Now that it’s starting to get colder (Parts of NJ/NY even had snow yesterday!), you might be thinking about taking a vacation. The good news is, because of the economy, prices are a LOT lower than you might expect. The price of oil has gone down quite a bit, and since not many people are booking trips right now, companies are really giving great prices as an incentive to get you to travel.

Not sure that the prices are low? Take a look at a cruise that The Travelzoo TravelZoo had in their Top 20 email today. You can take a 7-night cruise on Norwegian Cruise Line to the Caribbean for just $234.00 per person, and that includes a $50 credit for once you’re on the ship! That’s just incredible. I’ve taken 2 Norwegian cruises before, and while I got a great deal, it was more than double $234.00 per person! You can even get a balcony for under $500 a person. It’s just crazy.

If that wasn’t enough, on American Airlines right now you can book a round-trip ticket to Hawaii starting at just $249. I tried it with airfare from NJ, and where it usually costs over $1,000 per person, going in November would cost just $436.00 per person plus taxes. Not bad right?

This is just a small sampling of the types of deals available now, and assuming nothing changes in the next few months, the deals will either stay as good, or get even better! So if you’re already sick of the cooler weather, it might be time to book that winter vacation, and not have to break the bank!

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There are a lot of great deals again today. It’s incredible how many deals there have been lately, and I’m sure there will be a lot more over the next few months. Again, if you’re ever looking for anything in particular and want to make sure you get a good price, sign up for the FREE Dreamline Savings newsletter, and let us know! We’ll find the best price and get back to you. This way you won’t have to waste your time searching for deals. Here are just a few of the deals that were in the newsletter earlier today.

• Great deals on shoes from 6pm.com:
  • All Steve Madden footwear $29.95 or less.
  • All BCBGirls footwear $49.95 or less.
  • All Annie footwear $14.95 or less.
  • All Kors Michael Kors footwear $59.95 or less.
• At American Eagle, you can get 20% off your order when you spend at least $50.00 when you use code 49234198 through November 11th.
• Through October 26th, you can get an extra 30% off clearance items at Aeropostale with code TREAT30. This makes some items start at $4.00.
• Fry’s has an 8GB SDHC Patriot for $9.99 after a $15.00 mail in rebate. Shipping is free.

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Looking to go to Disney World or Disneyland in the next few months (through the end of January)?

If so, you might want to take a look at Orbitz. Right now they have a deal where if you book through them, and stay at least 5-nights, you’ll get $150.00 off of your vacation. That’s pretty good, especially considering it can be hard to find discounts to Disney!

The code is ORBDISNEY150, and you’ll need to put that in before you do your search.

I will let you know, until you actually CLICK on a specific vacation, you won’t see the discounted price. When I saw the matrix-results that showed me all my different choices, it pointed out which hotels would give me the discount, so I assumed that the prices reflected the $150.00 off. It did not. Once I clicked on a hotel, it showed the lower price, so be sure you’re looking at the lower price!

I’m already planning on going next September, otherwise I might have taken a second look at this! Hope this helps someone who is planning a trip for the next 3 months. You have until November 23rd to book the trip, so you don’t have to rush too much.

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Talk about a lot of deals! There were quite a few deals in the newsletter today, many of them from mall-type stores, although with most you could buy either online or in store.

You might notice that in the newsletter I never use the words coupons, sale, and try to stay away from words like discount, and deal. The problem is whenever I use those words, the emails get flagged as spam (mostly from AOL) and people don’t get their newsletters. So you will see me use almost any other word if I can get away with it, so that people will still get their newsletter!

Here are a few deals that were in the newsletter earlier today:

• Through tomorrow night, you can get 15% off of your order of $100.00 or more or 20% off your order of $150.00 or more at Gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic when you use code GETSAVE.You can combine items into one cart from all 3 stores. This includes both regular priced items as well as already reduced items such as the up to 60% off at Old Navy.
• At Aeropostale, if you buy a select Hoodie for $29.99, you’ll get the matching pants for free. They also have 50% off tops, 2 tees for $15.00, and sweaters up to 50% off.
• Now through October 25th, you can get an extra 10% off almost everything at the Kmart website with code OCTOBER10.
• All of these are good through Friday, October 24th at 6pm.com.
  • All Skechers footwear $24.95 or less.
  • All Aerosoles footwear $24.95 or less.
  • All Rockport footwear $39.95 or less.

  They also have:

  • Designer watches & sunglasses up to 75% off.

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Again, there are lots of good deals today. If you haven’t signed up for the newsletter yet, know that you’re not only missing out on the great deals we don’t post, but also many freebies that we include with each newsletter! I can’t tell you how awesome it is to get free stuff in the mail a few times a week. It’s free to sign up if you’re interested, and you can do so at the top of the page. Here are a few of the deals from the newsletter that went out earlier today:

• If you take a short survey at igourmet through October 20th, you’ll get a code for 5% off your order.
• Zales is having a private event with 15% off everything on their website when you use code SAVE15NOW now through October 22nd.
• Steve Madden is having a private event through October 19th, where you will get 20% off when you spend at least $125.00 and use code privatesale20.
• Buy has the CORSAIR 16GB Flash Voyager USB 2.0 Flash Drive for $31.23 after a $20.00 mail in rebate, regularly $299.99. Shipping is free.

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I can’t believe how many really good deals there were out there today. I have a feeling from now until the end of the year, we’ll have lots of choices of different deals out there! Here are just a few of the deals from the newsletter that went out earlier today. If you’re ever looking for anything in particular, let me know!

• Restaurant.com has 80% off gift certificates now through October 15th at noon when you use code EIGHTY. This means that a $25.00 gift certificate will be $2.00, and a $10.00 gift certificate will be $0.60. - I plan on buying some of these tonight. I love a few of the restaurants listed, and it really saves us a lot of money!
• Tomorrow, October 15th only, Sears will have 15% off plus free shipping on all Halloween costumes & decor.
• All of the following are good through October 17th unless noted:
  • All Clarks shoes are $34.95 or less.
  • All Vaneli shoes are $39.95 or less.
  • All Via Spiga shoes are $79.95 or less.
  • All Oakley footwear is $24.95 or less - through October 21st.
  • All Oakley apparel is 60% off - through October 21st.
• Through tonight, Circuit City is having a Friends & Family Event where you can get 15% off almost everything when you use code CAAXJ9DA8E.
• Through tonight, J&R has the Panasonic DMC-LZ8K Lumix 8.1 Megapixel Compact Digital Camera for $99.99, regularly $179.95.

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Looking for some great deals, but don’t want to spend hours searching for them? Sign up for the Dreamline Savings Newsletter. It’s free, and you’ll get great deals for both your local stores as well as online sent right to you. You’ll also get great freebies in every issue. Here are just a few of the deals that were in the newsletter earlier today.

• Between now and October 15th, if you buy 3 individual 2 lb bags of Belly Flops, you’ll get 2 free bags of Belly Flops when you use code BOO.If you’re looking for Halloween items, if you order $35.00 or more from the Halloween category, you’ll get $5.00 off your order.
• Martin + Osa is having their fall event with up to 60% off now through October 15th.
• Frederick’s of Hollywood is having a Columbus Day Event with up to 50% off over 100 styles. You will also get $10.00 off your order of $75.00 or more.
• Buy has the iRobot Roomba Vacuum w/ Two Virtual Walls - remanufactured for $99.99, regularly $299.99 through October 13th. Shipping is free.
• Dell Home has $80 off the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX07T when you use code 8D3Z9KJGFGZGD8. This is good through October 17th or 775 uses.

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On Monday, I posted about how I bought a headset at Circuit City. What I didn’t mention, was that I ended up getting a better deal than I thought I would!

Over the weekend, I ordered the headset, and about 2 hours later went to Circuit City to pick it up. It was within an hour of closing time, and not very busy at all, so we were just going to go pick it up, and continue running a few other errands. Well, we get there, let them know we were there to pick up our purchase, and the person at customer service told us that they didn’t pick it up and bring it in the back, so they would send someone to go get it.

At that point, I was a little upset because what if there was only one or two left, and someone else bought it since it was still on the sales floor? Well, either way…we waited. A few minutes later, the guy came back, and gave it to the customer service representative. By then, she started helping someone else, so she told me to hold on…and I proceeded to wait another 5-10 minutes.

By now I was starting to get frustrated. I was only stopping in for a minute to pick up my purchase (already paid for and everything)…and yet I’d been standing there for over 20 minutes now.  So, since I had nothing better do do while I waited, I was reading their signs, one of which is a big sign that says “24-minute pick up. If your purchase isn’t behind the counter and ready for you 24 minutes after you make your purchase, you’ll get a free $24.00 gift card!”

So of course, when she finally got to me, I politely said that it had been more than 24-minutes since I ordered the item, and it wasn’t ready when I got there to pick it up, and per the 24-minute pick up they had, doesn’t that mean I get a free $24.00 gift card?

She had no idea what I was talking about, but found someone else who did. So, I left a few minutes later with my headset (a great deal at $29.99), along with a $24.00 Circuit City gift card! The funny thing was if she just gave it to me after the guy brought it up to her, I wouldn’t have said anything and would have left. I was just so frustrated after her making me wait even longer that I realized I would get a free gift card out of it.

I guess the moral of the story is, pay attention to all of the signs and deals that stores have!  If I didn’t notice the sign, I wouldn’t have gotten the free $24.00 gift card that I was entitled to, since they didn’t have the item waiting for me.  So I ended up getting an even better deal!

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There were a lot of deals today like usual, and were also a lot of freebies! So if you’re not getting the newsletter delivered to your inbox, you’re definitely missing out on those. Here are just a few of the deals that were in the newsletter earlier today:

• If you spend $40.00 at Lonely Planet Guidebooks, you’ll get a free book as well as free shipping on your order.
• Through midnight tonight, you can get 50% off your order at Pacific Pillows when you use code BIRTHDAY. They have pillows that are used in hotel chains such as Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, and Hilton. Shipping is $4.00.
• Through Buy’s website, you can get the Classic Disney 5 Cd Boxset for $11.18 ($8.93 + $2.25 shipping). It includes 125 Disney songs from many different movies and theme park rides. (I personally own this and love it!)
• Buy has the SanDisk 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo for $19.99, regularly $79.99. Shipping is free.

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I found a really great deal at Circuit City’s website over the weekend. I was in the market for a headset so that I could talk on Skype, and found the Plantronics Audio 470 USB Headset. It’s normally $49.99, on sale for $29.99. Since I have a Circuit City about 15 minutes away, I ordered it online so that I could pick it up in the store.

I’ve already used it a few times, and really like it! The quality is great, and I can’t believe how inexpensive it was. I’d really recommend it to someone who wants a great headset and doesn’t want to spend a lot of money.

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