Frugal Friday: On the Road Again

We’re off and traveling again this weekend. This time we’re taking a quick trip to my father-in-law’s house. He and his wife live about 4 1/2 hours from us, so we’re trying to plan for drinks and snacks on the road. I stocked up on cans of pop at Kroger’s sale last week, but my husband asked if there was any way that we can do bottles instead. (Have I ever mentioned the HUGE design flaw in the cup holders in our van? They aren’t very stable, so cans always hold the possibility of big spills.)

Now before I give my frugal idea for bottles of pop when traveling, please don’t think that I’m overly-organized. Because I’m not. My timing was just right-on this time!

A few weeks ago, I cashed out our My Coke Rewards points. I got tired of waiting for them to post another $$ off 12-pack coupon, so I figured I’d get the next best thing. I ordered 7 coupons for free 20 ounce bottles of Coke products.

Would you believe that they arrived yesterday…. just in time for our road trip? The best part is that we don’t have to haul a cooler in order to enjoy our free beverages. We can simply carry the coupons and use them wherever we stop. Of course I’m prepared for many smaller gas stations and convenience stores to not accept them. We actually have some bigger towns along the way, so we’ll just time our trips so that we end up stopping closer to civilization. We should be able to redeem our coupons along the way rather than taking drinks with us.