Thrifty NW Mom

Restaurant.com is offering 80% off of gift certificates! They have certificates for different amounts, but the most popular gift certificate right now is the $25 gift certificate which you can buy for $10. With the 80% off coupon code, the final price for the gift certificate is just $2. The coupon code is: DATE and will be good from January 26 until January 31st.

Here’s how it works:

• Head to Restaurant.com and put in your zip code
• Search for all the restaurants in your area (or if you’re going on vacation to a new area, etc).
• Add those restaurants into your cart and head to checkout when you’re done.
• Use the coupon code: DATE at checkout and hit “apply” to get your 80% discount.
• You’ll then receive the 80% off discount on all of your purchases!
• You can either print off your gift certificates right then or just wait until you’re ready to use them & log into your account to print them off.

When using the $25 gift certificate, you do need to typically spend a minimum of $35 (excluding alcohol), read the fine print as there are some restaurants requiring a $50 minimum. For a $35 minimum, you’ll spend $10 plus the $1 for the certificate = $11. You’ll also pay the gratuity on the whole amount or they will add a 18% gratuity to the original amount. (It will explain all of that in the fine print before you buy – make sure you read all the exclusions).

Example:

• Spend $35 on your meal
• Use $25 Restaurant.com gift certificate
• 18% gratuity on $35 dinner (most restaurants will add the 18% gratuity, if not, you’ll need to pay tip on the original amount before gift certificate)
• Pay $10 + $6.35 for gratuity (if at 18%)
• + $2 for cost of Restaurant.com gift certificate
• Total Cost: $18.35 + tax

If you shop thru Ebates, you’ll get an additional 15% cash-back, too!

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