With this year so far bringing us the energy price cap increase, higher National Insurance payments, rising council tax bills and petrol prices that, somehow, haven't gone down despite the Chancellor Rishi Sunak cutting fuel duty 5p a litre in his Spring Statement, the dawning of the school holidays is another financial strain for many families.
There are, of course, plenty of free things that families can do together, but depending on the age and attention span of your children there's only so many walks and trips to the park that they'll muster up enthusiasm for - even assuming the weather holds out to make that possible.
But help is at hand, thanks to a little-known hack using Tesco Clubcard points. If you regularly shop at Tesco and use a Clubcard then every three months you get sent money off vouchers based on how many Clubcard points you've collected across the quarter, with you getting 1 point for every pound spent either in store, online or on petrol.
