fibre broadband installed for both, free install and half the monthly cost, and the land line number transferred seamlessly. One had a personal alarm connected to the phone line and this is also working perfectly over the fibre (via the second phone socket on the router).
I appear to have a phone, DSL, USB and 4 ethernet ports on my Eir Router.I had the same concern and didn't expect it to work and anticipated having to replace the personal alarm box with something IP based. I asked the fibre installer about it when he arrived and he said that he had seen it working on a number of occasions. Once the install was complete we connected the personal alarm to one of the two RJ11 sockets on the router and tested it by "calling" the remote monitoring station and it worked. I was actually surprised.
nonsense....Leave nothing on standby overnight...uses 25% electricity
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