Free resources for all college students
Alexandra Gauthier
Issue date: 2/6/09 Section: News
Alexandra Gauthier
Managing Editor
With the economy in turmoil, jobs hard to get and many a parent stuck in the unemployment line, every penny counts for college students. But besides clipping coupons out from the Sunday newspaper - who has time for that anyway? - it may be hard to find savings if you don't know where to begin. Yet these money-saving opportunities do exist, so here are some resources available to help students spend less and save more:
SmarterTravel.com/student-travel
Airfare and other travel expenses can bite a huge chunk out of students' savings, but this site helps lower those costs by finding cheaper options and deals. The "Deal Detective" researches travel deals, many only available for registered students, and you can sign up for them right on the site.
There are also lots of great tips and links to other sites that will help you save money on travel. Smarttravel even has a Facebook application, Flight Finder, which allows you to search for airfare at your convenience.
Buy-Discount-Gift-Cards.com
whether you need a gift for a friend or want to splurge on yourself, this site is the place to find gift cards. The site tracks gift cards being offered on e-Bay, and allows students to buy cards for far less than their value.
Upromise.com
This financial tool works almost like a rewards program for your credit card, only you can use any card - even debit cards - and best of all, it's free.
You begin by registering your cards with them, and then every time you purchase something from one of their partners, including more than 600 online stores, 8,000 restaurants and 21,000 grocery and drug stores, you earn money to go towards college expenses.
TypoBuddy.com
This neat site has one very useful purpose, to find items listed on auction sites that were somehow misspelled and therefore have few-to-no bids, ensuring they will be cheaper for you to purchase.
Managing Editor
With the economy in turmoil, jobs hard to get and many a parent stuck in the unemployment line, every penny counts for college students. But besides clipping coupons out from the Sunday newspaper - who has time for that anyway? - it may be hard to find savings if you don't know where to begin. Yet these money-saving opportunities do exist, so here are some resources available to help students spend less and save more:
SmarterTravel.com/student-travel
Airfare and other travel expenses can bite a huge chunk out of students' savings, but this site helps lower those costs by finding cheaper options and deals. The "Deal Detective" researches travel deals, many only available for registered students, and you can sign up for them right on the site.
There are also lots of great tips and links to other sites that will help you save money on travel. Smarttravel even has a Facebook application, Flight Finder, which allows you to search for airfare at your convenience.
Buy-Discount-Gift-Cards.com
whether you need a gift for a friend or want to splurge on yourself, this site is the place to find gift cards. The site tracks gift cards being offered on e-Bay, and allows students to buy cards for far less than their value.
Upromise.com
This financial tool works almost like a rewards program for your credit card, only you can use any card - even debit cards - and best of all, it's free.
You begin by registering your cards with them, and then every time you purchase something from one of their partners, including more than 600 online stores, 8,000 restaurants and 21,000 grocery and drug stores, you earn money to go towards college expenses.
TypoBuddy.com
This neat site has one very useful purpose, to find items listed on auction sites that were somehow misspelled and therefore have few-to-no bids, ensuring they will be cheaper for you to purchase.
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