Savings + student discounts

Around forty places across Dallas, Arlington, Denton and Fort Worth. We note the ones that only honour it on weekdays, because that catches people out.

Less obvious than food, and often a bigger saving. Several gyms will match a student rate if you ask, even when it isn't advertised.

Most of the big ones are free with a .edu address, and a few keep it for a year after you graduate. Worth doing before you lose the email.

General admission costs nothing at several of the biggest institutions in the metroplex — some charge only for special exhibitions.

A longer list, but you have to time it. We keep the days current because they change more often than you'd think.

Thrift stores worth the drive, the weeks when students move out and leave everything on the kerb, and two free-cycle groups that actually have stock.

Library reserves, interlibrary loan, open-access editions and the three rental sites that consistently come out cheapest.