This Costco deal on Groupon continues.  If you don’t have a membership yet (I’m amazed there are people who still don’t have a membership out here), grab one for only a few bucks with this Groupon deal and enjoy daily deals all Holiday season. Today’s deal is $100 in Uber gift e-cards which can be used to pay for rides or food or both!  Limit two units per account per 14 days.

Costco membership gives you discounted gas prices, so fill up before or after shopping.  As a member, you also have a dedicated Costco team to handle travel issues…here’s the current story.  Reserved an intermediate car from Budget for a week; pick up and only a behemoth that won’t fit in garage!  No choice, so we take it, hoping to swap out in a day or two.  Next morning find all paperwork is for another car: license, odometer, level of gas in tank (this was only half full).  Call location a few times, but get forwarded to international call center, who can only help with reservations.

Called Costco in frustration who not only made a new reservation at another location for an intermediate size car, they did the paperwork so all we had to do was show up and swap out.  Yes, they have a dedicated team for auto rentals.

This Costco deal on Groupon continues. Get all your household shopping done (buy a car!) and enjoy lots of samples.  Groupon deal costs the same as buying directly from Costco, but you get shop cards plus travel promo codes.  The $130 Executive membership is also available and that one snags not only the gift card, but you also earn 2% back on purchases, a nice benefit (This is the card we have and sigh, use heavily).  Your $65 yearly Gold Star Membership Package includes:

A membership card for the Primary Cardholder and one additional Household Card for anyone living at the same address, over the age of 16 and a  $40 Digital Costco Shop Card (valid at Costco locations and Costco.com).

Costco is good for more than toilet paper and eggs; gas is always cheaper so fill up before or after you shop. Costco offers discounts on car rentals (Budget, Enterprise & Avis were all listed using my zip code). Membership also entitles you to add another driver for free instead of paying the usual extra charge. That discount paid for a yearly membership at either level!