Took a trip to Manchester last night to chat on the BBC Breakfast sofa this morning with Jon, Sally and Ben about gift cards.
Giving a gift card can seem the ‘easy option’ if you’re stuck for present ideas and want to give a gift this Christmas but there’s lots of small print to wade through first to stay smart.
Some gift cards have time limits, or sneakily claw back some of the gift card value if you don’t use them fast enough, plus there’s always the risk of the card being worthless if the store goes bust before you can use it.
And it’s not just stores we were talking about – you can buy gift vouchers for ‘experiences’, so everything from Afternoon Tea to adrenalin fuelled adventures and with these, often a case of booking in advance.