Going out for the day as a couple or family is becoming less of the norm for many as prices of day tickets and parking charges eat into household budgets, let alone the cost of grabbing a hot drink or a bite to eat whilst there. I've managed to save double the amount I would normally spend on days out using a specific membership card.
Since signing up, my boyfriend and I have had free access to parks, stately homes, and avoided hefty car parking charges on a handful of popular nature walks and woodlands, and it's all down to having a National Trust Membership card.
As a young couple saving to buy our first home we've really started to cut down on how much we spend and certainly don't do lavish dates and weekends away, but it's near enough impossible (in our opinion) to find things to do cheaply at a time when the price of everything is going up.
