Nice Little Unexpected Savings

[19snapshot]

My son's school does a fundraiser where we buy gift cards/certificates and a percentage goes into an account we can use to pay for his extra-curricular activities. Some private schools do this for tuition. I just figured out today that CCL participates in the program. We got a $308 credit for paying off our cruise! That is nearly 1/3 of his activity fees for the year! I thought there may be someone else here whose school uses a similar program. It can't be used to pay taxes, tips or to bank an onboard credit. Still nice though.

[meluvtogocruise]

Are there several sponsors for this fundraiser or is Carnival the only one? If you could please post a little more info about the card I would appreciate it.

 

Very Cool for You!

 

Thanx

 

Mel

[19snapshot]

We buy grocery, gas, department store, hotel, and restaurant gift cards. Our school uses a vendor for this fundraiser called shopwithscrip dot com, but my friend's school uses a different vendor that is comparable. Most of the gas stations give 1.5-4%. Groceries are about 5-6%. Restaurants and hotels 9-11%. Department stores 3-6%. CCL 8%. It has basically been like free money for us. We haven't had to pay any out of pocket activity fees in two years.