Smart Christmas Shopping – 2009 Voucher Code Report
Published: November 14th, 2009
Is Christmas shopping getting you down? Are you feeling the pressure to make sure everyone gets what they want on their Xmas wish list?
With the average Christmas costing over £768.60 per household, with £466.60 going on presents, according to research by Kelkoo its no wonder we are all getting stressed over the festive months.
Well the good news is that this year, the retailers are battling it out to see which one can get your custom, and this means there are many great deals and discounts to be had thanks in part to the credit crunch.
According to the managing director of Kelkoo UK: “Despite the recession, online spending as a whole continues to fare well. The internet can offer substantial savings over the high street, saving consumers 15% on average compared to the high street. And he’s right there are many savings to be had.
So in preparation for the Christmas season we have compiled our top smart shopping tips to help you save even more this year:
Take advantage of loyalty cards
Theres an estimated £4billion in unclaimed points on shopping rewards in the UK, make sure you don’t waste yours and start using store loyalty cards.
One of the most popular is the Boots Advantage, with 16.4million active card holders, which you back 4p for each £1 you spend in store or online at www.boots.com.
The Nectar points scheme is also very popular and these points can be spent at Sainsbury’s, Argos and Amazon among many other shops (go to www.nectar. com for details). Tesco Clubcard, John Lewis and M&S give you vouchers.
Take advantage of Voucher Codes
As a general statistic UK shoppers redeem more than 1,500 money-off vouchers every minute, or 2 million every day, saving £2.7bn per year.
Voucher codes are big this year, to latest research by price comparison websites consumers save more than £56 per month each using the vouchers. If you are not using voucher codes yet, pay attention and you could be saving on average more than £600 a year!
Subscribe to discount code weekly emails
Many offers are usually valid for a limited time period only, and some promotions are only open for a day! Therefore timing is everything, and the best way to not miss out on a deal is to sign up to weekly email alerts. Many of the leading voucher code websites like ours offer weekly emails, packed full of the latest voucher codes and special offers for thousands of retailers in the UK.
