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How To Live For Free: The Definitive Guide
Follow Deepak Tailor on a journey to discover how to live for free. For three years Deepak travelled to the distant corners of the world, found a growing global movement and interviewed hundreds of inspiring people. From the founder of LatestFreeStuff.co.uk, the UK's largest freebie website, learn how to turn your life around, reach your goals and make any part of it free. Packed full of tips, action lists and resources, How To Live For Free will make the biggest change to your life, more than any other book.As featured in The Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mirror, Forbes Magazine, The Sun and more...#1 Amazon Bestseller in Business and Finance#1 Amazon Bestseller in Personal Finance#1 Amazon Bestseller in Health and FitnessIN THIS BOOK YOU'LL DISCOVER...- How to attend free restaurant tastings- How to get free clothes and beauty treatments- How to attend free restaurant tastings- How to get free clothes and beauty treatments- How to get free clothes and beauty treatments- How to receive freebies from brands- How to forage and cook wild game- The man who lived in luxury flats for two years free of charge- The man who built his own island- How to upcycle furniture- How to sail a yacht and travel the world- The ultimate hitchhiker's guide- The best free living apps- The ultimate hitchhiker's guide- The best free living apps- How to get free cinema, theatre and festival tickets- How Deepak gets a free private driver everywhere he goes- How to upgrade your wardrobe for free- How to learn any skill, get free books and master your goals- And much, much more.REVIEWSDespite thinking I was someone who never misses an opportunity for a bargain I was shocked by how many things I didn’t know. Deepak Tailor really knows the ins and outs of living for free - it felt like I highlighted most of the book to come back to later and try out. The suggestions in travel alone had me daydreaming about some adventures I should be going on and now potentially could be going on! Throughly recommend this book and giving some of the ideas a go.- by Nick M"I am an avid follower of Deepak's web site and some of the other people he recommends in the book. The book is great for a beginner in the art of saving money and pulls all the various aspects of this together."- by Andrea HemThis is an excellent introduction to the world of free living with something for everyone. It really opened my eyes to the possibilities and the resources provided in the book (websites etc) are great references. After reading this i'm a free living convert!- by Steve PriceDOWNLOAD the book for FREE today!
247 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 23, 2014
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December 28, 2015
Mostly skimmed from about halfway through. Some okay info and some new sites, but I knew most of this stuff already.
March 13, 2015
First half was ok, second part was padding
February 6, 2019
Interesting ideas and life hacks
This works as a primer of mostly practical life hacks which are well-known in the frugality community. The occasional suggestion is at best morally ambiguous or ethically questionable. Some advice strikes me as theft-of-services. This is written for a UK audience but many countries have similar organizations.
This works as a primer of mostly practical life hacks which are well-known in the frugality community. The occasional suggestion is at best morally ambiguous or ethically questionable. Some advice strikes me as theft-of-services. This is written for a UK audience but many countries have similar organizations.
September 6, 2018
Some genuinely good tips for living frugally, but not many would be able or willing to go to the lengths suggested by Deepak. Still, it was a fun read. Written in a no-nonsense style.
October 8, 2018
It's interesting and some parts are still relevance yet I kept thinking and comparing such activities in today's society. So much of what the author achieved, I feel would be restricted now adays .
June 19, 2019
Excellent Advice
This book has lots of ideas and masses of information.
Would highly recommend to anyone looking for a cheaper lifestyle
This book has lots of ideas and masses of information.
Would highly recommend to anyone looking for a cheaper lifestyle
June 25, 2015
Ever looked at your credit card bill or bank statement in despair? Ever wondered how to get the things you buy for a cheaper price? I know I have. That’s why I volunteered to read and review a copy of Deepak Tailor’s book How to Live for Free in exchange for an honest review.
As the founder of the UK’s most popular freebie website - latestfreestuff.co.uk - I expect Deepak Tailor to have a lot of tips and tricks under his belt already. Despite this, he still spent three years researching, interviewing, and travelling the world to discover and unearth the best ways to live for free.
The result is a definitive guide to living for free. The book is divided into handy sections, featuring everything from free restaurant meals to free clothes to free cinema tickets. This makes it clear and well-organised, making it easy to find specific sections and navigate through the book. It’s also interactive, with a helpful checklist at the end of each section and steps to follow for every item. If you follow each tip as you read, you will end up equipped with a wide variety of ways to live for free by the time you reach the end of the book.
Continue reading the review on my blog: http://www.thewritinggreyhound.blogsp...
As the founder of the UK’s most popular freebie website - latestfreestuff.co.uk - I expect Deepak Tailor to have a lot of tips and tricks under his belt already. Despite this, he still spent three years researching, interviewing, and travelling the world to discover and unearth the best ways to live for free.
The result is a definitive guide to living for free. The book is divided into handy sections, featuring everything from free restaurant meals to free clothes to free cinema tickets. This makes it clear and well-organised, making it easy to find specific sections and navigate through the book. It’s also interactive, with a helpful checklist at the end of each section and steps to follow for every item. If you follow each tip as you read, you will end up equipped with a wide variety of ways to live for free by the time you reach the end of the book.
Continue reading the review on my blog: http://www.thewritinggreyhound.blogsp...
March 5, 2016
This book has given an great insight into to how to live for free with ideas, links and true stories of how this can be achieved. This has the potential for being an extremely useful resource for how to refuse the cost of living.
I would not necessarily call this The Definitive Guide as maybe hasn't reached that level just just, but the author has realised that they will need to compose other editions and continuously add and adapt as they come across more money saving techniques, examples and stories.
The one thing I would change about this edition is to pull all the resources, websites, books and links and place in an appendix at the back of the book.
I would not necessarily call this The Definitive Guide as maybe hasn't reached that level just just, but the author has realised that they will need to compose other editions and continuously add and adapt as they come across more money saving techniques, examples and stories.
The one thing I would change about this edition is to pull all the resources, websites, books and links and place in an appendix at the back of the book.
January 20, 2016
There were some interesting suggestions but most I already do and I certainly do not consider I live for free.
Some ideas are unrealistic for the average person such as learning to sail to get sailing cruise jobs to see the world!!
Living in places that are for sale and moving out when there are viewings - that was what one person he described doing
I am a member of all the freebie websites and more than he lists and I do get things from time to time but not THAT much.
He does very well from people taking up his sharing links on his blog so the average person would get nothing like the paybacks that he does.
Anyway it was interesting to read but didn't enlighten me much.
Some ideas are unrealistic for the average person such as learning to sail to get sailing cruise jobs to see the world!!
Living in places that are for sale and moving out when there are viewings - that was what one person he described doing
I am a member of all the freebie websites and more than he lists and I do get things from time to time but not THAT much.
He does very well from people taking up his sharing links on his blog so the average person would get nothing like the paybacks that he does.
Anyway it was interesting to read but didn't enlighten me much.
January 22, 2016
This is one of the weirdest books I have ever read. While I think the premise is good, it is incredibly off putting to read a book advocating things like squatting, going to conferences just for the food, and more. I was hoping there would be some realistic and applicable life skills to put towards reducing cost and waste, but it is the most ridiculous book I've read in a long time.
December 28, 2016
Useful tips but can be far fetched
A worthwhile read and some useful links although some ideas are beyond reasonable.... Finding an estate agent that let's you stay in a home rent free without the owners knowledge.... Seriously!?
A worthwhile read and some useful links although some ideas are beyond reasonable.... Finding an estate agent that let's you stay in a home rent free without the owners knowledge.... Seriously!?
March 30, 2015
Mostly Good from about halfway through. Some okay info and some new sites, but I knew most of this stuff already.I like so much and i love it.Thanks
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