Restaurant.com - Money saving tips

Many savvy diners already know about Restaurant.com, the website that sells dining gift certificates at a fraction of their value. There are some tricks you should know to maximize the value of their deals.

For example, signing up for their email list gets you access to discounts on the site’s already low prices. You can get a $25 gift certificate that normally sells on the site for $10 for a price as low as $2 through the newsletter.

Along with the money-saving tricks, the site has some traps to be careful of too. Read the terms of the offers very closely before you buy in. Usually there’s a minimum spending amount on food, and some gift certificates are only valid on certain nights.

Although it is against Restaurant.com’s policies, some restaurants will inexplicably fail to accept the certificates. The safe move is to call the restaurant before buying from Restaurant.com, and double-check before you get seated too.