public function save() {

			// some hooks
			do_action( 'tribe_settings_save' );
			do_action( 'tribe_settings_save_tab_' . $this->currentTab );

			// we'll need this later
			$parent_options = array();

			/**
			 * loop through each validated option and either
			 * save it as is or figure out its parent option ID
			 * (in that case, it's a serialized option array and
			 * will be saved in the next loop)
			 */
			if ( ! empty( $this->validated ) ) {
				foreach ( $this->validated as $field_id => $validated_field ) {
					// get the value and filter it
					$value = $validated_field->value;
					$value = apply_filters( 'tribe_settings_save_field_value', $value, $field_id, $validated_field );

					// figure out the parent option [could be set to false] and filter it
					if ( is_network_admin() ) {
						$parent_option = ( isset( $validated_field->field['parent_option'] ) ) ? $validated_field->field['parent_option'] : Tribe__Main::OPTIONNAMENETWORK;
					}
					if ( ! is_network_admin() ) {
						$parent_option = ( isset( $validated_field->field['parent_option'] ) ) ? $validated_field->field['parent_option'] : Tribe__Main::OPTIONNAME;
					}

					$parent_option  = apply_filters( 'tribe_settings_save_field_parent_option', $parent_option, $field_id );
					$network_option = isset( $validated_field->field['network_option'] ) ? (bool) $validated_field->field['network_option'] : false;

					// some hooks
					do_action( 'tribe_settings_save_field', $field_id, $value, $validated_field );
					do_action( 'tribe_settings_save_field_' . $field_id, $value, $validated_field );

					if ( ! $parent_option ) {
						if ( $network_option || is_network_admin() ) {
							update_site_option( $field_id, $value );
						} else {
							update_option( $field_id, $value );
						}
					} else {
						// set the parent option
						$parent_options[ $parent_option ][ $field_id ] = $value;
					}
				}
			}

			/**
			 * loop through parent option arrays
			 * and save them
			 * NOTE: in the case of the main option Tribe Options,
			 * this will save using the Tribe__Settings_Manager::set_options method.
			 */
			foreach ( $parent_options as $option_id => $new_options ) {
				// get the old options
				if ( is_network_admin() ) {
					$old_options = (array) get_site_option( $option_id );
				} else {
					$old_options = (array) get_option( $option_id );
				}

				// set the options by parsing old + new and filter that
				$options = apply_filters( 'tribe_settings_save_option_array', wp_parse_args( $new_options, $old_options ), $option_id );

				if ( $option_id == Tribe__Main::OPTIONNAME ) {
					// save using the Tribe__Settings_Manager method
					Tribe__Settings_Manager::set_options( $options );
				} elseif ( $option_id == Tribe__Main::OPTIONNAMENETWORK ) {
					Tribe__Settings_Manager::set_network_options( $options );
				} else {
					// save using regular WP method
					if ( is_network_admin() ) {
						update_site_option( $option_id, $options );
					} else {
						update_option( $option_id, $options );
					}
				}
			}

			do_action( 'tribe_settings_after_save' );
			do_action( 'tribe_settings_after_save_' . $this->currentTab );
			remove_action( 'shutdown', array( $this, 'deleteOptions' ) );
			add_option( 'tribe_settings_sent_data', $_POST );
			add_option( 'tribe_settings_errors', $this->errors );
			add_option( 'tribe_settings_major_error', $this->major_error );
			wp_redirect( esc_url_raw( add_query_arg( array( 'saved' => true ), $this->url ) ) );
			exit;
		}