Hawaii Anyone????

Oh.... how we love Hawaii! I sure hope someone out there is planning on going this winter and can take advantage of this deal! I am signed up to receive most travel deals by email. This morning I saw this! Travel Alerts has flights from Vancouver to Honolulu, Dec 6-13 for $159 one way...add in all the taxes and fees and the grand total is $437.91!!!!!!!!!! The best deal I have seen in awhile(when we went 3 years ago we thought we got a screaming deal at $500/person!
 I went on both Westjet and Air Canada and was unable to get this deal on either site so I think you have to book through their site(it's with Air Canada). I am sure there are limited seats at this price so if you are going....you probably need to book ASAP...Drop me a line if you get it and I can enjoy your trip vicariously!!!!!

Just after I hit publish on this article I got this email from Alaska airlines! If you were to travel from Bellingham to Maui Dec 5-11 your total would be $356.40!!!! You can travel starting Nov 8th at this price.
My friend Steven, from Grocery Alerts had Facebooked me and asked if I had looked into Bellingham flights. If you live closer to the border it's always a great option to explore. Of course you need to factor in the driving and parking. Wish I lived closer to Vancouver!

WestJet Flight Sales

Thanks Lisa for the tip for saving on airfares! Seems WestJet has a Blue Tag sale every Thursday starting at 1pm MT time and going until 4pm. I am going to check it out this afternoon and see what kind of deals they have. Then I can dream about going someplace warm. How about you? Are you needing a flight somewhere? Why not check this out?!
Some info from their website:
Blue Tag quick facts




Destinations change each week


Discounted fares will be for select flights from select cities on select dates


As the destination changes, so too will the details of when you can fly to receive these great deals


Blue tag deals can only be booked through westjet.com


A promo code isn't necessary. All you need to do is select your city, choose your dates, and start booking. (oh, and start packing).

This Week's Sales

Quick! These deals are short lived. The peanut butter at Cooper's 2kg $3.99(limit 2)until Nov 6
Costco has the Catelli Spaghetti 1.81Kg $3.99 their sales end Nov 7.

Canadian Tire Nov 6 only Door Crashers
White Swan facial tissue 125's 2/$1
Comet 480g 2/$1















Flight Sales
Seems there may be a flight deal out there?
For West Jet(flights in Canada) you need promo code DES10 and coupon code 5SBKVQ3

Air Canada N4RA2Q61 if you are booking a Tango or Tango Plus flight for North America

Porter Airlines use SNUG20 to book a flight anywhere

Rexall Nov 5-18
They have sent out a coupon book in the mail. In it they promote brandsaver coupons and using them in conjunction with their coupon book(this is called stacking).Ihave never tried this, but I will!
Royale facial tissue 2 ply 132's or 3ply 88's .49
Rexall Paper towel 2 rolls .49
Christie cookies 170g-350g .99!!!!(limit 4)
Reach, Colgate or Gum toothbrushes asst, as well as Colgate toothpaste for kids 75ml .99
Gold Seal Salmon 213g .99(limit 4)

Shoppers Nov 6-12
Nov 7&8 only
Simply Foods 235g .99 limit 4
Life Brand Facial Tissue .59 limit 4
Stayfree and Carefree Pads and Pantiliners $1.99 limit 4
Everyday Market Tuna 170g .69 limit 4
Antibacterial Mouthwash $1.49
Life brand juice 10X200ml $1.99

Rest of the week
Milk 4L $3.99
Large White Eggs $1.99(limit 2)

Zellers Nov 5-11
Saporito Oil 3L $2.99!!!(says limited time offer)
Saporito Extra Virgin Olive Oil 750ml $2.99!!(again limited time)
Country Harvest Bread 675g $2.29

Bargain Shop until Nov 12
Campbell's Soups 284ml 2/$1
Canned Mandarin oranges 284ml .50
Nov 6 &7 only
Maltagliati Pasta 900g $1 limit 4

Superstore Nov 5- 11

Gas coupon buy $100 worth of groceries and get .10cents a litre off gas
$150 worth get .15
$200 worth get .25
Outside round roast AAA $1.98/lb
NN Farmer's Sausage $3.18/lb(Lowest ever for this brand and Superstore but Harvest at Costo has gone to $2.82/lb)
French Bread $1
Neilsen Yogurt 3/$1 175g
Fresh parsley or cilantro 2/1.00
English Muffins 6's $1

Rona Nov 6&7
For every $100 you spend you get $10 gift card
Chapters Nov 9&10
15% off for moms here

Freebies!!
Vaseline intensive care! Free if you LIKE them on your Facebook account....why not open another Facebook account just for LIKING??? This link sends you to Vaseline's facebook where you need to answer 5 skin questions..when you are done you will be sent to save.ca(must have a free account to get the coupons).They will send you a coupon for $5.99 bottle of Vaseline Intensive Care.
Free 120z Seattle's Best coffee at Burger King fridays in November!

Flight Sale

West jet is having a $50 flight sale. I quickly checked it and found flights between AB and BC for $50. Happy Flying!

www.westjet.com
Book by January 7, 2010 (11:59 p.m. MST) for travel until May 31, 2010.
For Canadian and U.S. destinations travel on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Seasonal service to Phoenix and Palm Springs ends the week of May 23, 2010.
Seasonal service to New York and San Francisco begins May 2, 2010.
Seasonal service to Deer Lake, Saint John and Sydney, NS begins May 21, 2010.

Warm Places!

It is a cold time right now in Canada! When it's like this it's fun to think about warm places! It's even more fun to go there!(Thanks Heather for the beautiful picture!)
As I said in an earlier post we are headed to a warm place next year. We are going to the Hawaiian island, Oahu. How did we get to the point of going and totally prepaying it?
1. We planned it, 2 years ago
2.We broke it down into smaller monthly "payments" to our self
3.We tried to cut costs on the big things
A. Flights:We tracked that typically Hawaii flights go on sale in the fall. The website www.airfarewatchdog.com can be customized to send you alerts on your favorite destinations. We ended up getting our flights at $500 return all taxes in.
B.Accommodations:This is a biggy as we are staying for 3 weeks. We wanted to stay in a condo so as to help cut cost on eating out. We ended up renting through a referral from my brother (who goes regularly to Oahu). We were willing to stay outside of the main tourist area. Our condo, all taxes,cleaning, etc in is right around $100/night.
C. Car rentals:In a previous post I explained how we ended up getting our car, cheap.
D.Food:Food on the island can be pretty pricey. To combat this we will:
A) carefully menu plan, so to be able to sit down to an already made meal, when we get home from the beach!(and so we aren't tempted to eat fast food).
B)We will plan our meals out and use coupons from our Hawaii entertainment book(right now they are $19.99US no shipping).and the coupons from the free papers This Week Oahu(Hotel lobbies, ABC stores), The Best of Oahu, 101 things to do on Oahu,can all be found in The Midweek or Oahu Gold free newspapers.
C)We are told that convienence snack type foods are very pricey and as crazy as it may sound we are going to use some of our checked baggage (2 bags 50lbs each)to pack boxes of food stuffs.Things that we know will cost us lots there and since we can get them cheaply here, why not?(To see what you can and can't bring go to www.catsa-acsta.gc.ca/english/ )
D)I will prepackage some mixes that I know we will want to make.
E)Entertainment:We are planning on doing a few touristy attractions,they will be field trips for us(our learning program pays for it). Mostly we will explore the island as that is the kind of family we are. We have spent lots of time on google earth(which is amazing!)and we plan on having it on the laptop so we can see where we want to go next. Laying on the beach, thankfully, is FREE!!!(We plan on having a cooler in our trunk with all our lunches and snacks prepacked!)Again our Hawaii entertainment book will come in handy for eating out.
F)Gas:We are told that Costco is the best price for gas. We plan on bringing and using our gps to save us from being lost!and wasting gas!
G)Wireless:There are many WiFi free spots. www.wififreespot.com
Any comments, suggestions???

Flight Sale

I just returned from Edmonton. While there I was without Internet. I found this deal this evening on www.redflagdeals.com. Hope it's not too late for someone to use it!

Head over to WestJet.com for a great deal on flights between Vancouver and Edmonton. There's no advertising for this pricing, but there it looks like there is a good number of flights available for $59.00. At the same time, use coupon code CCH2009 to shave another $10 off flights. If you book a return flight, each flight will be discounted by $10. From what we can see, these fare prices appear to be available for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday flights until the end of June. At the same time, WestJet's advertised promotion for this week is a price guarantee... book by April 6 and if your flight gets cheaper before you fly, you will be credited the difference. All of that adds up to a hot deal! There's no word on when the cheap $59 fares will disappear, so book soon. A big thanks to yvrwindsor for sharing this deal, and to nocsec for the coupon code!

Happy flying!!