Holidays / Season

The holiday season is in full swing and you probably still have one person (or more) you have yet to find the perfect gift for. While we rounded up the Top Gifts for Guys and the Top Gifts for Women, we found unique gift ideas that will help last minute shoppers! Activity: Need a gift for a sports fan? Instead of purchasing apparel or something with the team’s logo on it, buy tickets (and one for yourself) [...]

Holiday Cookie RecipesLet’s face it; one of the best parts of the holiday season is food. In fact, at Mariner Finance, we have such a sweet tooth that we held an internal contest for the best cookie recipes. We had our team members send in their families’ favorite time-tested holiday cookie recipe and then held a vote to see who the winners were. Below are the ones that made it to the top ten. Happy baking! Chocolate Espresso [...]

Holiday Party Planning Tips Holiday parties can range from small, familiar gatherings, to all-out celebrations. Whether you are throwing a holiday party for your close friends or for your entire extended family, we gathered some holiday party tips to keep it as affordable and fun as possible. Let’s explore them below: Guest list While it’s important to keep in mind how much space you have for your guests in your home or venue, it’s [...]

Black Friday is a great time to hit the stores and snag deals on items that typically break the bank, but as a shopper, you will have to fight through crowds of people who have the same wish list. Why do that when you can shop from the comfort of your home and snag great deals on Cyber Monday with ease? Think you know how to make the most of your online shopping this [...]

Don’t know what to get your guy, brother, son, dad, etc. this holiday season? We wanted to know too, and sent out a survey to over 600 Mariner Finance employees to find out. Of the 612 individuals that took our survey, 203 of them were male and chose the following categories as their most popular gift choices: […]

One of the best items to score savings on during the Black Friday sales are televisions. Lots of retailers are offering discounts on TVs that come from various manufacturers in a variety of sizes and resolutions…even curved ones! We know that people may be looking for specific models, so we rounded up a lot of deals we found on BFAdScan.net and arranged them by size. Happy hunting! […]

Black Friday means incredible deals, especially in the electronics category. The retail-oriented holiday is so popular with shoppers that even brands that you typically can’t find on sale usually are, and in the electronics category, that brand is Apple. Apple, made popular for manufacturing the iPhone, iPad, and iPod, will be featured at unheard of markdowns in a variety of retailers. But, how can you guarantee you are finding the best price? That’s where [...]