Taos On The Cheap

Pay $1 for 3 Redbox DVD movie rentals. Three movies normally cost $3 so you’re basically scoring two rentals free. You get three rental codes and can use them at Redbox machines nationwide until June 1, 2011. The offer is only for DVD rentals, it’s not good for video games or Blu-ray rentals. To get the $1 Redbox DVD offer, click on the offer box at the top of the Groupon page at the link.  Quantities are limited, available as long as supplies last until Tuesday March 1.

You still have to swipe your credit card when redeeming the codes, in case you keep the movie out for more than one night (return time is by 9 pm next day). So be sure to return the DVD on time to get the best bargain out of the deal!

FYI – I’ve given you my Groupon affiliate link. If you feel like sending a little love this way to help support the Taos on the Cheap site, please use the links. Thanks!

I hate paying full price to park my car when I’m flying out of Albuquerque. So here’s a deal on Albuquerque Airport Parking, located just 3 minutes away from Albuquerque International Sunport.

• One Day Free Parking if you print out the coupon. The free parking is for the uncovered lot, with a minimum 2 day stay.
• Discounted Parking Coupon Pay $2.81 per day in the uncovered lot with the coupon with no minimum stay. The regular price for open parking is $3.74 per day.
• $1 Off Parking coupon – it’s $1 off per day for covered parking with no minimum stay. The regular price for the covered lot before discount is $5.61 per day. This is a winter special, so I’m not sure how long it’s valid, but if you go to the link and it’s not there any more, it’s too late!
• Their frequent parking rewards program gives customers up to 7 days of free airport parking when you notch up 10 points, and you get 1 point per visit, plus 3 free points just for joining the program.

Only one coupon offer per visit, and oversized vehicles are excluded from all the parking coupon deals. Shuttles run every five minutes, 24 hours a day between the Airport Parking lot and Albuquerque International Sunport.

See the map for Albuquerque Airport Parking at 1501 Aircraft Avenue SE, Albuquerque.

Night skiing at Angel Fire is a steal of a deal at $24 and it sounds like a lot of fun. And it’s only $12 if you’re upgrading a day lift ticket from the same day. Ski or snowboard 50 acres of the mountain’s easier trails on Thursdays to Saturdays on these dates through the 2011 season:

• Thursday through Saturday, between 4 and 8 pm. 
• Every evening from February 10 – 14 (Valentine’s Day weekend!)
• Every evening during the two weeks of Spring Break, March 4 – 20

During Angel Fire Resort night skiing the mountain is lit up, including terrain park jumps, rails, and boxes. In between the sporty stuff, you can get your groove on at The Village Haus with live music, food, and bar.

Angel Fire Resort is about 24 miles east of Taos.

New Students at Shree Yoga Taos get a full seven days of yoga classes for just $10 through the month of January 2011. Shree Yoga is tucked away in that cute courtyard next to Cafe Loka at the top of Ledoux Street. If you’ve been to Shree Yoga before, you also get a price break this month, with 10% Off any monthly membership. The yoga schedule page shows the regular price as $80 for a Limited Monthly Membership to any fifteen classes, and $100 for an Unlimited Monthly Membership for as many classes as you can cram in! Sorry, as many yoga classes as you can deep breathe your way through…. Namaste! Both offers are only valid in January 2011.

If you’re already looking forward to the weekend, here’s something to make it even better. As part of the National Parks Free Entrance Days program, more than 100 national parks that usually charge admission fees are free for all on January 15 – 17, 2011, in honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday weekend.

That includes free admission to these New Mexico National Parks:

• Aztec Ruins National Monument
• Bandelier National Monument
• Capulin Volcano National Monument
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• Chaco Culture National Historical Park
• El Morro National Monument
• Fort Union National Monument
• Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
• Pecos National Historical Park
• White Sands National Monument

Who knows what the weather will be doing, but short of a blizzard, it should be a good time to get out and stretch the legs after the holiday feasting by the fire!

Sipapu Ski Resort deals are all geared up to attract skiers and snowboarders to the family-friendly resort about 20 miles south of Taos this 2011 season. I’m delighted to see a bunch of free lodging deals, with accommodation at your choice of Sipapu, Taos, or Las Vegas, NM.  What’s the catch? Not much of a catch if you’re already planning to ski Sipapu, or feel inspired to turn your ski day into a mini-break – just buy a $39 adult lift ticket, and sleep over the night before OR on the day you ski Sipapu. There’s also a bunch of lift ticket freebies and deals. Just mention the relevant offer when you turn up/book/buy lift tickets, ‘cos, like, they’re not mind-readers.

Get one night’s free lodging with the purchase of a $39 lift ticket. Up to four people can get a free room with two queen beds at Sipapu’s motel, just by the base of the lifts.  The free lodging promo is good now through January 13, then on the nights of January 17 – 20, January 23 – 31, plus all these Sipapu free motel dates in 2011.

Sipapu skiers can also get free lodging in Taos at the Sagebrush Inn or El Pueblo Lodge, or free lodging in Las Vegas, NM at the Super 8.  Both offers require a minimum purchase of two $39 adult lift tickets.  They run throughout the season with some date restrictions, check the deal links for valid dates and reservation details.

Two for One Tuesdays Buy a lift ticket at full price and get one lift ticket free on Tuesdays.  Looks like this runs every Tuesday through March 22, 2011.

Car Load Days Deal Everyone in one car skis for $50 on January 12, 19, and 26, plus dates from February through April. You can pack up to 6 skiers in one vehicle and get this deal – working out to under $10 per person.

Other Sipapu ski deals through the winter/spring 2011 season:

• Active Military ski free every day with military ID. There are some blackout dates – see the link
• Kids ski free aged 6 and under every day with proof of age
• Fourth Graders ski free every day with proof such as a current report card
• 40 Year Olds ski free every day. If you’re fabulous forty, you ski or ride free with proof of age
• Free lift ticket for skiers aged 70+ every day with proof of age