Get paid to go to U.S. music festivals

WOULD you like to be paid to attend music festivals around the U.S. with a friend? Online booking platform Crewfare is offering this part-time gig to a festival lover. The package includes air fare and hotels, VIP passes to festivals in Charleston, South Carolina; New York; and Bridgeport, Connecticut, plus merchandise, music playlists and snacks. And you’ll be paid $5,000. To apply, go to crewfare.com/festie-forhire before May 31.

■ APPLY for pension credit. If you’re a pensioner on a low income, then make sure you claim for pension credit before May 19, 2023. Pension credit is a very under-claimed benefit, but it can be a helpful as apart from the money you get, it also means you’re eligible for help with heating costs and a free TV licence. It now triggers the cost-ofliving-support payment, worth £301. For details see gov.uk/pension-credit.

■ If you live in yorkshire, or just love holidays there (like me), the Coastliner bus company has dropped all its fares to £2 each way until the end of June. you can travel between Leeds, york, Whitby, and the North york Moors (including Heartbeat and Harry Potter filming locations like Goathland). The £2 ‘price drop’ is happening on other Transdevoperated bus routes in Lancashire, too. for a full list visit: transdevbus. co.uk/coastliner/pricedrop-coastliner

■ SING along to Eurovision with a cut-price karaoke machine. Shoppers who spend £50 or more exclusively instore at The Food Warehouse can buy a Daewoo Bluetooth Karaoke Machine for half-price. It was £100 but costs just £50 to those who spend more than £50 elsewhere in the store.