Discounts, baby, discounts!

steve — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 01:52:00 GMT

My family and I will be taking a week long trip to Scotland. None of us have ever taken a pleasure trip out of the country, unless you count the Bahamas. This coming month, we'll be taking advantage of some very cheap fares that will allow each of us to fly from central Florida to Glasgow for about $500 round trip, per person. From Glasgow, we'll take the train to Edinburgh, where I have rented an apartment for the week.

I say all of that to say this: in Scotland, I have found that there are quite a LOT of student discounts. Just about every place that charges admission, and just about every tour and attraction, provide some sort of student discount. Hey, even at 44 years old I'm not going to hesitate to whip out my St. Petersburg College student ID card in order to take advantage of those savings.

I also learned that the prices for "children" are also considerably better in Scotland (usually half the cost of adult prices) and so far, just about every place I've checked consider ages 15 and under "children". Here in the US I think we're lucky if a 12-year-old is still considered a child. Based on that both of my two teenagers will be able to take advantage of child pricing during our trip.

Now, overall, prices in Edinburgh seem to be a fair amount higher than prices in the United States for things like food and so forth, and some of that has to do with exchange rates. For example, a sub sandwich for lunch here may cost you five dollars, and in Edinburgh it will cost you five pounds. But thanks to the nearly $1.90 to each pound exchange rate as I type this, that $5 sub will cost me nearly $10.

So I really appreciate the student and child discounts.

I also found, through my school's web site, that my local cable provider offers a very significant discounts to SPC students on high speed internet. I'm already paying for that service, so I signed up for the discount online (it took about 30 seconds) and now I'm getting $10 a month off my $40 internet service.

If you're taking classes online, check and see if you qualify for any student discounts. It may be an easy way to save a buck or two...

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Discounts, baby, discounts!