Cities On the Cheap
Cincinnati, OH
Motivated by the current coupon-clipping climate, writers across the U.S. and Canada have pulled together to help friends and neighbors get out and about on the cheap. Cities on the Cheap, http://www.citiesonthecheap.com, is the hub for a rapidly growing network of “On the Cheap” blogs. Each blog, which is independently owned and operated, highlights city-specific freebies, discounts and deals.
The blogs are the brainchild of Atlanta writer Jennifer Maciejewski, who began with a
blog for the Atlanta area, http://www.atlantaonthecheap.com. “I started out just looking
for ways to help my family see and do more in Atlanta for less, but the deals I found
were too good to keep to myself,” Maciejewski says. “I created Atlanta on the Cheap to
spread the word.”
After launching the Atlanta blog, Maciejewski shared her idea on a networking site for
professional writers and invited other writers to start “On the Cheap” blogs for their
cities. The idea took off.
“Although a myriad of moneysaving blogs exist, most focus on reaching a national U.S.
audience, offering readers few, if any, city-specific deals,” Maciejewski says. “Cities
on the Cheap fills this niche.”
Cities on the Cheap now includes more than 40 city blogs in the U.S., Canada, the
Caribbean, and Europe with more in development.
In the past month, thrifty readers of the individual “On the Cheap” blogs have learned about free dance performances, concerts, art workshops, coffee, breakfast, poetry slams and movie passes. That’s in addition to dozens of deals on everything from Broadway shows to sporting events. The newest addition to the Cities on the Cheap family, http://cincinnationthecheap.com, caters to the Greater Cincinnati tri-state area and is operated by freelance writer Angela Black.
Other Cities on the Cheap network blogs include: Albuquerque, Atlanta, Big Island,
Birmingham (March 12), Boulder, Charlotte, Chattanooga (March 12), Chicago, Columbus,
Denver, Des Moines, Florida Keys, Florida Panhandle (March 12), Fort Lauderdale, Fort
Worth, Gainesville, Gatlinburg, Gold Country, Honolulu, Houston, Hudson Valley,
Indianapolis (April ’09), Jersey Shore, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Mobile,
Montreal, Napa, Nashville, New Orleans, Northeast Georgia, Palm Beach, Philadelphia,
Phoenix, San Diego (April ’09), San Francisco, Santa Fe, Sarasota, Seattle, Sonoma, Tampa Bay, Taos, Toronto, Tucson, and Western North Carolina. A specialty site, Disney on the Cheap, focuses on deals for visiting the Florida theme parks, and the other, Florida on
the Cheap, focuses on Florida’s tourist attractions. We also have a military site which
focuses on members of the military.
In addition, writers are currently developing sites for Calgary, the Caribbean, Great
Britain, Manhattan, Maui, Milwaukee, Orlando, St. Louis, West Virginia, and others.
For more information about the Cincinnati site, please visit http://cincinnationthecheap.com/?
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