{"id":2912,"date":"2015-12-17T13:06:55","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T13:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/?p=2912"},"modified":"2018-03-14T01:55:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T01:55:06","slug":"groupon-isnt-a-scam-but-you-can-get-ripped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/groupon-isnt-a-scam-but-you-can-get-ripped\/","title":{"rendered":"Groupon Isn’t a Scam, But You Can Get Ripped…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Parasailing close to 1000 feet up. Review to come soon!<\/p><\/div>\n

My really good friend is a Groupon addict. \u00a0 That app is on her phone and she’s always on the lookout for great deals that will lead to her next great adventure. \u00a0 For the most part, it’s worked out quite well. \u00a0She’s gotten great deals at great prices with no hidden charges. \u00a0 And she discovered awesome activities that she normally wouldn’t have known about. \u00a0 But every now and then, there’s that great groupon deal that she got, and when she decided to use it, there was a surcharge at the time of purchase.<\/p>\n

This past weekend, we went on a Bananaboat and a Parasail ride. \u00a0 Both companies were awesome. \u00a0The experience was mind blowing. \u00a0The memories will probably be etched in my head for a long time. \u00a0 But when we redeemed the coupon, we had to pay an extra fuel surcharge per person. \u00a0 That meant we literally had to pay money to use a groupon. \u00a0 That didn’t make sense. \u00a0When you book activities directly with these companies, you don’t pay a fuel surcharge. \u00a0 All charges are already built in. \u00a0 So with the surcharge, and with the groupon, our totals came out roughly to the normal cost, or slightly above what you would pay. \u00a0In all honesty, I don’t care what we paid, the experience was that awesome. \u00a0I’m just curious about the entire groupon discount.<\/p>\n

About three years ago, I used a groupon at a restaurant that promised our third meal would be free. \u00a0 The meal was free, but they still made us pay taxes on all three meals, and an automatic tip of 15% was charged to us utilizing the total amount of all three meals. \u00a0 Then after the grand total was calculated, they subtracted the cost of the cheapest meal.<\/p>\n

Is groupon worth it? \u00a0 Yes and no. \u00a0 \u00a0There are going to be companies that rip you off, there are going to be companies that charge you fairly, and then there are those that are going to honor your deal. \u00a0 I would say that overall, groupon will not be a cheaper experience for you overall. \u00a0Companies have to make a certain amount of money to stay in business. \u00a0 They view groupon as just another form of advertisement. \u00a0 For the most part, most companies are not trying to rip you off, even those that have a surcharge. \u00a0They are just trying to make a little profit to stay in business.<\/p>\n

I would say to exercise come caution when you book these deals. \u00a0 Once you find the groupon you like, Yelp them. \u00a0Find out if they ripped off any groupon coupons. \u00a0 I find that restaurants do this more often. \u00a0 Call up the company and ask them if there are any surcharges associated with the groupons. \u00a0 They’ll let you know.<\/p>\n

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My really good friend is a Groupon addict. \u00a0 That app is on her phone and she’s always on the lookout for great deals that will lead to her next great adventure. \u00a0 For the most part, it’s worked out quite well. \u00a0She’s gotten great deals at great prices with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}