Taos On The Cheap

During Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day on September 25, 2010, two people get free admission to participating museums across the country.  There are no participating Taos Museums, but plenty of others in the state are taking part, including:

• Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)
• Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian Santa Fe
• Bradbury Science Museum (Los Alamos)
• Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum (Albuquerque)
• Albuquerque Museum of Art & History
• New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (Albuquerque)
• The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (Albuquerque)
• Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art (Roswell)
• Hubbard Museum of the American West (Ruidoso Downs)
• See all participating New Mexico museums

Sign up for the free admission ticket and they email it to you. The ticket covers two people’s admission and is only valid on Saturday September 25, 2010.

More than 100 national parks that normally charge admission fees offer free admission for all on Saturday September 25, 2010 as part of the National Parks Free Entrance Days program.

That includes free admission to New Mexico National Parks on this list:

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

Out of state parks are also included in the National Parks Free Entrance Days if you’re planning a trip away this weekend – the September 25 free park admission is in celebration of Public Lands Day.

The free Teacher Open House is open to any educator in New Mexico, including librarians, info technology professionals in schools, and home schoolers. The Open House is hosted by three museums on Albuquerque’s Museum Row in Old Town: Explora, the children’s museum and learning center, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, and the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History. All three will be open on the evening of Wednesday September 22, 2010, from 5:30 – 8 pm, especially for educators to explore exhibits for free, learn about programs for students, and see the Planetarium program at the NM Museum of Natural History & Science.

This is a professional event so you can’t bring the family with you – sorry! The Free Teacher Open House includes:

• Live music, refreshments, and activities
• Discounts in the gift stores
• Door prizes
• Planetarium shows at 6:30 pm for K-5 teachers, 7 pm for 6-12 teachers. Observatory open for viewing 7:30-8 pm.
• Free materials from non profit organizations

No reservations needed, just turn up on from 5:30 – 8 pm at Explora,  New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, and Albuquerque Museum of Art and History.

Get a Free Redbox Movie Night to September 30 in the Thanks A Billion Giveaway. Rent a redbox movie first, then look for the code on your movie rental, enter it at the Thanks A Billion Giveaway site, and get a code for another free rental. Scroll down the link to see where to enter the code – once you receive the promo code for the free movie, use it within 7 days or it expires. The offer is limited to 1 free movie night rental per person, and runs to September 30, 2010. While you’re at the redbox Thanks A Billion Giveaway site, you can also enter the Golden Code game to win prizes, if you can fathom out how it works. I couldn’t. So you won’t get much competition from me…

The Amazon Prime service provides unlimited two-day shipping with no minimum order for an all-inclusive price of $79 a year.
But college students signing up for free Amazon Student membership get Amazon Prime free for one year!

Other Amazon Student perks include student discounts and news on offers and promotions. Register with a .edu email address for the free Amazon Student with Amazon Prime to prove you’re a current college student. After the email is verified, you can use any email address to manage your Amazon account.

I’d always encourage you to support local independent bookstore such as The Brodsky Bookshop and Moby Dickens. But if you prefer to buy online this is a great way to save on shipping, especially if you need books in a rush because you’ve left your studying till the last minute…

The Amazon Prime student deal is valid on products other than books, and eligible current Amazon Prime members can still register for Amazon Student, with a refund on the remainder of their subscription.

IF YOU’RE NOT A STUDENT

If you’re not in college but want to try Amazon Prime anyway, they offer a free one month trial. Cancel before the free trial ends or select “do not upgrade” after registering for the freebie, if you don’t want your credit card to be auto-charged $79 for the subscription at the end of the trial period.

As far as I can tell from reading the small print, the student Amazon Prime deal is NOT automatically upgraded / charged at the end of the year.  It’s a completely free shipping deal.

FYI:  I’ve given you my Amazon affiliate link. If you feel like sending a little love this way to help support Taos on the Cheap, please use the link. Otherwise, just go to Amazon directly. Thanks!

Sonic Half Price CreamSlush Treats Not much to add to that really! Just get a last taste of slushy ice cream summer for half price in this limited time deal.  Offer is good all day at participating Sonic Drive-in locations, and no coupon is  needed.  The Taos Sonic Drive-in should be participating, as they sent me an email about this deal specifically referencing Taos.