How to Find Coupons

Coupons offer discounts on everything for items like cereal, computers and theme park admissions. There are lots of different places to find money-saving coupons including online, in newspapers and mailers. The following suggestions give you great ideas for where to find coupons to save money everyday.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Clip coupons from the reliable Sunday newspaper. Find national inserts for groceries, department stores, as well as dining establishments. Check online for a schedule of national inserts.
2. Keep an eye out while shopping at the grocery for in-store coupon offers. Look for coupon boxes, "take-one" dispensers, shelf tear-tag, "peelies" that are stuck to products and checkout coupons found on the back of the register receipt.
3. Sign up for the manufacturers' newsletters to receive email and direct mail coupons. Search online by brand to find manufacturer sites and register for the newsletter there. See Resources.
4. Start a coupon train to exchange coupons via snail mail. Use the Internet to connect with other "couponers," then determine similar needs and opposing needs. Establish a "conductor" for the coupon train as well as turnaround time. See Resources.
5. Collect coupons from online sites for specific products. Check with retailers to make sure these coupons are accepted.
6. Check "wine tags" for coupons and rebates. Find wine tags on bottles of wine, juice and other jars or bottles offering discounts or mail-in rebates that are sponsored by the beverage companies.
7. Find coupons via online auctions. Bid on the costs to clip and mail the free coupons, but pay nothing for the coupons themselves.

Tips & Warnings

• Some organization sell coupon books as fundraisers. Many of these books offer coupons for dinning, hotel, recreational activities and personal care services.