Go to IEA Member Benefits website. Find and click on the picture of the IEA membership card to take you to the Access website. If needed, register with the last 7 digits of your membership number, your personal e-mail address, and create a password. You only need to register once. Each time thereafter you sign in with your e-mail and password. Browse the site and DISCOVER the thousands of ways to save!

You want to hear some testimonials, you say:

• “I saved $50 a night which was 75% off the normal price on hotels in Portland.” – Shannon N, Boise;
• “Roosevelt Bed and Breakfast – wonderful room and delicious gourmet breakfast for half the price.” – Jan S., Boundary County;
• “I used the Access benefit when I went to Orlando one summer and was able to save over $400 in my hotel bill alone.” – Erlinda M. What Erlinda doesn’t tell you is that you can also save on theme park costs such as DisneyWorld, etc.

Find any Red Box and get DVDs, two for the price of one (use the app described below.)

Every time you eat at Chili’s you can get a free serving of chips and queso (with the app again.)

We don’t have the room and you don’t have the time to learn of the over quarter million discounts available nationwide.

There is a GPS friendly app that accompanies this Access benefit. The Access site will guide you to the app or you can download the “My Deals” app from the app store, register using your home email address and mobile password (1006 – [last 7 digits of] your membership number.) Wherever you are, the app will show the discounts in that vicinity.

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More ways to use your association benefits and save this summer:

NEA CLICK & SAVE – This a very popular discount purchasing program when you shop on line.  You and your family can save on brand name merchandise from hundreds of top retailers, restaurants, online stores, and local merchants. Just register and sign in on neamb.com to start shopping. New offers are added every day and you can set email reminders for your favorite merchants so you’ll be notified in advance of upcoming sales and discounts.

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TicketsatWork.com – Here’s a great way to save money and take advantage of discounts and special offers for many theme parks and attractions nationwide (should you plan to leave town and Idaho and see the rest of the country.) We’re talking about places such as

• Walt Disney World Resort,
• Universal Studios,
• Disneyland Park,
• Sea World,
• Six Flags,
• Cirque du Soleil,
• Las Vegas and New York City shows and performances,
• Busch Gardens,
• Kennedy Space Center,
• Orlando Balloon Rides,
• Orlando Dinner Shows (oodles of other Orlando attractions)
• Gray Line Grand Canyon Tours,
• Grand Canyon Helicopter Tours,
• Las Vegas Hotels (save as much as 50%) (oodles of Las Vegas attractions)
• Knott’s Berry Farm,
• San Diego Zoo,
• Legoland (oodles of other California attractions)
• Gray Line NYC sightseeing,
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (save 15% and skip the line),
• New York City Explorer Pass (save 45%) (oodles more NYC attractions)

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And then there is the latest association benefit: NEA Vacations. Save on hotels and resorts, air fare, cruises, guided vacations, vacation packages. Earn NEA Travel Dollars to give you even more discounts. A member has reported that she saved $400 on two plane tickets!!

NEA Members Save on Airfare, Hotels, Resorts, Cruises and More!

NEA Vacations offers you a world of travel discounts. Whether you’re planning a family vacation or your dream getaway NEA members can see more and do more for less.
SAVE with access to prices not available elsewhere on:

• Hotels and Resorts
• Airlines
• Cruises
• Guided Vacations, Vacation Packages and more!

PLUS, as an added bonus, NEA Members can earn NEA Travel Dollars to use as partial payment on cruises, resorts, hotels and vacation packages.

Learn about this great BRAND NEW BENEFIT at https://www.neamb.com/travel/nea-vacations.htm.

In a month or a little more, IEA members will conclude their student contact for the current school year.  That is not to say that IEA members divorce themselves totally from their professional responsibilities during the summer.  We continue during the summer: advancing our  education expertise with professional development; planning and preparing for a new crop of students in the fall, etc.

However, summer is the opportunity for most IEA members to get some “rest and relaxation” and get mentally prepared for the next school year.  To assist in that ”R & R” be sure to check out how your association member benefits can help you.

If you plan to go someplace special, either in the US or abroad be sure to check out how you can benefit from discounts with the newly launched NEA Vacations.  Here you can find ways to save money on hotels and resorts, air travel, cruises, guided vacations and vacation packages.

Speaking of guided vacations, NEA Member Benefits offers two companies which specialize in those programs and provide discounts for NEA/IEA members: Trafalgar Guided Vacations and G-Adventures.

Even if you are staying close to home, you can save money in your pocket book by using a couple of valuable association discount programs. The NEA program Click and Save can save you up to 30% on all kinds of purchases:  apparel, movie tickets, restaurants and dining, house wares, hotels, gifts, appliances, etc.

Speaking of appliances, be sure to investigate this great benefit called GE Appliances Store. Save on that new refrigerator you have been needing.

Then there is the worldwide discount purchasing program through IEA Member Benefits called the Educator Discount Program. Save wherever you go with the mobile app MyDeals.

Or, if you are staying close to home, enjoy savings in your own back yard.  Did you know? –  Save up to 50% for dining needs, shopping, car services, cell phone service, entertainment, theme parks, hotel stays, cruises, movies, home improvement, MORE,MORE,MORE.  Examples: close to 600 discounts available in north Idaho, over 2000 discounts available in the treasure valley, close to 1000 discounts in east Idaho, over 250 discounts in the Magic Valley. IEA members have saved as much as $600 in one summer using this IEA member benefit.  Take advantage of your IEA/NEA member benefits and enjoy your summer.