Discount Secrets in the Grand Duchy

Here are a few insider tips on discounts we have discovered over time while here in Luxembourg.  Many of them are not publicized - or not publicized very well - so we have stumbled upon them by chance. 

Automatic Car Wash:   Autocentre Goedert (next to Hornbach), Bertrange:   on Sundays, get your car washed for half-price.  Open Sundays from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm (more or less!).

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Cartes de Fidelite:  many stores and service providers (e.g., hair salons) offer "loyal customer cards" whereby you receive discounts after having made a certain amount of purchases with them.  In most cases, you hand your card to the cashier at the time you make your purchase, and he or she records the purchase in their system or directly on your card.  Some of the stores that offer them are Auchan, Cactus, Cora and Delhaize, but there are many more.  Go to the store's information desk to ask for your card.

Children's Haircuts: Bambini's, City Concorde, 80 route de Longwy, Bertrange (tel: 45 04 24).  Get six haircuts and the seventh is half-price.  Bambini’s is a child-friendly hair salon designed just for kids, with special seats, toys & cartoons to keep them sufficiently amused during the haircut.  Although most of the staff members do not speak English, they are very friendly and understanding if there is a language gap.  They also are well experienced in cutting quickly on fidgety and restless little heads.  After each cut, they give you a card stamped with the date of your visit.  After you have collected six cards, present them on your seventh visit for the discount.  If they forget to offer you the card, just ask.

On-line Shopping with Amazon:  the Amazon website in Germany (www.amazon.de) is the only one that offers free shipping to Luxembourg with purchases of at least €20.  You can find many English-language books, CDs, DVDs and videos on that site.  Although the prices may be slightly higher than what you pay in the US, the cost of shipping is less (or free), and in most cases, you avoid paying the high customs duty because you are purchasing within the EU (Luxembourg customs is usually 30% of the value of goods assessed at US $50 or more).  If you can't find what you're looking for on Amazon.de, try the sites in France (www.amazon.fr) and the UK (www.amazon.co.uk).  Although they do not offer free shipping to Luxembourg, you can still take advantage of lower shipping costs than if you buy from the US and the waiver of most customs duties

Parking in Trier, Germany:  if you like shopping in the Trier pedestrian zone, you can get a 50% discount on parking in the Kaufhof garage if you make a purchase at the department store of at least €5.00.  When you make your purchase, hand your parking ticket to the sales clerk and he or she will punch it.  When you put the card in the automat to pay, it will automatically reduce your fee.  Finding the Kaufhof garage is easy:  take the autoroute A1/E44, Exit # 3 (first exit for Trier); at the end of the exit ramp, turn right and follow the winding road into town;  at the first light, turn left toward Centrum crossing the bridge;  at the end of the bridge, turn right onto Martinsufer; turn left at the first light and follow signs for the Kaufhof parking garage.