How to Fund your Nights out on the Town!

So you want to party, but you’re also on a budget – this applies to almost everyone these days, whether you are a uni student, and apprentice, a parent or a professional, we all want to have fun but we also want to get its at a good price.

Here are a few tips, in no particular order, which I’ve picked up over the years:

1: Know who is keen to party with you and where they like to go out.

This helps with getting the right offers at the right places and also gives you an idea of how many people you will be out with, which is always the first thing most service providers will want to know.

2: Eat & have pre drinks together at someone’s house.

This applies whether you are a struggling student or a high flying professional. Dinner at someone’s house with “pre drinks” allows you to get everyone together, formulate a great plan for the night and also save quite a few dollars on food & drinks once you are out & about

3: Designated Driver Rewards

Having designated drivers for your group will massively reduce cost for everyone and also keep your crew safe when they are out. Use big cars that can fit 5 people – this means that 80% of the group will be in full party mode. Also make friends with people who don’t drink – they are often happy to drive every single week! Finally, reward designated drivers from go to whoa. Make it clear that they pay for nothing all night and give them petrol money as well. Don’t say “ill pay you back by drinking next time. When you drive they will pay for your night out. This includes club entry, and even fast food at the end of the night.

4: Shop for Offers

When you know where all your people want to go, shop the venues to see what they offer of you come in as a group. A lot of bars & clubs will give you extra love if your organize a booking in  advance. Make a quick email template with how many people, what night and what time you want to go out and Google all the clubs, bars, pubs and other places ou want to go to. Get an email address and hit it up with your email template. Then just wait and see who responds with good offers, and let your crew know what offers are on the table for the big night out!

5: Let people shop you!

Join up to the communication channels that the venues you and your crew frequent use to market their wares. Join their membership database, their Facebook page and their twitter feed. Also subscribe to 3^rd party offer lists like groupon and living social. Scan the offers and when good ones come up, get involved.

6: Make a good impression and create personal ties

When you go out to venues that you and your crew really like, take the time listen to and speak with the staff there – whether it’s the manager, the hosts, the DJs or the security guards, make the time to chat and swap numbers with a few people at each place. You can then hit these people up next time you go out – they can often get you much better offers that what you will get as a member or via an email!