May 24, 2013

Love those deals

Saving money is something that everyone loves to do; you can’t deny it. People are always searching for new ways to save money here and there and looking to experience new things within their local area so we thought we would put together a review of a highly rated deal comparison website known as LoveOnlineDeals.com that is exclusively available to the UK.

About the website.

LoveOnlineDeals.com describes itself as a completely unique and free to use web based service designed specifically to enable deal hungry users (such as our self) to keep an easy track on all the great group buying daily deals on offer to them within their city or location of choice. We noticed that most deals featured on the site have on average savings between 50-90% on a whole range of activities within the health, food, leisure and fashion industries.

Navigating throughout the site as well is beyond user friendly, with a nice simple layout, straight to the point and it contains no extra added promotional hype forcing you to buy or try the deals.One more use full point that should be noted is that the website features a daily email feature, where you can sign up to your location and be sent the deals available to you on a daily basis which can be enjoyed reviewing over your morning coffee.

What we thought.

Group buying is very popular and can get users some really great deals. Compared to many of their competitors we quite like this site as it tries to stay on track without loads of extra advertising. They are obviously keen to get you to sign up but as its free to do so we don’t see any harm in getting an email a day from them. If you are looking for some good regional deals why not have a look at the website and see what you think.

 

Find a New Flatmate or House Share

Find a new flatmateFor many people renting somewhere to live is the only option, particularly if they are taking a job in a new city or town and don’t know how it will go so we thought we’d put together a review of one of the best flatmate and house share websites available, called Spareroom.co.uk we’ve taken a bit of time to look at the site and also checked out feedback from users.

About The Website

Spareroom has been specifically designed to put renters in touch with each other, the one thing you notice about the site is that it is about people rather than places which we liked. Users can either advertise a room or post a room request by simply registering on the site. The profiles for each let you set preferences such as pets etc as well as tell accommodation hunters what the costs are.

Searching the website is really easy and you can do it without registering (which is free anyway!!), just put in what you are looking for and where and hey presto the right sort of places come up.

The added advantage to using the site rather than just going to a traditional letting agency is that it gives you a chance to check out your potential housemates.

What We Thought

We liked the spareroom.co.uk website as it was very easy to use and has thousands (if not millions of users) so the choice is endless. The searches are pretty easy to use and the amount of information you can access is spot on which means no more endless wandering from rental agent to rental agent. We’ve made the website one of top rated and it’s the first for 2011 !!!

If you are looking for a new place to live and want to hook up with people who share your ideals take a look at spareroom.co.uk.

 

Claim Back For Late Tube Journeys

Claim back for late tube journeysDid you know that if your Tube is late by just 15 minutes you are entitled to a full refund for the journey? No, well we didn’t either and there are loads of times we’ve been stuck in a rather cramped tube between stations so we thought we’d give a quick mention to a website that aims to get tube users money back. Called Mytubewaslate.com we think it’s a great idea and have even added it to our Top Rated Websites for this month.

About The Website
The first thing you need to know about Mytubewaslate.com is that it is totally free to use and will actually save you a small fortune. If you are a regular Tube user you will be aware that from time to time (cough) tubes are late and can mean that you miss a meeting or even get into trouble at work so the website has brought in a very easy to use process to claim back the cost of your journey if you use an Oyster card or season ticket so here is how it works.

Simply register for free on the Website and then next time you are on the Tube check how long your journey should take (if it is on time)you will then know for the future if the journey is running late and if you can make a claim. All you then do is every time the Tube is late simply go to Mytubewaslate.com and sign in and their system will print you out the claim form to make a claim, or even better it will submit the form online for you. As an added bonus the site also emails you every time your journey is delayed so even if you forget to check on the day they give you a reminder.

What We Think
We think Mytubewaslate.com is a brilliant idea, not only does it help passengers claim back money for poor service but it will encourage Transport For London to get it’s act into gear. There is absolutely no effort on the users part, simply register and log on and then post off the claim form or submit it online (To a freepost address as well !!!).

If you are fed up with late tubes check out Mytubewaslate.com and claim back a small fortune.

A New Website in Exchange For …….

Get a new website for freeHere at What’s Good On The Web we get asked to review a number of websites that don’t really make the grade so we thought it might be a good idea to point our readers towards a website design company that is developing websites for those on a limited budget.

Called Graftweb.co.uk these guys are offering to design and build new websites for customers based on a barter system, so not necessarily cash, and we’ve done a little bit more digging for you.

Basically what Graftweb.co.uk is offering to do is build websites based on open source content management systems (or SEO or online PR services) and in return customers can offer to trade anything they have, this can include anything from office space through to advertising and promotional opportunities.

We talked through the process with Jay McGregor of Graftweb and he explained the process in a bit more detail.

“What we are doing is giving companies the opportunity to swap things they already have for something they need – a new website. Tight budgets mean that often a new website is put on hold when it is actually one of the most important marketing and sales tools for the company,” said Jay.

“Working with Graftweb means that companies can access everything from website design through to online PR that generate sales without having to stump up cash.”

Graftweb will pretty much take anything in exchange for a new website or any of their other services and according to Jay the list is endless so we’d recommend any of our readers who need a new website but possibly can’t afford it at the moment to have a chat with the team at Graftweb.co.uk. Because we think their idea is a good one, especially in these economic times, we’ve added them to our top rated list.

Organise Your Weekend Walk

Plan your route around townGoing for a walk does not mean you have to get out the walking boots and rucksack. For may who live in towns and cities throughout the UK there are loads of parks or just interesting architecture to admire so we’ve decide to put together a review of Walkit.com, an urban walking route planner.

About The Website
There are loads of uses of Walkit.com, whether you are just planning a quick way to walk to your next meeting in the city when there is a tube strike or want a more leisurely stroll around town. The site itself is very simple to use, you just select the town or city nearest to you and then enter the postcodes to a from. There are a number of selections you can make including if you want a direct or less busy route and the website gives you an easy to follow breakdown of the route.

That’s Google Maps! we hear you say, well no compared to Google the Walkit.com site provides a much better breakdown of the route as well as options to choose and also you can plan a circular route if you want to as well as seeing a profile of the route to see if it is hilly or not.

In addition to the route planner they have also added a feature where users can share routes they plan which is ideal if you are planning a walk with a group of friends.

What We Think
We really liked the way Walkit.com gives quite a bit of flexibility to the route plans as well as provides a very detailed breakdown of the walk. We’re adding Walkit.com to our top rated list for this month as we think it is user friendly and an ideal way to plan walking routes with ease.

For more information please take a look at Walkit.com

New Website Launch – Salewhale.co.uk

Watch prices changeFor anyone who shops online one of the most frustrating things can be you buy something and then just a few days later it comes down in price so we’ve put together a review of a brand new website called Salewhale.co.uk that monitors any website for price changes and then alerts you when the price comes down.

About The Website
For anyone who is an ebay user they will be familiar with price watching but for those who aren’t its basically monitoring a price of something for sale online and when it changes to the amount you want to pay a system alerts you. Salewhale.co.uk has been set up to monitor all websites rather than just ebay and works as follows. You enter the web address of the product you want to follow – it could be say a jumper on Next – you tell the system the current price and then it watches out for price reductions. Whenever the product drops by more than 10% of the initial price the system emails you saving a small fortune.

We checked out Salewhale on a few things that we knew were dropping in price over the next few days and found the system pretty accurate. You don’t pay anything to use the service and all they ask is that you click on the link they send you rather than go direct to the sellers website as they make a small commission (it doesn’t cost you anything).

What We Think
We really liked salewhale.co.uk and have decided to add it to our top rated list for the month. It’s ideal for all those non essential purchases or expensive things that you can wait a little time for and as the service is totally free there is no reason not to use it.

If you are looking to bag a bargain or two then we suggest you have a look at salewhale.co.uk