SPLURGING on a one-off item can set you back hundreds – so why not rent it instead?
You can now hire everything from clothing to gardening equipment for reasonable prices. You just have to know where to look.
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If you need to make a short-term saving for long-term gain, read our top tips.
DRESS TO IMPRESS: With the party season approaching, buying a dress you might only wear once is a waste.
Consider hiring an outfit instead to make an impression while keeping to a budget. At hirestreetuk.com, you can rent outfits from your fave high street brands from as little as £10. Hire a Lavish Alice dress worth £80 for just £15.
Plus, sign up to their newsletter and get £5 off your first hire.
Check out hire companies By Rotation and Hurr for more designer pieces.
SAVE: up to £70
MAKE A CLEAN GETAWAY: Cleaning equipment can be expensive, with professional carpet cleaners costing from around £400. Did you know you can rent carpet cleaners on the high street?
B&Q offers Rug Doctor machines from £23 for 24 hours. You will also need some detergent, from £11 for a litre. But that’s still a lot cheaper than splashing out on a machine that you won’t use that often.
SAVE: up to £356
CUT TO IT: A garden clean-up before winter shouldn’t cost much. If you can’t afford large equipment, ask neighbours if they can lend you theirs.
Try the Nextdoor app or similar to borrow items. A Bosch electric lawnmower is £140 at Argos, or rent a mower from £10 a day at fatllama.com.
SAVE: Up to £130
GET YOUR GAME ON: PlayStation and Xbox games whack the wallet but kids get bored of them quickly.
Instead, head to boomerangrentals.co.uk where, for £10.99 a month, you can hire top Xbox and PS5 games, get unlimited rentals and priority on new games.
That beats paying at least £30 per title at Game.
SAVE: at least £19
PRICES correct at time of going to press. Deals and offers subject to availability.
Deal of the day
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WHIP up a hot choc with the Tassimo & Cadbury hot pods, usually £3.50 each but get two packs for £6 at Asda.
SAVE: £1 when buying two
Cheap treat
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MAKE your own cocktails with the help of a bottle of Cointreau, 50cl, for £13, down from £15 at Morrisons.
SAVE: £2
What’s new
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WINE wouldn’t you want Lidl’s big new offer? The supermarket is now selling its award-winning Spanish Baturrica Gran Reserva and Heredad Ducel Tempranillo in magnum (1.5l) bottles for just £9.99 each.
Top swap
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LOOK wide awake with the Botanics All Bright Refreshing Eye Roll-On 15ml from Boots, above, now £6.74.
Or get yourself to Savers, which has the Simple Kind To Eyes Revitalising Eye Roll-On 15ml, below, for £1.
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SAVE: £5.74
Giselle’s little helper
LEARN for free! Skillshare has launched the Furlough100 scholarship offering 100 people the chance to gain new skills.
Recipients get free access for a year to more than 30,000 video-based classes on topics including entrepreneurship, graphic design and photography.
Apply at skillshare.com/scholarships.
Shop and save
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GET the kids a Frozen bean bag from Aldi.co.uk, now £17.49, was £22.99.
SAVE: £5.50
Hot offer
EYE spy two pairs of glasses from just £16 at glassesdirect.co.uk.
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