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Free eats, treats and fun things to do through Labor Day
Free membership to Weather Underground ($10 value)
Free 1-year membership in Coupons.com Savings Club ($30 value)
AAA offers free tipsy tow service on Labor Day

Free eats, treats and fun things to do through Labor Day

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 07:00 AM PDT

You won't have to work hard to score Labor Day savings with our roundup of freebies and deals on dining and fun things to do around South Florida.

Be sure to check back through Monday. We'll be updating the list all weekend.

ARRIVE ALIVE

AAA Tipsy Tow Service: The American Automobile Association's Tow to Go program. The offer is open on Monday, Sept. 3, to everyone, no membership required, but should only be used as a last resort.

TREATS & EATS

Romano's Macaroni Grill is offering a Facebook coupon on its fan page for buy-one-get-one free meals through Monday. Bonus: Get a $15 statement credit on a $50 purchase when you pay with a synced American Express card through the Link, Like, Love program or with a Fouquare.com check-in. The offers expire Monday.

Carrabba's Italian Grill: Save $10 with purchase of any entree; expires Sept. 30.

Denny's: Save 20 percent off your total check; expires Wednesday.

Burger King is selling Real Fruit Smoothies for $1 on Friday through Monday. The Miami-based fast food chain is offeing the cool deal on three fruity flavors: Strawberry Banana, Tropical Mango or Raspberry.

IKEA is offering free eats on Saturday through Monday with home furnishing purhcase. The store will deduct your restaurant receipt total from any home furnishings purchase of $100 or more, before taxes. You must buy and eat in the restaurant; the offer's not valid in the Bistro, market or on purchase of gift cards. There are locations in Sunrise and Orlando.

Firehouse Subs giving away a free medium sub when you buy a sub, chips and medium drink with a coupon good at particpating locations. Print it now!

Smokey Bones: Save $5 off $15 purchase; expires Monday.

Boston Market: Save 50 percent on a any family meal with a coupon good Monday only.

Hooters: Get 20 boneless wings for $9.99 on when you dine in. The offer's good Monday only.

FREE & CHEAP FUN

Bank of America's Museum on Us Program lets you visit nine South Florida museums for free on Saturday and Sunday with a BOA or Merrill Lynch credit or debit card. On the list: Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Miami Children's Museum and the South Florida Science Museum in West Palm Beach, among others.

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers take on the Tampa Bay Rowdies at 7:30 Saturday at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. Save $4 per ticket and save $2 on fajitas with a text coupon compliments of Palm Beach County Pollo Tropical restaurants. Game tickets normally cost $10.

Bonnet House Museum and Gardens in Fort Lauderdale is offering half-off admission for Family Fun Day on Saturday. Admission is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors, and children 12 and younger are free. Hours and address at at BonnetHouse.org.

Regal Premium Experiences: $6 movies ($5 for Regal Crown Members) for "Dark Night Rises," "Marvel's The Avengers," "The Amazing Spider-Man 3D," and "The Hunger Games," at RPX theaters in Miami and Royal Palm Beach. Offer ends Sept. 6.

Butterfly World in Coconut Creek is offering $7 off up to six admissions with a Facebook coupon on its fan page. The deal is good through Tuesday.

AmeriGas Propane is offering up to $6 off propane tank refills with a coupon and mail in rebate.

Three ways to keep up with the latest deals: "Like" our Sentinel Deals page on Facebook; follow Doreen Christensen on Twitter@PrettyGoodIdeas and sign up for Deals text alerts.

Free membership to Weather Underground ($10 value)

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 05:31 AM PDT

Get a free one-year membership to Weather Underground with a promo code. A membership usually costs $10 and offers faster loading, ad-free content.

During the recent storm threat, you may have seen The Weather Channel's Bryan Norcross feature Wunderground meteorologists and hurricane specialists tracking forecasting the storm. (The Weather Channel acquired Wunderground in July.)

Once you join, track every kind of condition on the interactive Wundermap and get severe weather forecase and alerts. The site's community of weather geeks is impressive with a network of 23,000 personal weather stations in the U.S. and 13,000 around the world. This offers users the most localized weather conditions available. Also, check out WunderPhotosand the WunderBlog by founder Dr. Jeff Masters.

Click here for the deal. Use code NEH55.

Three ways to keep up with the latest deals: "Like" our Sentinel Deals page on Facebook; follow Doreen Christensen on Twitter@PrettyGoodIdeas and sign up for Deals text alerts.

Free 1-year membership in Coupons.com Savings Club ($30 value)

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 05:06 AM PDT

Get a free yearly membership in the Coupons.com Savings Club for a birthday promotion. A 12-month membership which offers access to high-value coupons, usually costs $30.

The members' only section of the site promises higher-value coupons than what you normally get at the free Coupons.com site along with "first dibs on top offers."

I signed up to try it out and see if it helps me save more. Note, you must sign up with a credit card, so you'll automatically be billed $30 for renewal next year.

Click here for the deal. Use promo code BIRTHDAY.

Three ways to keep up with the latest deals: "Like" our Sentinel Deals page on Facebook; follow Doreen Christensen on Twitter@PrettyGoodIdeas and sign up for Deals text alerts.

AAA offers free tipsy tow service on Labor Day

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 09:33 AM PDT

Don't get behind the wheel and drive drunk after indulging on Labor Day.

Instead, arrive alive and get a free tow home from the American Automobile Association's Tow to Go program. The offer is open on Monday, Sept. 3, to everyone, no membership required, but should only be used as a last resort. The offer is based on availability of trucks and call volumes.

Call 1-800-AAA-Help and a tow truck will deliver you and your vehicle home safely, no charge and no questions asked. The free service, a partnership between AAA and Budweiser, is 100 percent confidential.

In 2011, AAA received 3,000 calls; more than 18,000 intoxicated drivers have used Tow to Go vs. since the program began in 1998, according to a press release.

Free Tow to Go coverage is offered in Florida, Georgia and parts of Tennessee.

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GRT FREE STUFF!!!!

Saturday, September 1, 2012