Originally Posted By gaydsnywitch I'm thinking about getting my first ever Entertainment book. My first questions is whether most of the offers are 2-for-1. I'm single and I don't yet have any friends in Tucson, so two-fers really wouldn't do me any good. My other question: if I get the local Tucson book, can I still use it for Anaheim hotel discounts? Thanks.
Originally Posted By goodgirl I used to buy these all the time but haven't in the last few years. The main reason was that the restaurants were always the same ones from year to year and yet they weren't the restaurants we enjoyed going to. Also, sometimes you had to be there before 6:00 pm or after 8:00 pm for the top of the line restaurants or it couldn't be on a Friday or Saturday. Some of the coupons are two for one but some of them allow for a 50% discount. My advice is to look through one and read what the coupons have to offer. How long will it take to make up the money you spend on the book. The discount on the motel/hotel "sometiems" works in other cities. Read the fine print on the coupon. Or, call the hotel in Anaheim and ask if they honor the card or coupon from your Tuscon book. I have friends who buy the book only to use the airline coupons and the lodging coupons and nothing else because they save a lot of money. There are usually other coupons in the book too: pharmacy, dry cleaning, auto servies, etc.
Originally Posted By beamerdog I agree with goodgirl to get a copy and see if the coupons make it worthwhile. the quality of my area's book has really declined - not a whole lot of restaurants in my county - most are downstate. I got a free one with automatic check payments for my paper, so I basically got what I paid for, lol.
Originally Posted By goodgirl Another thing to do is check when they are on sale. Usually a few months into the year, the price will drop, sometimes 50%.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP I do know that your Tucson book ent. card does work at Hojos in Anahiem.
Originally Posted By avromark As well I've found the lodging discounts to be a lot more hit and miss, one of the hotel chains my company has an "Executive Traveler" (Where's my Executive pay?!) rate for seems to almost never offer Entertainment rates, that said I almost always stay at Marriott's now since Starwood has soured on me. Good luck getting lots of discounts, gosh knows we all need a break.
Originally Posted By gaydsnywitch Thanks everyone. I was looking at the difference in price at Hojos and if I stayed when they were offering the entertainment rate, the book would pay for itself in one stay.
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins Our Entertainment book was big but I found the coupons were to obscure restaurants all over the city! We're talking miles away. It's okay if you're in the area and looking for somewhere to eat. But it would be nice to have a coupon to Keg. The really popular restaurants don't need to have coupons to get customers. Still, I do love to have coupons!
Originally Posted By DlandJB I don't get them anymore because I always forgot to check and see if someplace we were going or something we were doing was in the book. We wasted it. Didn't want to do it anymore.
Originally Posted By LuLu I buy the book for HoJo's stays. It's definitely worth it! I haven't even looked for coupons in the book for several years! If I go out to eat, I just tend to go where I like But I believe the if hotel discounts require presenting the "card", it wouldn't make any difference which area's book you have - I bet all the cards look the same anyway.
