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£7k in 7 months...I hope!

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  • Kepp
    Kepp Posts: 4,390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I know I'm the person who thinks it's acceptable to go to Borneo mid-debt but for what it's worth I think you should go too!

    Could be a good challenge to see how MSE you could make it and then go do it! :D
    Debt at LBM Apr 2010 £28,767 Debt free as of Nov 2013 :j
  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    Everyone deserves a little treat Jody x
    LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)

    Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
    MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00

    Surveys: £6.60/£40.00
  • jtr2803
    jtr2803 Posts: 3,232 Forumite
    Ceniza wrote: »
    Take a tent, even cheaper then, or hire a van and sleep in the back whilst travelling around :D

    Very funny! :D

    Very happily married on 10th April 2013 :D
    Spero Meliora
    Trying to find a cure for Maldivesitis :rotfl:
  • jtr2803
    jtr2803 Posts: 3,232 Forumite
    You guys are a bad influence on me! Just going to see how much we could get a B&B for.....

    I think OH would enjoy it....hmm, when do I go is the question? Can't go in November as I have accounts year end, Dec is xmas and I have centreparcs first week of feb :eek:

    Very happily married on 10th April 2013 :D
    Spero Meliora
    Trying to find a cure for Maldivesitis :rotfl:
  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    I know, we should all be on here saying don't do it lol!

    Would October be too soon to get the funds together then?
    LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)

    Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
    MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00

    Surveys: £6.60/£40.00
  • Kepp
    Kepp Posts: 4,390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    jtr2803 wrote: »
    Very funny! :D

    I took that one seriously - you could save loads!

    Guessing you're not a camping person? The sleep in the back of a van could work, just take loads of blankets - from nights I've slept in the boots of cars its amazing how cold they can get :)
    Debt at LBM Apr 2010 £28,767 Debt free as of Nov 2013 :j
  • Kepp
    Kepp Posts: 4,390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    jtr2803 wrote: »
    You guys are a bad influence on me! Just going to see how much we could get a B&B for.....

    I think OH would enjoy it....hmm, when do I go is the question? Can't go in November as I have accounts year end, Dec is xmas and I have centreparcs first week of feb :eek:

    Maybe look for when either B&Bs or flights are cheapest and then just use that as the deciding factor? :)
    Debt at LBM Apr 2010 £28,767 Debt free as of Nov 2013 :j
  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    beccie wrote: »
    from nights I've slept in the boots of cars its amazing how cold they can get :)

    Why???? Is this something you often do lol????
    LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)

    Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
    MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00

    Surveys: £6.60/£40.00
  • Kepp
    Kepp Posts: 4,390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Woowoo wrote: »
    Why???? Is this something you often do lol????

    Ha ha thankfully not anymore!

    In what I already think of as my younger days :rotfl: the guy I was with was in a band, and convinced he was going to become a rock star!

    We used to go all over to gigs they were playing and various parties and unfortunately quite often that meant sleeping in the boot after! :eek:
    Debt at LBM Apr 2010 £28,767 Debt free as of Nov 2013 :j
  • jtr2803
    jtr2803 Posts: 3,232 Forumite
    You lot are terrible! You should be telling me not to go, not encouraging me :rotfl:.

    Well I have been playing around with dates and have come up with the following;

    Leaving 16th Oct for 3 nights

    Flights - £60 (no hold bag, I'll manage!)
    B&B - £132 (5 star rating on late rooms and walking distance from Killarney town centre)
    Car - £50 approx for the whole time.

    Didn't think that was too bad, really need to speak to OH about it but he is at college :mad:. My mum is saying I should go as well!

    I bet OH says no!

    Very happily married on 10th April 2013 :D
    Spero Meliora
    Trying to find a cure for Maldivesitis :rotfl:
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