This article features the advice of our our Savings Stars. Our RetailMeNot Savings Stars panel is made up of master couponers and bargain hunters who share their personal journeys and expert advice with us every month. Learn more from them here.
There’s plenty of savings advice floating around out there, some of it reputable, some of it not. The “not” part is why we created our Saving Stars panel, made up of shopping pros. Some of them are the very people who submit coupons and promo codes to our site every day (meaning they know a thing or two about how to find discounts). Some of them are our blog writers, who have racked up years of expertise in shopping and budgeting.
Every month, we ask these savvy Savings Stars a question. Their answers will help you level up your shopping game.
This Month’s Question: Which Sale Do You Always Look Forward To?
Since summer is a big time for sales (Bath & Body Works Semi-Annual sale, Walmart+ Week, Amazon Prime Day and more), so we asked our panel which sales they put on their shopping calendars every year.
Maria Lalonde, budget travel expert
I look forward to Sephora’s VIB sales more than most holidays (the less exciting ones, anyway, like Groundhog Day and Daylight Savings Time). As a VIB-level member of the makeup brand’s Beauty Insider club (jealous?) I get a 15% off sitewide discount, plus perks like 30% off Sephora Collection items. Sephora tends to run VIB sales in the spring, summer and around the holidays. These savings events are typically only open to members of its Beauty Insiders rewards program — which you can sign up for for free in seconds.
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Hayley Brown, RetailMeNot couponer
I look forward to more than one sale these days:
1. The day after Halloween sale at Spirit Halloween. Last year they did an unheard of 50% off storewide. EVERYTHING. As a spooky woman, this is my home decor shopping season.
2. The halfway-to-Halloween sales that begin at the end of April/beginning of May for online horror boutiques. This year I scored fantastic percentages off of items from Life After Death Designs that I have been window shopping for since last year. And I am never not wanting something from Em & Sprout so I snagged things from there too. It pays (or saves as it were) to be on the email lists for the heads up.
3. The Bath & Body Works Candle Day Sale! As someone who likes to keep a 3-wick burning on her work-from-home desk, they never get any cheaper than Candle Day. There’s a limit of 24 candles for $9.95 each and it is so worth it to stock up every couple of years.
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Aly Walansky, eating-well-on-a-budget expert
You might laugh but…
I REALLY love the Shoprite Can Can sale. It’s been a biannual tradition since before I was born (I think it began in the early ’70s), and it’s an event that happens in winter (usually just after the December holidays, in early January) and again in July. During this sale, the supermarket chain does steep discounts on shelf-stable items like canned tomatoes, beans, rice, pasta, but also on stuff like tuna fish and cans of broth. The sales are insane, especially if you plan ahead and buy in bulk — as, often, buying, say, a case of something will be cheaper than the sale on individual cans. We’re talking canned vegetables for like 50 cents a can, and the big cans of canned tomatoes for under $1. It’s a great time to stock up and I always do — it really feels like a special occasion!
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Lisa McCulley, RetailMeNot couponer
I look forward to the Cyber Monday Amazon sale! I load up my cart with everything from all departments, the day before or earlier. The day of the sale, I can’t wait to click on my cart and see which items are part of the sale! Amazon will recommend similar items that are part of the sale, too. So if a pair of boots I had in my cart are not part of the sale, Amazon shows me others I might like at a better price. It’s a win-win!
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