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FREE starbucks coffee voucher available at all Starbucks Cafes in London this weekend
Get yourself down to a Starbucks between the 12th March to the 15th March, as Starbucks has thrown the guantlet down! They’re running a challenge to see if you can tell the difference between the normal colombia brew, and their new columbia VIA instant coffee, which they are marketing as almost like the real thing. Go on down and give both a try, and even if you walk away sceptical at least you’ll walk out that Starbucks door with a voucher for a free coffee next time you visit. More information here.

FREE coffee at all Giraffe outlets on Wednesdays before 10:30am
There is such a thing as a free coffee with ‘Wake Up Wednesdays’ all you need to do is pop in, say hello to the barista and order your free coffee (cappucino, latte, americano or teapigs herbal teas), say thanks then be on your merry way sipping a cup of the finest coffee around. Valid at branches all across London. One of the branches is at High Street Kensington
Terms and Conditions:
Valid from restaurant opening until 10.30am (check locations for individual opening times – they vary!)
ONE classic size cup per person, sorry you can’t take one for a friend!
Valid on Wednesdays only until 16th June 2010
Take out only

Free entry to (almost) ALL National Trust Properties
On the weekend of the 20-21 March 2010, the National Trust is offering free entry and parking to almost all its properties through England, Scotland, and Wales. There are few properties in London, although most of the spectacular ones (e.g. Castles) are outside major cities. Check out our National Trust Free Weekend article for the list of London properties and how to get the voucher.

Up to £25 off Wicked the Musical tickets!
Tickets for the musical Wicked at the Apollo Theatre in London are being offered at up to £25 off by lastminute.com! Tickets start from £15 and discounts can be gotten on the best available seats, including the stalls seats. There are rarely discounts for this ever popular musical for both kids and adults, so this is a unique opportunity to watch Wicked for cheap.

FREE box of fruits and nuts delivered to your door
Get a box of fresh fruits and nuts delivered to your desk at work, with your first one absolutely FREE and with no obligation to continue whatsoever. I’ve been using the company, Graze, for over 4 months now and never been disappointed… you state your preferences, and they deliver a different selection every week! Especially nice are the fresh cut pineapples, honey cashew nuts, and green olives. Click here to sign up and get your first box delivered free of charge.

10% off voucher for ANY hotel booking
The Hotels.com website is offering a special 10% discount on all hotel bookings through their website. Powered by Expedia, the Hotels.com booking website regularly throws up the best prices available and is the most user friendly. We voted it in the top 3 best hotel booking websites out there – and now you can get another 10% off their already low prices using this voucher code: AFVC21FP.

London Dungeon – 50% off RRP
For a limited time only, you can get tickets for the London Dungeon for only £10. The normal retail price is £21.95. Just click here, buy your tickets online, choose your date, and print the tickets out to show when you arrive.

The discounted tickets are valid any day, except on school holiday days.. They are general admission tickets, exactly the same as if bought at the venue itself. But this is hassle free and better than two for one (2-4-1) offers, and no need to mess around with vouchers!

Get a free month’s membership to TasteLondon
Taste London is a membership club offering discount dining at many London restaurants. The idea is that you pay for a year’s membership to the club, and it allows you to dine out at one of their restaurants for a discount, often half price or buy one get one free for main courses. While they have a long list of restaurants participating, most of them offer half price or BOGOF discounts through the free booking website TopTable, rendering this membership somewhat useless.

However, TasteLondon are offering a free month’s membership with no obligation to continue; you don’t have to provide any credit or debit card details so its strictly just a one month free trial if you so wish.

Two for One (2-4-1) tickets to many attractions in London
If you are traveling by rail/train into London, your train ticket is still valuable even after the journey! You can get two tickets for the price of one to many tourist attractions in London, for example Kew Gardens, Madame Tussauds, or the London Zoo among many others. The key is that your ticket must say that your journey ends at a London Terminal, and you must download and print the forms from the Days Out Guide website.

Bargain hotel rooms in London with Premier Inn!
Premier Inn are running a nationwide campaign where they have slashed the price of their rooms, so that they start from £29 . However, none of the hotels in central London offer this great rate, but there are still bargains to be had. For example, I managed to get the Premier Inn Kensington in Earl’s Court for only £49 a night, for a stay in late September! Although its only a 3 star hotel, it has been extremely well rated by customers (4 out of 5 stars on Tripadvisor, and ranked #158 out of 1,150 hotels in London!).  So for 49 pounds a night, you might not get 5 star amenities but you’re guaranteed a pretty decent and clean hotel room in quite a central location (Earl’s Court has the Piccadilly and District lines).

Pizza Express 2-4-1 Orange Wednesdays offer
Orange have been running their buy-one-get-one-free (a.k.a 2-for-1) offer for cinema tickets on Wednesdays for a few years now, but it has been extended to food as well! Get BOGOF on all main courses on Wednesdays at Pizza Express, as well as a free portion of garlic bread or dough balls for both diners. You need to print out this PDF voucher here, as well as text FILM to number 241 on your Orange mobile (both PAYG and contract phones valid) to get the Orange code.

See Film First
Want to be invited to preview screenings of movies before they are publicly released in the cinemas? And want to watch them for free?? See Film First is a company that works on behalf of all the major movie companies to hold preview and premiere screenings of upcoming films and movies. The reasoning behind is that they want to gauge consumer feedback to the movie by asking a few questions afterwards. Seems like a good deal to me; get to watch a movie for free before anyone else does, in exchange for giving some feedback afterwards! All you have to do is to sign up to be on their mailing list, and whenever they have preview screenings they will email you with a code which you can use on their website to get the free tickets.

Page last updated on 3rd March 2010