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Hi All,

Just wondered if anyone else saw the Tonight program this evening on ITV?

Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis was teaching 14-15 year olds about personal finances and good debt/bad debt.

The main thing they were looking at is the true cost of credit cards and their enthusiasm for the challenges was great.

They went home and applied what they had learnt to their parents finances. Between them they saved their parents £5K! It really was good and just shows that personal finance education would be a great addition to the curriculum. It's just a shame Martin Lewis can't do this in every school.

Hi Hels

I did not see this but saw the advert for it.

I think it's a fab idea. Children should definitely be educated at an early age on the dangers of debt. The level of debt in Britain is alarming,

I agree with programmes like this but I think a lot of our problems was based on keeping up with modern living I am afraid and not accepting second best because of what others think!

It would be interesting to see how the next generation cope with finance or will they make the same mistake!

Hello Hels,

I am glad you mentioned Martin Lewis. I was reading one of his articles the other day and I was pleased to see there were ways to save money on theme parks and other days out. I have a 7 year old son and it is difficult to keep kids entertained during school holidays. I thought I share this article with you all.


"Take a family to a theme park and/or historic site and you'll spend a fortune. Yet there are a whole host of ways to cut the cost, usually with 2for1 deals, or cut price vouchers.
Use your Tesco Clubcard points to get cheap tickets

For those who shop at Tesco, there's a way to get ultra-cheap days out. If you've collected up Tesco Clubcard vouchers on spending, there are two routes to redeeming them, spend them instore or spend them on Tesco Clubcard deals.

The real MoneySaving route is spending them on ‘deals' as while a £5 voucher only gets you a £5 discount if used in Tesco itself, it's worth four times that when spent on deals.

Currently these deals cover over 100 days out, such as Alton Towers, Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Chessington World of Adventures. For example £7 in Clubcard vouchers buys you one ticket to Alton Towers, usually £30.

For tips on maximising your Clubcard points read Loyalty Schemes: tricks to improve your stash and Credit Card Reward Schemes: Find the very best payers.

London 2for1 days out loophole

There's a sneaky loophole to get 2for1 tickets for a whole bunch of London attractions (e.g. the Zoo & Madame Tussaud's) through National Rail's Go By Train scheme. The catch is you need that day's valid train ticket, yet as the saving can be up to £25, even if you're not using the train you can get a cheap single for £2ish and still qualify to save up to £25.

For example a one way ticket from a Central London station (e.g. Marylebone for Tussauds/London Zoo) is £1.90, but entry to Madame Tussaud's is £23 – a £21 saving. You can print as many vouchers as you like and currently offers are valid ‘til 30 Sept 2007."



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