6 ways to get the most out of your birthday

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Buy cheap train tickets, throw a budget party, and use the holiday as an argument in any argument.

On your birthday, you can indulge in melancholic sadness due to the fact that you have become a year older, or you can instead squeeze the maximum out of it: get cool gifts, buy yourself what you have long dreamed of, and compensate for the inexorable movement of time.

1. Get a discount at the supermarket

Large retail chains give customers a birthday discount. Usually it works in conjunction with a loyal customer card and if you have a passport or driver's license - the document confirms the date of birth. The discount cannot be combined with other promotions, but it still helps to save on food and alcohol.

Using the discount, buy food for future use - spend 15–20% less. Just don't be tempted and chic: do you really need those anchovies and expensive cheese? Look at the expiration date: sometimes the desire to buy something cheaper turns out to be late in the bin.

All information about great deals can be found on the stores' websites. Here are some examples:

• 20% discount at O'Key using the buyer's card. Can be applied once within 15 days (seven days before, seven days after and on the birthday itself). The discount is valid for all products, except tobacco, but cannot be combined with other promotions.
• 15% discount in "Lenta" with a loyal customer card. Can be used every day for eight days (two days before, five days after and on the birthday itself). Every day you can buy up to 20 thousand rubles.
• At Pyaterochka and Perekrestok, additional points are awarded for purchases. They can pay up to 100% of the cost of future acquisitions.

2. Save on a gift for yourself

Many shops, services and marketplaces give a discount or give a birthday present. Subscribe to newsletters or place shoppers' cards where you usually shop in order to receive a bonus next time.

With a discount, you can update your wardrobe, order a bike, brush your teeth, go for a massage or go to a restaurant - in general, present yourself with any gift and pay less for it than usual.

3. Buy cheaper train tickets

Russian Railways has special birthday and holiday tariffs. It will be possible to save on them only on a few flights, but the benefits will be good.

• On trains from Moscow to Nice, Berlin, Prague and Paris, there are Promotions and special fares in international traffic, as well as in the CIS and Baltic countries, a 35% discount. It can be applied seven days before, seven days after, and on a birthday.
• On the "Sapsan" acts Birthday people with friends will be able to travel on the "Sapsan" with a 50% discount. 50% discount. It can be received not only by the hero of the occasion, but also by three more people, provided that you buy tickets together.

Russian airlines practically do not provide such privileges, but Utair has Privileges for Status program members. discount for passengers participating in the Status program. You can use it to buy tickets 20% cheaper. The required promotional code is sent to the mail 30 days before the birthday.

4. Make a wishlist

Remember that you have been wanting to buy for a long time, but your hands do not reach (or you just feel sorry for the money). Add these items to your wishlist and share it with friends and family. The list does not have to be compiled using special programs - make a selection of gifts in Instagram Stories and fix a similar entry on your page in social networks.

Publishing a wishlist is not a shame: this way you make life easier for those around you and take care of yourself. After your birthday, do not delete the list, but update and leave it in the public domain - it will come in handy for the New Year, February 23 or March 8, wedding anniversary and other holidays.

5. Throw a budget party

To receive as many gifts as possible, you need to invite many guests. A lavish party is a big expense, and that's not what we're aiming for. Here are some ways to reduce your holiday budget:

• Make alcoholic cocktails instead of pure alcohol.
• Instead of a feast, organize a buffet with snacks.
• Take advantage of supermarket discounts to buy groceries cheaper.
• Think over an entertainment program so that guests communicate, and not boredom.

6. Use your birthday as an argument

Birthday is a special holiday. On this day, you are compromised and given a little more attention than usual. Use this in any situation: take time off early from work, bargain for the lowest price on the market, ask not to write you a speeding ticket. If someone disagrees with you, birthday can even be the decisive argument in the dispute. True, this method only works once a year. But that’s why it’s birthday, to be special.