ARE you feeling the Love Island blues today? It has been a week since the hit ITV2 show came to an end — and 9pm suddenly seems a lot quieter.
But as the housemates used to say, it is what it is. So why not make use of those extra hours to pocket some extra dosh?
Try your hand at these not-so-muggy money saving tactics, perfect for that newly empty evening slot . . .
SURVEYS AND SAVE: Taking part in online surveys may take time before you can earn – but you now have six hours a week free!
You can leave the telly on in the background. Sites such as Swagbucks, Valued Opinions and MySurvey are popular ways to pile up the pounds.
RACK UP RECEIPTS: If you are anything like me and have a purse or wallet full of receipts, use your hour to sort through them and earn some dosh.
Receipt Hog gives you tokens for uploading photos of them. If you have spent less than £10, you earn five coins, £10 to £50 gets you ten coins, £50 to £100 is 15 coins and £100-plus earns you 20 coins.
Once you have amassed 1,000 coins, you can swap them for PayPal credits and Amazon vouchers. Easy.
SOCIAL SELLS: You won’t be the only one feeling bored come 9pm. Thousands of others will be scrolling through social media to occupy their time. So take advantage of this.
Have a clear-out. Start small, with a few drawers or cupboards at a time, and sell anything you don’t need on sites such as Facebook Marketplace and Depop. Pounds straight in the piggy bank.
ENTER SUN SAVERS CODES: Gather up your Sun newspapers and make sure you are banking those Savers codes.
Members can use their spare time to scan or type in their codes. If you haven’t joined yet, head to sunsavers.co.uk or download the free app and start by entering the code at the bottom of today’s page.
Once you have entered 28 codes (you don’t have to enter them all at once) you will get a FREE fiver to spend however you want.
Members — and newbies starting now — could have an extra £30 to put towards Christmas presents.
Reader’s saving tip
JANET ROGERS, of Hornchurch in Essex, says: “Keep a slice of fresh apple or potato in your bread bin, as it stops the bread drying out.”
- Send us your tips to sunsavers.co.uk/tips and you will get 28 codes worth £5 if your tip is used. Please include your name and town.
Top swap
SLIP into Lidl and grab a fun water slide for the garden for just £7.99, , – a snip compared to the similar slide sold by TP Toys for £29.99.
SAVE: £22
My Sun Savers fiver
FRANCIS QUITHER, from Bellshill, North Lanarks, says: “I used my Sun Savers fivers to to buy us a floor-cleaning robot.”
- Send us your tips to sunsavers.co.uk/tips and you will get 28 codes worth £5 if your tip is used. Please include your name and town.
Shop & save
Boxes of Kellogg’s Special K are now just £2 at Tesco, usually £3.
SAVE: £1
Hot right now
GET 30% off your bill or 30% off your mains at restaurant chain, Prezzo, via Vouchercodes.co.uk.
Be quick so you don’t miss the opportunity.
Deal of the day
LISTERINE’S latest offer is a bit of all-white. Buy two of the promotional bottles and claim up to £50 to a hygienist scale-and-polish appointment. See packs for details.
SAVE: £50
Cheap treat
CHILL out with a tub of Halo Top Red Velvet ice cream – currently down from £5 to £3.50 at Morrisons.
SAVE: £1.50
Play now to win £50,000 on the Sun Savers Raffle
JOIN thousands of readers taking part in the new Sun Savers Raffle.
Every Sun Savers code you enter will earn you a ticket for our £50k monthly Raffle. And for every ten tickets you collect in a calendar month, you get a GOLDEN TICKET for our £80k Raffle, which takes place every three months, with the first one at the end of June.
There is no limit to how many tickets you can collect. So the more you enter, the better your chances.
To take part go to sunsavers.co.uk or open the Sun Savers app. Then opt in to each month’s Raffle by clicking “Yes!” when prompted and start collecting the Sun Savers codes printed daily in the paper.
Every time you scan or enter a code into Sun Savers, you get a Raffle ticket in the £50k Raffle.
Not yet a Sun Savers member? Just go to sunsavers.co.uk or find “Sun Savers” in the app store to get started.
Fancy a free fiver?
YOU can get FREE cash with super Sun Savers just for buying your favourite paper.
Our brilliant new rewards club will pay back our most loyal readers.
Just pick up the paper each day to collect your Sun Savers codes and we will GIVE YOU £5 when you have collected 28.
This isn’t a one-off and there is no limit to how much cash you can save.
For every 28 codes you enter, we will give you a fiver. So over the course of a year, that could add up to £65.
We are keeping it super-simple. You don’t have to enter codes from consecutive days, so don’t worry if you forget a day or two.
Download our easy Sun Savers app and quickly scan your code using your smartphone. Or go online and enter your code at sunsavers.co.uk.
To get you on your way, join today and we will put a bonus £1 in your Sun Savers wallet tomorrow. And the good news doesn’t stop with free cash.
With Sun Savers, we give you the best hacks, deals and tips to save money every single day.
TO JOIN: Don’t worry, folks — joining takes just 30 seconds, in three steps.
- All prices are correct at time of going to press. Deals and offers are subject to availability.