Special Deals
This post will be updated occasionally with special deals I come across. Steve and I are looking for ways to stretch our dollar without giving up our lifestyle. By planning ahead, we can definitely help each other save time and money.
- Funcheap promotes awesome free or cheap events in the Bay Area, CA. You can win tickets to events like I have been lucky enough to win!
- If you want to play tourist in San Francisco and you have kids, sign up for Pier 39’s Local Advantage Kids Eat & Play Free program! You get coupons and deals plus validated parking in the PIER 39 Parking Garage! There are coupons for items not involving kids as well.
- Your Bank of America or Merrill Lynch card entitles you to free entry to many museums the first weekend of every month through the Museums on Us program. Each cardholder gets one free general admission to 150 museums nationwide. Check out the list of museums near you.
Participating museums in Northern California are:
San Francisco
– Contemporary Jewish Museum
– Legion of Honor
– de Young Museum
San Jose
– San Jose Museum of Art
– The Tech Museum of Innovation
Oakland
– Chabot Space & Science Center
Sacramento
– The California Museum
– Crocker Art Museum
Participating museums in Southern California are:
Laguna Beach
– Laguna Art Museum
Long Beach
– Museum of Latin American Art
Los Angeles
– Autry National Center of the American West
– Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
– Skirball Cultural Center
Orange County
– Discovery Science Center
Palm Desert
– The Living Desert
Palm Springs
– Palm Springs Art Museum
Riverside
– Riverside Art Museum
- The Wells Fargo Museums are free to visit. There are museums located in San Francisco, Portland, Sacramento and many more cities in the U.S.
- Admission to the San Francisco Randall Museum is always free! This is a small, educational museum for kids to learn with hands-on activities.
- Shop at 4:30pm on Wednesdays at the Farmer’s Market at the San Francisco Civic Center. The prices drop significantly. $1 for green veggies and $1 for two bunches of herbs!
- Every Tuesday, Kids Eat Free at Chevy’s – Kids Rule Tuesdays
