25th November 2022

What to do if you overdraft

Going into your overdraft can be a scary thing.

Like most of us living in a modern day slot machine of a financial economy 🎰 we can’t predict the inevitable.

But with the right game plan and a bit of positive thinking, you can totally save yourself, from well... yourself

💀It happens💀

19th January 2022

Cleo Budget FAQs

💡 Setting up your budget only take 2 minutes thanks to Cleo’s intelligent AI. You’ll need to sign up, log in and connect your bank in order for this thing to work.

Skip to:

🪜 How to set up a budget

🎓 FAQs about my budget

🦩 Do I need a monthly or paycheck budget?

💡 Tips for having a budget that works

🛠 Troubleshooting

It’s recommended you use the bank account you do most of your spending in i.e where income gets paid, bills come out and general life things. And yes, you can connect to more

MoneySavingExpert.com • 12th March 2021

Beauty Pie – can you ditch the high-end products for cut-price alternatives?

Prices can fluctuate due to demand, supplier and shipping costs etc, so you may find your favourite beauty product is one price one month, and then it's gone up or down the next. This isn't normally by a huge amount, but it's worth remembering before you unknowingly add it back into your basket next time. Colours and shades of makeup can also vary, depending on demand.

Beauty Pie gives each item on its site two prices: a ‘Member Price’ and a ‘Typical Price’.

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MoneySavingExpert.com • 26th January 2021

10 takeaway and delivery food tips

Incl how to find codes, find the best deals on a weekday & more

Where there's a will, there's a takeaway, and right now, staying in is the new going out. Of course, the cheapest way to eat is to cook it (I hear you 'fake-away' fans), but sometimes we just want a treat. If that's you, sink your teeth into this round-up of top takeaway and delivery tips.

Are you craving for a saving? I'm at your delivery service. I'll help you work out if it's cheaper to go direct to a restaurant or use the like

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MoneySavingExpert.com • 28th September 2020

Amazon Warehouse – get returned items or mildly damaged products for knock-down prices

Amazon Warehouse – get returned items or mildly damaged products for knock-down prices For example, £84 trike for £44, £30 off a Nespresso machine, £250 off an HP laptop

Ever wonder where your purchased goods go when you return them? It may be news to you that Amazon has its own little Aladdin's cave – Amazon Warehouse* – full of preowned, used or open box products, all for a discounted price. MoneySavers rave about it, but can one customer's return really be someone else's treasure?

Those who

MoneySavingExpert.com • 21st July 2020

Costa, KFC, McDonald's, Nando's & more up to 12.5% off – who is and isn't passing on the recent VAT cut

VAT is a tax on businesses which is normally added to the price, so they don't have to pass the saving onto customers, it's completely up to each outlet – and of course, if you're not happy with any outlet that isn't, you've the choice to go elsewhere.

While most of the major chains we've contacted are reducing menu prices, not all are passing on the full VAT discount – which maths fans will have worked out is 12.5% off. Some aren't cutting prices at all, including Toby Carvery and Fridays, whi

MoneySavingExpert.com • 18th February 2020

What's the best £1 you've ever spent? From a corner sofa on eBay to a box of fish fingers that won a wedding dress, I asked what MoneySavers did with a quid

What's the best £1 you've ever spent? From a corner sofa on eBay to a box of fish fingers that won a wedding dress, I asked what MoneySavers did with a quid

Recently, I went all out and decided to buy a battery-powered milk frother for £1. This small exchange of my small change booked me a one-way ticket to frothy town, and I've floated around since in a bubbly, silky, oat milk heaven. I turned to my editor and said: "I think that's the best £1 I've ever spent."

I bought it from Ikea (in case

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MoneySavingExpert.com • 7th April 2020

Dating at a distance – MSE Becky's four-step MoneySaving plan

Including free dating apps, where to 'meet', and free or cheap fun date ideas

Reports suggest there's been a boom in online dating over the past couple of weeks – after all, following your heart needn't take you further than your front door if you can find it on your screen. Virtual dating may seem like something out of an episode of Black Mirror, but since bars, a picnic, or Nando's are off-limits for a date, it's going to be the new norm for many for a little while.

Step one - Find a date us

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MoneySavingExpert.com • 3rd September 2019

How I survived my nightmare yoga holiday... then claimed ALL of my money back

I needed a holiday, and every fibre in my body was telling me to go frolic with nature. Trees. Birds. Frogs. Puppies. Anything. I didn't have anyone to go with and nor did I have any clue where to go. So like any millennial, I went to my mum and asked what to do: "Go on a singles holiday", she said. Go alone? And a lone wolf I was. I typed into the web, 'yoga retreat for single people', as I love yoga and my single st