October 7, 2026

Gaming is the category where gift cards most often go wrong. Not because gamers are hard to shop for — they're arguably the easiest, since almost all of them are actively saving up for something — but because …

September 18, 2026

Quick answer: You can buy a Carnival gift card straight from Carnival at carnival.ourgiftcards.com, on board your ship, and on gift-card racks at a lot of grocery and big-box stores like Kroger, Publix, Safeway, Meijer, and Albertsons. You can also buy a digital Carnival gift card on GiftCardGranny in amounts from $100 to $250, and when a discount or cash-back deal is running, it …

September 18, 2026

Quick answer: Yes, you can. There are a few ways to do it, and they are not all equal. The simplest is to buy through GiftCardGranny, where you save two ways at once: many cards are already discounted below face value, and select brands earn cash back through Granny's rewards program. Beyond that, the right credit card can earn rewards on gift cards bought …

September 16, 2026

Here is Granny's quick answer: the best white elephant gift card is one that is a little silly but that anyone at the table would still be happy to walk away with, loaded to match the party's price limit (usually $20 to $25). A gift card also solves the two problems every white elephant gift has, because it never ends up the wrong size …

September 16, 2026

Here is Granny's short answer: the best day of the week to shop is midweek, Tuesday through Thursday, when new markdowns hit and the crowds thin out. But the day of the week is the smallest lever you have. The bigger savings come from timing the month (every category has a season when it goes on clearance) and timing the big sale events (Black …