And now, the official Cities on the Cheap contest, South Florida-style.
To celebrate the national launch of Cities on the Cheap blogs, we’re giving away a few books about money by South Florida authors, plus a few Webkinz just because they’re cute and my brother sells them.
To enter the contest, add a comment to this post with your favorite On the Cheap tip for South Florida. It could be an upcoming free event, a place you like to visit that’s always free or cheap, an ongoing discount, a favorite happy hour, the best place for a cheap dinner, a favorite discount shopping site — you get the picture.
All valid posts from my five Florida sites will be entered into a random drawing, and the winners can choose their prizes.
We’re giving away three books, two music CDs and two Webkinz.: 1) Dave Barry’s Money Secrets Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?; 2) Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan: Keeping Your Money Safe and Sound; 3) Lucky You, by Carl Hiaasen, a novel about a lottery winner; 4) Meet Me In Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection, Jimmy Buffett CD; 5) Introducing Spam All-Stars CD; 6) Webkinz Bullfrog; 7) Webkinz Clydesdale.
If your tip is from Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, the Florida Keys or elsewhere in Florida, you can enter your comment at one of these sites:
Miami FL on the Cheap
Palm Beach on the Cheap
Florida Keys on the Cheap
Florida on the Cheap
The contest is open through midnight Eastern time Friday, March 20. Contestants must be over 13, and those between 13 and 18 need their parents’ permission to enter. Entrants must provide a valid email address, and winners will be notified by email. Only those entries that include a cheap tip will be entered in the drawing. Comments are moderated, so will not appear immediately.

1 comment
Ken says:
March 19, 2009 at 10:09 am (UTC -4)
I think it is safe to say that if you are shopping for necessities, or consumables in Florida the odds are that you will do so at one of these 5 stores Publix, Walmart, Walgreens, CVS or Winn-Dixie.
Before going to any of these stores check the following blogs which are updated often with deals and coupons relating to these particular stores:
http://fiddledeedeeblog.blogspot.com/ for Publix
http://iheartwags.com/ for Walgreens
http://delicious.com/er1ca/iheartcvs for CVS
http://www.moneysavingmom.com/money_saving_mom/
For Walmart
http://www.thriftyfloridamama.net/ For Winn-Dixie
My other tip would be that if you are staying in Florida for more than 2 or 3 days it is worthwhile to buy the Entertainment Book for the city that you are visiting.