If you’re traveling this winter, and were planning to rent a vehicle, you may be able to take advantage of Hertz’s offer of one FREE weekend (day) rental, using the code PC#127595. You are required to pay for taxes and additional fees (typically around $5-7), but there is no minimum rental requirement. So you can use the free day only, and not have to pay for any additional days. You are permitted 1 free rental per month per person, using this code.  So yes, one family member could rent for 1 way, and another family member for the other way.

This is available for select cities only. Greenville is included, but New York City, Florida, and Hawaii are excluded (just in case that is your destination). I realize that this is a deal that probably won’t apply to most readers, but thought I’d share it because it is a super deal if you are in a situation where you would need to rent anyway.

Last year, I had read various places that I might be able to get the Entertainment Book for free, so I wondered if I waited long enough this year if I might be able to get a free copy!  And I can!

The Entertainment Book is a several hundred page books filled with coupons, and they are sold by city/region.  Our local book is for the Greenville/Spartanburg area.  Coupons include food/dining, travel, bowling, concerts, and more.  If you have to pay for the book, in my opinion, it’s not really worth the full price ($25), unless you are planning to dine out or attend local events.  (Most often the coupons are if you’re already buying something, but occasionally, there is a coupon for a free item-no strings attached.) But for free, it is VERY worth the effort listed below.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Sign up for Cashbaq.com

You will receive a $5 bonus for signing up.  Cashbaq.com is similar to Ebates, in that you earn money through shopping online through their site.

2. After signing up, you will see a section on the left side of the Cashbaq site called “Shop by Store.”  There, select Entertainment Book.

This will bring up an online coupon that says:

Use this coupon in addition to the $10 cash back rebate

$10 off and Free shipping on 2009 Entertainment Books

(You will receive $10 for purchasing through Cashbaq)

3. On the right side, select “use this coupon”

This will direct you to the Entertainment Book website.

4. Purchase the book (it should come up as $15, with free shipping.)

You will be receiving the $5 sign-on bonus, as well as $10 from Cashbaq, for a total of $15 back.  Thus, the book is free after rebate!  (Plus whatever savings you’ll have by using the coupon book!)  The Cashbaq rebate may take a week or two to show up, but you will receive it eventually.)

Other areas should also be able to do this same deal, assuming the price for your local Entertainment Book is $15 or less (with coupons).

**Additionally, you could sign up to automatically renew your subscription for next year, and save $5 immediately.  The fine print says you will have to pay $5 back if you cancel, but customers in the past have reported receiving a cancellation postcard a few months later and not having to pay the $5.  So, you could potentially make $5, but it would be a risk (though you wouldn’t lose any money unless you forget to cancel). **

Deal Originally Listed at: Swapsavers

For almost 2 years, our family has used Blue Coat K9 Web protection as our web filter.  It has provided both protection and accountability.   It’s filters protect us from both spyware and inappropriate sites.  When it detects a “problem” site, a screen will come up telling you the type of site it has detected.  My husband knows half of our password, and I know the other half.  Only on a few rare occasions did it mis-detect a site (it thought a coupon site was spyware.)

You can download their free web protection here.

Here’s what their site says:

Blue Coat® K9 Web Protection is a content filtering solution for your home computer. Its job is to provide you with a family-safe Internet experience, where YOU control the Internet content that enters your home. K9 Web Protection implements the same enterprise-class Web filtering technology used by Blue Coat’s Fortune 500 customers around the world, wrapped in simple, friendly, and reliable software for your Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista computer.

Some of the features:

Read more…

Tip: you can go through these a lot faster by using Roboform to fill out your forms for you.

Go here to sign up for a free copy of the book, Jungle Pilot, the story of Nate Saint, who was one of the 5 missionaries killed in Ecuador by Auca Indians.  My husband recently requested this book, and it came in the mail very quickly!

Register with Walden Media for their forums, and sign up to receive a free copy of the DVD

of Amazing Grace. (The free calendar is no longer available, but you should still be able to request the DVD on the page where you fill out your address–just make sure to select the check box!  But sign up soon–I’m guessing those will go fast, too!)

HT: Moneysavingmom

Go here to order free personalized advertising/contact products from Vista Print.  Current free products include: business cards, rubber stamps (!), car door magnets, poster calendars, and checks(!).  You do have to pay shipping, but this is a great deal if ordering items together or if you’re wanting to get information/business cards for yourself or

small business.

Go here to register and then print a certificate for a free trial pair of Acuvue Andvance contact lenses.

Go here (or click picture) to request a free $10 coupon booklet from Pillsbury.  (BTW, the last time Kmart tripled coupons, one of the free coupon books had several coupons in it that made at least 2 products free!

Go here to sign up to receive a Fisher-Price gift guide (umm, let me guess…not a frugal guide), and enter to win $500 (now, a frugal person could stretch that a looong way!).  (Although the first page mentions being a grandparent, the official rules only state that you need to be a parent or grandparent.)

If you’re looking for some great family-friendly Christian books for families and children, Vision Forum has some amazing deals going on right now with several instant rebates.  Not only do they have some excellent resources, but I love their quality, classic toys for girls and boys!

Some of my favorites:

• Family Driven Faith, by Voddie Baucham
• Missionary Patriach, The True Story of John G. Paton, by John G. Paton
• Passionate Housewives Desperate for God by Jennie Chancey and Stacy McDonald

And this ice cream maker looks super fun!