Making Housework Easier in 2026: When to Use Housekeeping Services vs. Time-Saving Appliances
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Housework is no longer something you have to "push through"
When we talk about the burden of housework, we tend to think the fix is working harder: being quicker, being more efficient. But when you're short on time because both partners work or you're raising kids, that mindset is itself what makes things hard. There are only 24 hours in a day, and time spent washing dishes or cleaning never comes back. That's why the mainstream approach these days is to move housework off your own plate. Have a machine do it, hire someone to do it, or stop it from happening in the first place. Sort each chore into one of those three and your hands are free.
The key isn't to compare the three side by side. Housework comes in two kinds, chores that happen every single day and chores that weigh on you now and then, and the best way to offload each is completely different. Hiring a pro to do your dishes every day isn't realistic, and buying an expensive specialized appliance to clean the range hood fan a few times a year doesn't make sense either. This guide starts by sorting your own chores, then matches the three options (housekeeping services, time-saving appliances and delivery) to the situations where each really works. For choosing cleaning tools themselves, see our guide to cleaning appliances; for clothes care, see our clothing care guide. Prices and service details change often, so check each company's official information before you sign up.
First, sort your chores by "frequency × pain"
Before picking a method, the fastest route is to take stock of your chores. Buying appliances or booking help at random just burns money if you miss the target. The criteria are simple: how often the chore comes up, and how much you personally hate it. Multiply the two and the priority and method for offloading it fall into place naturally.
| Type of chore | Examples | First choice for offloading |
|---|---|---|
| Daily × painful | Dishes, floor cleaning, washing and drying laundry | Automate with time-saving appliances (buy once, works every day) |
| Daily × light | Preparing meals, small tidy-ups | Cut the effort with delivery and meal kits |
| Occasional × painful | Deep-cleaning the kitchen and bathroom, range hood fan, batch cooking | Outsource to a one-off housekeeping visit |
| Occasional × light | Seasonal wardrobe swap, the odd wipe-down | Do it yourself first; outsource now and then if it's too much |
Notice how "painful every day" and "painful now and then" split neatly into different methods. For the first, an appliance that keeps working every day after a single purchase is by far the cheaper option. For the second, calling in help only when needed makes more sense than owning a machine outright. Put the other way, paying for help with daily dishes or buying high-end appliances for a deep clean a few times a year means cost and benefit don't line up. The next sections go through the three methods one by one, following this sorting.
If you can't decide, think about which chore annoys you most when it doesn't get done. Offloading the chores that cause the most emotional stress, rather than going by skill or efficiency, makes daily life feel lightest. Don't try to drop everything at once; start with the one that will make the biggest difference.
Daily chores are cheapest when an appliance automates them
The more often you repeat a chore, the better the return on automating it. You pay for the machine once, but the time you save keeps adding up every day after you buy it. It works best for repetitive tasks machines do better than people: cleaning, dishwashing, and washing plus drying. In dual-income and child-raising households, these three are known as the "three sacred treasures" (三種の神器).
- Robot vacuum: Keeps your floors clean on its own, whether you're out or at home. How useful it is depends less on how smart it is and more on how well it suits your floor: thresholds, rug thickness and small items lying around. Higher-end models with mopping or an auto-empty station save more effort, but you need room to put them. See our robot vacuum article for the basics and robot vacuums (how to choose) for the finer points.
- Dishwasher: Often called the most satisfying time-saving appliance. It frequently uses less water than washing by hand, and above all there's the relief of not having to stand at the sink after meals. There are countertop models, built-in models that need installation work, and tank-type models that need no work at all, so start from the space you have. More in our dishwasher article.
- Washer-dryer / clothes dryer: The real burden of laundry is hanging it, bringing it in and folding it. If one machine handles everything through drying, you can run it at night regardless of the weather and have dry clothes by morning. Whether to get a drum-type washer-dryer or add a clothes dryer to your current washer depends on your home and budget. For choosing the washer itself, see our washing machine (drying function) article.
As helpers to lighten the cleaning, you can also add a stick vacuum for quick everyday use or a window-cleaning robot for high places. Either way, judge appliances you'll use every day by the value of the time they save rather than by price, and you won't go wrong. For when to buy, also see our appliance buying calendar.
A housekeeping service means a stranger in your home, so choose carefully
A housekeeping service (家事代行) lets you hand cleaning, laundry, batch cooking, tidying and more to professionals. It's well suited to offloading heavy chores that come up now and then, but what sets it apart from the other options is that someone you don't know enters your most private space: your home. That's why you need to look at trust and safety, not just price and what's covered.
One-off or regular: which to start with
There are two main ways to use these services: one-off (スポット) visits booked only when needed, and regular (定期) visits, such as weekly or every other week. The golden rule is to start with a one-off visit. Check whether you get along with the staff, how careful their work is and how being home during the visit feels, then switch to a regular plan if it's a good fit. Regular plans tend to be cheaper, but the stress of a long arrangement with someone who isn't a good match is easy to underestimate, so it's safer not to lock yourself into a contract right away.
Pricing is usually hourly. Don't miss the hidden costs
Most services charge by the hour. But comparing only the headline rate leads to surprises later, because extras like travel fees, staff-request fees, key-holding fees and minimum booking times add up. Two services with the same hourly rate can end up with very different totals depending on these. Prices change, so check exact amounts on each company's official site, and when comparing, line them up by the total you'll actually pay per visit.
Safety and coverage: skip this and you take the biggest risk
Since someone is coming into your home, having safeguards in place is essential. Is there damage coverage (if something is broken or lost)? How are staff identity-checked and trained? How are keys handed over and managed? These vary a lot between companies. Keep valuables and anything you don't want seen under your own control, and be clear from the start about what you want done and what's off-limits. That heads off trouble later.
The most common friction with housekeeping services isn't about money but about a gap between what you expected to be done and what actually got done. You thought you'd asked for "cleaning," but the kitchen and bathroom cost extra, or there was a cap on the number of dishes for batch cooking. At the first meeting, agree on which chores take priority, which areas not to touch and roughly how long things will take, and you'll be much happier with the results.
Stop chores from happening at all: delivery, the third option
Besides automating and outsourcing, another powerful approach is reducing the amount of housework itself. Going shopping, planning meals, caring for clothes: hand off these "upstream" tasks and the chores that follow shrink too. Unlike appliances, there's no upfront investment and you pay only for what you use, which makes it easy to start.
- Grocery delivery and online shopping: Get heavy drinks, rice and bulky household goods delivered to your door and the trips to the store disappear entirely. If meal planning is the struggle, meal kits with pre-prepped ingredients lighten three steps at once: deciding, buying and chopping. More in our online grocery and food delivery article.
- Pickup-and-delivery dry cleaning: For bulky winter clothes or items that are hard to deal with at home, dry cleaning you hand over and receive at your door is convenient. With a storage option, you can leave off-season clothes with them and save closet space too. See our delivery dry cleaning article.
- Regular deliveries of household essentials: Put things like detergent, toilet paper and diapers, which are a pain to run out of and a pain to shop for, on automatic refills. It removes both the stress of forgetting and the effort of the shopping trip. See our bulk buying and regular delivery article.
- Childcare support: Not housework as such, but in families with kids, borrowing an extra pair of eyes with a babysitter lets you knock out other chores in the meantime. More families are using both housekeeping and babysitting services.
Before deciding it's "too expensive," work out the value per hour
It's easy to balk at housekeeping or delivery because they cost money. But judging only by the price tag is premature. The right way is to consider how many hours that spending buys you and what you can do with them. For example, if a few thousand yen per visit frees you from two to three hours of housework, weigh that against what you could use the time for: rest, sleep, family or work.
- For daily chores, automating with appliances is cheapest long-term: You pay once. The longer you use it, the lower the cost per day, making it far cheaper than hiring someone.
- For infrequent heavy jobs, outsource rather than own: Booking a one-off visit when needed costs less overall than keeping an expensive specialized machine for a deep clean a few times a year.
- Try using your own hourly wage as a yardstick: If you can put the freed-up time toward work, side income or real rest, one benchmark is whether the outsourcing cost is lower than that. And don't forget the hidden value of physical and mental recovery, not just the money.
- Don't offload everything; combine methods: Automate daily chores with appliances, hire help only for heavy jobs you dislike, and get shopping delivered. Splitting roles like this keeps costs down while cutting the burden as much as possible.
Point-back rewards and various campaigns can lighten the upfront cost of appliances and delivery even further. But reward rates, eligibility conditions and annual fees change often, so don't count on any specific figure. Check the latest details on each official page right before you sign up.
"5-person," "◯Pa," "regular plan": once you know what the labels mean, comparing gets much faster
Whether it's an appliance comparison chart or a housekeeping company's price list, once you understand the terms you can narrow down your options in minutes. Skip over them and you end up with "they looked about the same, but this one doesn't work in our home." Here we cover only the labels that most often trip people up in this area.
A dishwasher's "5-person" rating is really a dish count, not a household size
"5人用" (5-person) in a dishwasher catalog doesn't mean it's for a family of five. It's a conversion showing how many people's worth of a JIS-standard set of dishes fits inside. What actually matters is the smaller print nearby, "standard dish count: ◯ pieces" (標準食器点数), calculated at roughly 5 pieces per person. So "5-person" means about 25 pieces. That doesn't include large plates, bowls or cookware, so if you also want to wash pots and frying pans, look at a capacity one size up from the label so it isn't cramped.
The other thing to check isn't the count but the shape of the racks. The more fold-down tines there are, the more you can lay down tall glasses or clay pots, and models with an adjustable upper rack let you raise it just on days you put a big pot below. Even with the same piece count, how much you can actually clear in one load depends on the racks.
A robot vacuum's "Pa" figure isn't much use for comparing brands
The Pa (pascal) figure in the suction column is a unit of pressure; the bigger it is, the stronger the suction. But measurement conditions aren't standardized across manufacturers, so comparing different brands by that number alone doesn't mean much. It's more realistic to use it to tell a manufacturer's higher and lower models apart. How well it actually picks up also depends on whether the brush is rubber or bristle and how wide the head is.
It also helps to know the terms for how they navigate. LiDAR uses lasers to measure distance and map your floor plan; vSLAM tracks position using camera images of the ceiling and so on; models without either rely on gyro sensors and bumpers. Models that can map let you set "just this room" or "no-go here," which suits homes that want to avoid kids' rooms or pet bowls. Comparison charts also list numbers like threshold climbing ◯mm, how high the mop lifts, and how many weeks a dust bag in the auto-empty dock lasts.
On washer-dryers, "wash capacity" and "dry capacity" are different
When you see two figures like "12kg / 6kg," the smaller second number is how much it can dry. If you plan to run full wash-and-dry cycles, treat that as the real limit. Heat-pump (ヒートポンプ式) models dry with lower-temperature air, so clothes shrink less and they use less electricity, but they're clustered at the higher end of the price range. Heater-type (ヒーター式) models are simpler and common at entry level, but drying at high heat is harder on clothes and uses more electricity. You can compare energy efficiency on the in-store unified energy-saving label (統一省エネラベル) by its multi-level rating (number of ★) and the annual power consumption (kWh) field.
The columns that really matter on a housekeeping price list
Lining up hourly rates alone isn't a real comparison. First make sure the following items are on equal terms.
| Label | What it means and what to check |
|---|---|
| One-off / regular (スポット／定期) | A single visit, or ongoing use with a fixed day and time. Regular plans usually cost less per hour |
| Minimum booking time | There's a floor such as "from 2 hours." Often you can't book just 1 hour |
| Travel fees | Included in the hourly rate, or charged separately at cost. If separate, your total will be higher than the listed rate |
| Staff-request fee / time-of-day surcharge | Whether there's an extra charge for requesting a specific staff member, or for early morning, evenings, weekends and holidays |
| Liability insurance | Whether they have it, and whether it covers breakage, staining and loss |
| Employment type | Whether staff are directly employed by the company or the company just matches you with individuals. This changes the training and who is responsible |
| Cancellation policy | Treatment differs for the day before vs. the same day. Always check if your household often has sudden fevers |
A confusing point is the difference between a housekeeping service (家事代行) and a housekeeper placement agency (家政婦紹介所). An agency's job is to introduce people, and the contract is between you and the individual staff member. That changes whether your point of contact for accidents or disputes is the company or you yourself, so confirm this before signing up. Professional house cleaning (ハウスクリーニング) is something else again: thorough cleaning with specialized equipment and commercial detergents. Taking apart and washing the inside of an air conditioner or degreasing a range hood is normally outside what a regular housekeeping service does.
The phrase "within the scope of everyday cleaning" (日常清掃の範囲) in the task description is often used to mean it excludes high places, the outside of windows, pest removal and moving large furniture. Ask in the free-text field of the booking form whether what you want is within that line, so you don't lose time on the day being told "we can't do that."
Avoid "it doesn't fit" after delivery: measuring faucets, washer pans and furniture clearance
In this category, mistakes are far more often about physically not being able to place or connect the appliance than about misjudging performance. And dishwashers and washer-dryers aren't easy to send back. Before you hit the order button, spend ten minutes walking around your home with a tape measure.
For a dishwasher, the water supply method decides where it can go
Countertop models get water in two main ways. Branch-valve (分岐水栓) models connect via a part inserted into your kitchen faucet. You'll need to check the faucet's model number, which is often stamped at the base of the spray head or behind the lever, then use the manufacturer's search page to identify the matching branch part before buying. Some faucet shapes have no compatible part, in which case the whole faucet needs replacing. If you rent, check with your management company first whether you can install it and how restoring the apartment at move-out will be handled. Tank-type (タンク式) models have you pour water into the top by hand. No installation work makes them rental-friendly, but filling takes effort and they hold less per load.
The unit's outer dimensions aren't enough. You also need room behind it for the supply and drain hoses, depth in front when the door is open, clearance from wall cabinets if the lid opens upward, and the weight limit of the counter or rack you'll set it on. Draining into the sink is standard, so check whether the hose routing will split up your prep space. The power outlet should in principle be grounded, and putting it on the same circuit as the microwave makes the breaker more likely to trip. If you're replacing a built-in, matching the 45cm or 60cm width isn't enough; depth, height, door panel and whether it's slide-out or front-opening must all match, or the cabinetry will need modification.
For a washer-dryer: the inside of the washer pan, faucet height and the delivery route
First measure the washer pan (防水パン) on the floor. Measure the inside, not the outside; common sizes have a short side of 540mm or 640mm. If the drain sits directly under the machine, you may need a raising stand. Next, faucet height. Drum-type machines are tall, and it's common for the faucet to hit the machine so it can't be installed. If it does, you'll need work to swap in a lower-profile faucet. The door's opening direction (left or right hinge) also matters; if it opens toward a wall or the vanity, you'll be twisting every time you load or unload.
And a surprising hurdle is the delivery route: the clear opening of the front door, hallway corners, stair landings, the width and depth of the elevator, and the door frame of the washroom. Large drum-type models are both wide and deep, so "it fits in the room but can't be carried there" happens. If there's no clear path, it'll have to be hoisted in over the balcony or through a window, at extra cost. Condos may have rules on protecting common areas and set hours for deliveries, so check your building rules too and you won't panic on the day. Old washing machines and refrigerators are covered by the Home Appliance Recycling Law (家電リサイクル法), so disposal requires the set recycling fee and arranging collection and transport.
For a robot vacuum, look at your home from floor level
Compare the catalog's unit height with the clearance under your furniture. Being just a few mm short means it can't get under the sofa, bed or TV stand, and you end up cleaning those spots by hand anyway. Next, thresholds. Measure the sill of a tatami room, the trim between the hallway and washroom, the edge of the entryway and so on, and check they're within the climbable height (many models top out around 20mm). Shaggy rugs, cables lying on the floor, curtain hems and pet water bowls can cause tangles or breakdowns, so whether you can clear them off its route is another deciding factor. The dock needs to sit against a flat wall with space left on both sides and in front, as the model specifies. Types that refill water and empty dirty water automatically need connecting to the washroom faucet and drain, which limits where they can go even more.
App setup usually trips up on the Wi-Fi band
Quite a few robot vacuums and washing machines with Wi-Fi only support the 2.4GHz band. Initial setup often fails on routers or mesh systems that use the same network name (SSID) for 5GHz, so setting up a 2.4GHz-only SSID just for setup usually solves it. Also check the smartphone OS version the app requires and whether family members can control it from their devices (account sharing).
Delivery and housekeeping also have conditions on your end
With frozen food delivery, what matters is your freezer capacity. If one delivery doesn't fit, you end up thawing and repacking things, which defeats the time-saving purpose. If you add a dedicated freezer, check the gap from the wall needed for heat release and which way the door opens. Fresh and refrigerated deliveries are often excluded from leave-at-door (置き配) options, and delivery lockers generally can't take chilled items. For housekeeping, decide the following before the first visit and you'll save all the explaining time on the day: how to get through the auto-lock entrance, whether there's bike or car parking, the fact that they normally use your own detergents and cleaning tools (work stops if you've run out), whether you'll be home during the visit, how to handle pets, and where valuables are kept.
- Measure the spotMeasure width, depth and height, plus the space needed with the door open and room behind for hoses and cables.
- Check the connectionsFaucet model number, inside dimensions of the washer pan and drain position, whether there's a grounded outlet and room on the circuit.
- Measure the route inFront door clear opening, corners, stairs, elevator. The narrowest point is your limit.
- Keep photos and notesSnap the faucet's stamped number, the pan's dimensions and outlet locations; you can use them as-is in store or in a chat consultation.
What "standard installation" (標準設置) includes when buying online differs by retailer. Faucet replacement, raising stands, branch parts, hoisting, and removing and taking away your old unit are often charged separately, so open the options section on the order screen all the way through and check.
How to get started with appliances and services for less
Each of the three pillars for easier housework has its own best timing and methods for starting cheaply. Knowing the tricks specific to this area, rather than generic saving tips, makes the same spending go further.
- Target the new-life season and sale periods for big appliancesPricey time-saving appliances like dishwashers, washer-dryers and robot vacuums tend to see price movement during the new-life season (Feb–Apr), year-end sales and big shopping-mall sale events. If you're not in a hurry, the previous-generation model, which becomes good value around new model launches, is also a strong option.
- Measure first to make sure it fitsFor dishwashers and drum-type washer-dryers, your options depend on placement, the delivery route and faucet and drain conditions. The biggest waste is buying something that won't go in or can't be placed, so measure before you compare prices.
- Start housekeeping with a first-time trialMany services offer discounted first-time plans. Check compatibility and work quality with a one-off visit, then move to a cheaper regular plan if it suits you. In that order, you won't get stuck with a bad match.
- For delivery, look at first-order perks and ongoing costs separatelyGrocery delivery and subscription services have generous sign-up perks, but shipping and service fees keep coming. Judge by how much you'll keep paying each month, not just the initial deal.
- Check point-back rewards on official sites right before buyingReward rates, conditions and caps at shopping malls and on credit cards change. Don't take the examples in this article at face value; confirm the latest conditions on each official site before making the final payment.
Common mistakes and how to avoid them
There are some typical ways people end up adding money and effort while trying to make housework easier. All of them can be avoided just by knowing about them in advance.
- Trying to offload everything at once: Starting appliances, housekeeping and delivery at the same time racks up costs and leaves you unable to tell what's working. Offload your most painful chore first, then move on once you've felt the benefit.
- Buying a high-end appliance and not using it: Buying a robot vacuum, then putting it away because there's too much stuff on the floor, is a classic mistake. Choose appliances by whether you can run them every day in your actual life, not by specs.
- Using housekeeping for daily chores: Relying on paid help for daily dishes and floor cleaning often turns out more expensive than automating with an appliance. The rule is to keep housekeeping for occasional heavy jobs.
- Overlooking the ongoing cost of delivery: Some people sign up for the first-order perks, only to find shipping and fees add up and the supermarket was cheaper after all. Judge by the ongoing cost.
There's no single right way to offload housework. Family makeup, the chores you hate and the size of your home are different for everyone. What matters is to stop carrying it all through sheer effort and gradually find the mix of offloading methods that fits your life.
FAQ
Housekeeping service or time-saving appliances: which should I start with?
The basic rule is to decide by whether the chore happens every day or only now and then. For things you repeat daily, like dishes, floor cleaning and washing and drying, automating with a time-saving appliance that works every day once you buy it is cheaper in the long run. For infrequent but heavy jobs like deep-cleaning the kitchen and bathroom or batch cooking, booking a one-off housekeeping visit only when needed is more efficient. Start by picking the one chore that stresses you most and choose the method that suits it.
What should I check before booking a housekeeping service for the first time?
The key points are pricing (hourly or not, and whether there are travel fees, staff-request fees or a minimum booking time), what tasks you can request, and safety. Since someone will be in your home, check in advance whether there's damage coverage, how staff are identity-checked and trained, and how keys are handled. It's safest not to sign a regular contract right away; try a one-off visit first to check compatibility and work quality. Agreeing at the start on what you want done and which areas not to touch prevents mismatched expectations.
Isn't a housekeeping service expensive? How do I judge if it's worth it?
Look beyond the price itself to how much time the spending buys and what you can do with that time. Automate daily chores with time-saving appliances and book one-off help only for heavy jobs like a deep clean a few times a year, and you can cut the burden while keeping costs down. If you can use the freed-up time for rest or work, one benchmark is whether the outsourcing cost is lower than what that time is worth. Factor in the hidden value of physical and mental recovery, not just money.
What time-saving combo works for dual-income households and families with kids?
The foundation is automating daily chores with the "three sacred treasures": a robot vacuum, dishwasher and washer-dryer. On top of that, cutting cooking effort with meal kits or grocery delivery, and clothes care with pickup-and-delivery dry cleaning, is effective. When you're short of hands for childcare, you can also get a babysitter to watch the kids and catch up on housework meanwhile. There's no need to get everything at once; we recommend starting to automate or outsource with the chore that weighs on you most.
Is there a cheaper time of year to buy time-saving appliances?
Large time-saving appliances like dishwashers, washer-dryers and robot vacuums tend to see price movement during the new-life season (Feb–Apr), year-end sales and big shopping-mall sale events. If you don't insist on the latest generation, the previous model, which becomes good value around new model launches, is a strong choice. But dishwashers and drum-type machines have space and delivery-route requirements, so measure before comparing prices to avoid mistakes. Point-back conditions change, so check each official site right before buying.
Do delivery services actually save money?
It depends on how you use them. Saving the trip to the store and the effort of meal planning is valuable, but shipping and service fees keep adding up, so judging only by first-order perks can leave you paying more. Focusing on the biggest hassles for you, like heavy drinks, a regular delivery of household essentials, or meal kits when you want someone else to plan meals, gives the best value. The trick is to judge by the ongoing monthly cost.
Any tips for not getting it wrong when trying to make housework easier?
The most common mistake is starting appliances, housekeeping and delivery all at once, so costs pile up and you can't tell what's working. Start by picking the single most stressful chore and offloading it with a method that suits it. Choose appliances by whether you can run them every day in your actual life rather than by specs, and use housekeeping for infrequent heavy jobs rather than daily chores. Expand to the next chore once you've felt the benefit, and you'll reduce the burden without strain.
I rent and can't install a faucet branch valve. Do I have to give up on a dishwasher?
A tank-type model (you pour water into the inlet by hand) works without any faucet work. If you can put it next to the sink, it just drains into the sink, so there's almost no worry about restoring the apartment when you move out. It holds less and filling it is more effort than a branch-valve model, but it's perfectly practical for two adults' dishes. Just check the weight limit of the surface you put it on.
I'm uneasy about giving my house key to a housekeeping service. Can I avoid it?
You can avoid handing it over by being home during visits or scheduling them when a family member is in. If you really need them to come while you're out, a realistic option is a combination key box with the code changed regularly. If you do leave a key with the company, first check that the contract clearly states how it's stored, how removal is logged and what happens if it's lost.
How tidy does my floor need to be for a robot vacuum?
A good rule: get down on all fours and remove anything that could snag. Dangling cables, power strips with cords, discarded socks, pet water bowls, edges of shaggy rugs and the hems of curtains. Clearing just these five cuts down a lot on the robot stopping or getting tangled. If your model makes maps, you can simply set areas you can't tidy as no-go zones.
How should I split jobs between a housekeeping service and professional house cleaning?
The practical split is housekeeping for everyday cleaning, laundry and cooking, and professional house cleaning for heavy grime a few times a year. Taking apart and washing the inside of an air conditioner, greasy range hoods, and bathroom limescale or drains need special equipment and detergents, and are generally outside what housekeeping services do. Booking them on separate days ends up getting everything done faster.
If I buy a washer with a dryer, will I never have to hang laundry again?
Not completely. Delicates, knits, swimwear and clothes with embellishments can't go in the dryer, and shirts you want wrinkle-free need to go on hangers right after they come out. But just having the daily towels, underwear, socks and loungewear dry automatically removes two steps, hanging and bringing in, which makes a big difference in how the chore feels.
* This article is for reference only. Sale dates, point rates and campaign terms can change, so check each store's official page for the latest details.