Quality, price, and location are the most important considerations when choosing a hotel therefore, if you are looking to maximize your savings when you stay at a hotel, we suggest using HotelClub.com. If you are staying in a big city, you would normally expect to pay big city prices but, that is not always the case. Although its often nice to stay in the middle of the action so you can have direct access and the time to see the sights or conduct your business, one way to avoid the cost would be to stay on the outskirts of town, where not only will the room be cheaper, the size of the room will probably be larger as well.

Luckily, when you use HotelClub.com, you can choose from a variety of usually 3 and 4 star hotel rooms, at the lowest price guaranteed, in over 7,400 international cities worldwide including Europe, Asia, Americas and Australia. Not only will you receive up to 7% back on your bookings when you become a member, you can use any hotel on any day with no restrictions! So, if you are looking to save on your hotel accommodations on your next travel, whether for business or pleasure, consider booking through HotelClub.com.

Here are some other great hotel booking tips that are guaranteed to save you money!

• Travel in a group of two or three and share a room, as long as everyone gets along well.
• If you are traveling in an off-peak or not-so busy season, then ask of they have something less expensive. Ask with confidence stating the “standard” rate is more than you wish to pay. You can always say that you don’t want t pay that much for a room… especially if its a last minute purchase such as when you are in the midst of a road trip.
• If you are booking in advance then keep an eye out for special rates (senior discounts, weekend or holiday rates, corporate rates, or club discounts).
• Plan around school holidays especially Spring Break when hotel rates go up, up, up! Be aware of where you are going and the school schedules of your destination. They will vary from place to place, state to state.
• Try to vary your accommodation — For example if you are on a short stay and not arriving until late in the evening then chances are you wont be needing hundreds of television channels and an Olympic-sized pool.
• And remember you can ALWAYS SAVE when you book your hotel accommodations using your beruby account!

Earn 4% cashback when you book your hotel reservations through HotelClub.com.

Earn up to 2% cashback when a member of your network books their hotel reservations through HotelClub.com.

You can find HotelClub.com on beruby…

… here and in the category Travel >> Hotels.

Summer has ended and fall has crept up on us rather quickly… the weather, the leaves, the time and even beruby is changing. Winston Churchill once said “There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction” and today we bring you two BIG changes that will set us apart from the rest!

Requesting Payments — Now all it takes is $1!
If you are a United Kingdom resident, you can now request a withdraw from your balance once you have your first confirmed dollar… and, since you earn your first dollar when you join the beruby community that means you can practically request a payment from the very first day you log in as a beruby user!

In addition, we have also made a major change in the payment process: to validate your payment, you will need to provide a cell phone number in order to confirm your withdrawal. This change is necessary to insure our users that no one else can log into your account and collect what is not theirs. As you can see, we are now providing even greater security to your beruby account.

Please note: If you choose to withdraw less than $10.00 from your account you will be charged a $ 0.99 processing fee to cover administration costs. Payments over $10.00 however, will not be charged this fee.
If you are not a UK resident, you will not be able to withdraw from you account until you have reached a minimum balance of $10.00.

distinguishing beruby — beruby just for you!
Since beruby’s conception in 2007, we have paid attention to our advertisers, how they think and how they approach the world of Internet advertising. We have since come to the conclusion that in the global world, the majority prefer to advertise locally. Virtually all our advertisers within the United Kingdom specifically request user traffic from users residing in the United Kingdom. To meet these requests from our advertisers, we have adopted the following measures:

• As of today, beruby will only be serving newly registered users who reside in the country specified. This will only affect NEW USERS. For example, If you are already a member of beruby and you do not live within the United Kingdom you will still have access to your account. However if you live outside the United Kingdom you will no longer be able to register on beruby UK, you will have to register within your designated country.
• To address the needs of users residing in other countries, beruby intends to launch our services in additional countries. This year, we are pleased to announce the launching of two new beruby sites: beruby Argentina and beruby Mexico.

Communication is the Key:
We at beruby want to be your homepage and we want to make things more relevant to you as our users. Therefore, we rely on your feedback. We also want to know what you think, while we make more efforts to communicate to you the various news, features, etc.. happening in the world of beruby. You can always stay informed about beruby by visiting our blog, Facebook, Twitter , as well as periodic newsletters and emails.

We hope you take advantage of our changes and continue using beruby.

Do you have questions? Leave a comment!

I have been getting regular requests regarding a blog dedicated to building a network within beruby. Today, I have decided to open a discussion regarding this and will post this to the Facebook discussions page as well, should you want to comment there.

First and foremost, we at beruby would like to thank you for being a part of our growing family and wish nothing but great success for you in 2011. At beruby we know how important it is for our users to be able to earn with ease, and a large part of that comes from “strength in numbers,” the size of your network.

Now I am not going to lie, building a network that will help you earn more on beruby is not an easy task, but nor is it difficult. It just takes a small amount of time and some patience. Luckily, I will provide you with some tips on how to make your beruby garden grow, in hopes that over the course of 2011 you will be fruitful!

There are millions of people out there who would love to earn extra income. If only they knew how…

The most important essential element for creating your network is to know who would be genuinely interested in sharing the beruby experience. The nice thing about beruby is that we offer awards in the form of cash for things you already do.

For example; booking your travel through Expedia, a hotel room through Hotels.com, or purchasing a college textbook through Books Direct, etc. You get the idea!

These are things you are already doing, so why not do it through Beruby and get cash back?

If you know people who are already making purchases online, it makes it that much easier to recruit people into your network. After all who doesn’t want a discount on the items they are purchasing returned to them in cash at the end of the month?

The goal is to network with people who want to be a part of beruby and who are going to work for the success of you, themselves and the network as a whole. It’s similar to putting together a team that you trust and which can work together to help one another out. That is how you all can become successful in the long run.

Second, use the internet to your advantage. The internet allows you to use all sorts of resources to reach out to millions of people from all over the world.

Share your own personal experiences about beruby, (especially the good ones!) When sharing your experiences, highlight the benefits of joining your network in beruby. Talk about some of the products you have purchased, the size of your cash back awards, the contests you have won, our amazing blog page, anything… just talk about using beruby and how it works for you. Be sure to keep it honest as well as make it fun and interesting! If you are writing a blog it is important to keep it interesting. Think to yourself, is this something I would want to read about? Feature new products you have tried or find interesting, new innovations, etc. and be sure to stay away from super controversial topics.

Download our banners. You can find a variety of resources on our “Tools” page under the “My Network” tab. Banners and affiliate links are great to use in your own personal blog or social networking page. You can load them up to your personal website or link people in through networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Remember, when people join your network it’s a mutual benefit. Everybody is earning, and you stand to earn much more as a team!.

Hopefully these tips will help get you on your way to building a successful network team that will help you achieve your goals in 2011.

Remember – If you have anything you would like to add or comment on please feel free to do so. We WANT to hear from our users. This is the perfect place to dish out the advice and let us and other users know what is working, or may not be working for you!

This is the place to have a voice and give us your feedback! This is YOUR PLACE. YOUR beruby!

With the holiday season only a few short months away, beruby has decided to show you some of the more quirky gifts, gadgets and gizmos that you can give to the person who has almost everything.

Here on beruby you can find Firebox, one of the UK’s best places to shop for the unusual.  Here you will find our top 5 picks for gifts to give in 2011.  All of these gifts can be found on Firebox and purchased using your beruby account.

• iCade for iPad: So Super Cool — Its like going back in time! You can play classic arcade style games (including Atari Classics) when you strap in your iPad!
• USB Flash Drive Heros — Cute, lovable and funky these USB sticks are cleverly disguised as ninjas, owls, penguins, spacemen and reindeer.  These USB sticks are available in 2GB and 4GB  and encased in water resistant silicone.
• ATM Savings Bank: It comes with your own personal “debit card” and you even have to enter in a PIN!
• Arctic Force Snowball Blaster: Feed this machine snow and watch it fire three perfectly rounded snowballs up to 80 feet!!!!
• MusucBag: This is probably one of my personal favorites…. A full on wearable sleeping bag complete with arms and legs!

Today marks the day in which the world receive one of its most important female scientists;  Marie Curie who is best known for her research into radioactivity and the discovery of the radioactive elements polonium and radium.  Marie Curie studies have made huge contributions to the fight against cancer. Biographer Mollie Keller summed it up best when she said, this tiny woman with her decigram of radium turned the world upside down, forever changing the way we look at, understand, and use our environment.”

Thanks to Marie Curie we have made a number of advances in medicine and on beruby you can find great prices on medicines at TopMedical.com.  TopMedical.com is a company that offers high quality medicines specifically intended for Sports Medicine Practitioners, Orthopedic Surgeons, Rheumatologists, Dermatologists, and Cosmetic Surgeons. At TopMedical.com you will find a large assortment of orthopedic medications, cosmetic specialty and skincare medications for all of your medical needs.

“To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.”
— Marie Curie.

Earn $8.33 cashback when you make a purchase from TopMedical.com.

Earn up to 1.67% cashback when a member of your network makes a purchase from TopMedical.com.

You can find TopMedical.com on beruby…

… here and in the category Shopping >> Health and Beauty.

As an expat abroad, I have a personal affinity with a number of things European. Living in the States, I suffered from “the grass is greener” complex and when I finally moved abroad, my feelings were confirmed. European life suits me just perfectly!
Europe is renowned for many things; its fashion, its film, perfumes, etc. However, one of the best things about Europe is the gastronomy!! No where on earth will you find chocolates from Belguim that will melt in your mouth, fluffy crepes from France, dark German breads, and my list could go on, and on….

Although many European delicacies make it across the pond, some can only be found in Europe, and some — although called delicacies by some, are a bit revolting to others…

Here is are three of some of the more interesting “delicacies” found abroad

• Only in Scotland: Haggis—
• Traditionally eaten during the celebration of Scottish poet Robert Burns it consists of sheep’s heart, lungs and liver . It’s usually served accompanied by bagpipes and a rendition of Burns’ own “Address to a Haggis.” Oddly enough, this meal does have a vegetarian version, although I think I will pass.
• Sardinia, Italy — one of the most gorgeous places to visit Sardinia
• is well known for their sheeps milk cheese also known as Casu marzu. When making the cheese maggots are added to it during ripening, because their digestive action creates an “advanced level” of fermentation . The final product however, can be purchase critter free.
• England/Ireland
• In the United States we have tripe but in England and Ireland, they have Blood pudding. Technically this is a sausage, that has a mixture of animal blood (usually pork), spices, fat, and oatmeal or other grains is surprisingly good. It’s served uncooked, fried, grilled, or boiled. Spain also has a version of this called: morcilla.

If you are looking for a sweeter Touch of Europe however, you don’t have to travel very far. beruby can bring a Touch of Europe right to your door!

Find the very best selection of European designs and gourmet food items from countries such as France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Holland, etc. At a Touch of Europe you will find high quality gourmet foods, luxury skin care & spa items, home decor, gifts for him & her, tableware, kitchenware, porcelain as well as clothing and accessories, baby products, etc.candy, oils, confitures, herbs, spices, and variety of honeys.

Earn 3.33% cashback when you make a purchase from Touch of Europe.

Earn up to 1.67% cashback when a member of your network makes a purchase from Touch of Europe.

You can find Touch of Europe on beruby…

… here and in the category Shopping >> Gifts.

Looking for something exciting to do indoors while the weather is getting cooler? Why not check out a sporting event, a theater production or a rock concert? With Viagogo, you can do just that!  Viagogo is Europe’s largest online ticket website that can provide you with discount tickets to major, upcoming concerts, sporting events, theatre and the arts! What’s even better is that you are not buying your tickets from a major company waiting to charge you astronomical processing fees, rather you are purchasing tickets from the fans themselves.

If you are a fan who has already bought tickets and can’t go, or maybe your friend decided not to go at the last minute Viagogo will help you get rid of those tickets too!

Right Now on Viagogo you can find the hottest tickets for the following:

• Red Hot Chili Peppers – announce 3 open air shows next summer at Knebworth, Stadium of Light & Croke Park. Tickets on sale @ 9am on 4/11/11.
• New Order – intimate Christmas date announced. Tickets on sale @ 9am on 4/11/11.
• Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball – The Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball is the highlight of the winter concert season. Sunday tickets on sale @ 9am on 6/11/11.
• The Good The Bad & The Queen – get great tickets to see this British rock super group from just £7.
• Aston Villa v Norwich – Villa take on Norwich next month, for what promises to be an exciting match. Tickets from £10.
• Rihanna – great tickets still available for all live shows, particularly at the O2 arena from £55.99
• George Michael – the star makes his highly anticipated return to the live stage this month, tickets from £59
• Coldplay – tickets still available for their 3 live dates in December. Additional dates expected to be announced soon.

Earn 2.33% cashback when you purchase your tickets at Viagogo!

Earn up to 1.17% cashback when a member of your network shops at Viagogo!

You can find Viagogo on beruby…

… here and in the category Entertainment >> Tickets.

If you are always on the move, and love the latest trends Stylebop.com is definitely the place to be!  Stylebop.com is Europe’s leading online shop for luxury fashion, where you can find some of the biggest names in fashion such as Calvin Klein, Derek Lam, Juicy Couture, Loewe. Ossie Clarke, Valentino and Woolrich and more!

Get inspired and put together something chic and cool as you check out their look of the month! You can literally assemble an amazing outfit modeled after your favorite celebrity!  Stylebop.com brings the latest in fashion and designer-wear strait to your door and if you are wanting to know whats hot and whats not, they are a leading authority.  Check out their magazine for additional tips and tricks to make yourself catwalk ready!

Earn 2% cashback when you shop at Stylebop.com!

Earn up to 1% cashback when a member of your network shops at Stylebop.com!

You can find Stylebop.com on beruby…

… here and in the category Shopping >> Fashion and Accessories.

If you are looking to get people on board with beruby, to join your network, or if you are having difficulty just figuring out what we are all about, perhaps these tips written by one of our users will help you out…

Did you ever wish you could get paid for things like; checking your gmail account, reading the news, posting a twit or logging on to facebook?  That thought ran through my mind on more than one occasion as I spend loads of time on the internet.   One day, that wish came true when I stumbled upon a website called beruby.  The idea behind beruby is that you can use it as your homepage (which I have done) and then, whenever you need to do anything, whether it be reading the news to purchasing your new clothes at Guess, you get paid for it!

Click to see how your home page would appear.  As you can see, you have all the links that you want laid out for you.  It’s fully customizable and you can always add or remove links, even if they are not on beruby.

Aside just from clicking on the stuff you would normally be clicking on if you weren’t getting paid to surf the internet, you also can earn commissions when you make purchases through beruby.

Looking for gifts at Tesco for your friends and family for Christmas?  Why not purchase them through beruby and receive up to 1% commission from it?  Better yet, buy a plane ticket to Europe on Lufthansa for your next vacation getaway and get .66% commission!  I’m all for getting cash back after buying a plane ticket to Germany!  Who’s with me on this one?

Last, but not least, if you see how this can be great for you and you know people who will take advantage of this as well, they can earn a $1 just for signing up and downloading the beruby toolbar!  The beruby toolbar, gives them direct access to all of the beruby advertisers.   I have share this website with my parents and my friends because in this crazy economy, we are all struggling and every little bit that we can save or get back in return, is a huge help.  I know many families who are in the same boat, and it’s awesome to have found this site and share it with everyone else!

If you have any questions feel free to email their customer service dept. or leave a comment on their blog or forum.  They have some of the best customer service and are always very quick at answering questions and taking care of their users needs.

To get beruby account today click here.

Today marks a number of exciting happenings in the world today, and especially at beruby!

First and foremost, its the end of the month — that means we all got a little cash put back in our beruby piggy banks!

Second, its Halloween! One of my favorite days in the entire year! A day of fun festivities — dressing up, having fun, trick or treating and yes… an excuse to eat a ton of candy without feeling too guilty about it! WE WANT TO SEE YOUR PHOTOS!!!

Do you have photos of you dressed up on Halloween? If you do send them to beruby!

The end of October means that fall is officially here and the holiday season has officially started. Families are starting to prepare for their dinners and parties with family and friends, some of our berubiers have already bought their gifts well in advance to avoid some of the craziness that comes along with this time of year. Others, are not as prepared and our still trying to figure out the finer details, especially where we are going to get the money to do our shopping for everyone this year!

Luckily, here at beruby we will be providing you with additional savings, promotions and offers from a variety of retailers so that you can get the most out of your shopping experience this holiday season.

To start you off right, we are going to share the extra savings that are taking place right now at Disneyland Paris!  Why not treat the entire family to something unique this holiday season and share in the laughter and cheer at one of the world’s most popular theme park! Right now you can save up to 50% on your stay at Disneyland Paris!!

Earn 0.83% cashback when you book your holiday at Disneyland Paris!

Earn up to 0.42% cashback when a member of your network books their holiday at Disneyland Paris!

You can find Disneyland Paris on beruby…

… here and in the category Entertainment>>Tickets.