London Midland seeks top tips for a cracking Christmas

Wednesday, 14 December 2011

People living in Birmingham are being asked for their top tips for a thrifty Christmas. 

Rail operator London Midland, which runs trains every 20 minutes from Birmingham New Street to London from under £20, wants people in the city to come up with some great ideas – and possibly bag a free day out in London.  

They can send their suggestions along with their postcode to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  with ‘Top Tips’ in the subject line, and 10 lucky entrants will win a family return rail ticket to London with an exclusive visit to the London Bridge Experience thrown in.  

London Midland, which prides itself on its value-for-money fares, has come up with its own top tips. To kick things off, London Midland offers customers some great money-saving deals when travelling with them, including 2 for 1 entry to top attractions such as the London Bridge Experience, Madame Tussauds, and the Sea Life London Aquarium. Further money-saving tips include: 

Getting the kids to make cards and presents for relatives for a really personal touch

Stocking up at pound shops for plenty of cheap goodies to go in the kids’ stockings

Find sales ending soon on ebay for a real bargain

Seek out deals by signing up to Groupon and other voucher-based savings sites to save cash

Sign up to Facebook to stay in touch with friends, and benefit from the added bonus of finding out the latest offers from your favourite brands

Get creative with your cupboards – devise your own Ready, Steady, Cook competition to use up whatever stores you still have in

Have a girls’ night in instead of out – and use the savings to take the train down to London for a proper shopping trip

Create some space and make some cash at a car boot sale

Get fancy dress clothes from charity shops – you can recycle them back there afterwards

Seek out last-minute flights and holidays for some winter sun.

 

All entrants will go into a prize draw. The London Bridge Experience and London Tombs are offering 10 lucky families the opportunity to become zombies for the day.  Winners will enjoy VIP entrance to the attraction before meeting the zombies from the UK's Best Scare attraction and attending the newly-launched Scare School.  Visitors will be transformed into a gruesome zombie and taught how to scare before being let loose on unsuspecting guests.   

The winner will be announced on Wednesday 21^st December 2011 and the winning prize can be taken up until the start of July 2012. For more information and for full terms and conditions, visit www.londonmidland.com/toptips.