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Get Out of the Bloody House!

Lately, I’ve been feeling friskier; cheekier. It can only mean one thing…summer is coming, and it’s time to figure out how to use these precious months wisely. After all, everyone wants to enjoy the weather and sunshine while they can, so how do you spend this valuable time? On what spectacular activity can you expect to get the most for the time investment? You could hang out at a beach, assuming you are coastal, but that is really cliché, and frankly, I think you deserve better.

This summer, get wild. I’m not talking about getting sloppy, bladdered-drunk and breaking your platform heel outside a pub. I’m taking about nature-wild. Trees. Mountains. Hiking.  Bug spray. Kayaking. Bears sniffing around your goods while you shiver, completely exposed, nearby in a

Say a Classy Thank You: Three Gift Ideas

For any gift occasion we face the challenge on giving the intended recipient something that they don’t already have but want. This makes gifts particularly challenging when giving to an older and/or more affluent crowd, as they tend to simply buy what they want when they want it (affluent) or have already gathered all their desires throughout their life (older). But there are a few choice gifts that will always bring a smile to a person’s face, a few tried and trusted, “can’t fail”, reliable presents. These tend to be gifts that delight our senses in one way or another, whether it is a delicious taste or smell. Here are three gift ideas that are perfect for a heartfelt thank you, but you may also use them to start planning for the holiday season.

1. Oddbins. The best part about

Party On: How to be a Successful Host


Hosting a successful party lies in the details and the planning. We’re talking invitations, venue, food, drink, favors, and more. Despite the world’s best intentions, and even better planning, the ultimate fate of the party’s success will lie in whether or not the guests have fun. The build-up to the party can have a lot to do with this. As a guest, there’s a big difference between receiving a somewhat inebriated text message at 22:30 on a Friday night reading “having party - plz drop by - bring beers and cigs” and receiving a custom-printed invitation with a picture of the host’s face calling for a celebration of a special event. That’s why we here at VoucherGurus thought we’d walk through a few ideas for how you can throw the party that your friends will measure all subsequent

Where to Shop and How to Save on Jeans

Buying jeans can be a complex task for even the most savvy shopper. However, throughout our lives we pick up some fundamental lessons in jeans shopping, such as whether we can wear high rise versus low rise, or skinny jeans make us look more like a pear and less like a celebrity, or perhaps we think flares should have stayed firmly in the 1970s, and should never have made a comeback again, and again, and again. Whatever our views, when shopping jeans there are a number of excellent stores out there, and of course VoucherGurus has plenty of ways you can save when it comes time to renew your denim.

At Acne they’ll let you be as traditional (see Her Basic Blue) or as wacky (see Kex Pleather) as you want, and of course you can try anything in between. I guess the beauty of being

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