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Shifting a 24K debt in a year?????

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  • Kepp
    Kepp Posts: 4,390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I was the same!

    Whilst I was at school I had been to France and Belgium on school trips and that was it. Family holidays were never abroad always the New Forest or similar, although that didn't mean they weren't fun!

    Since then I have been to:

    Cyprus
    Turkey
    Egypt (for one day!)
    Domican Republic x2
    New York x3
    Cuba
    Tunisia
    France
    Berlin
    Prague
    Amsterdam
    Zimbabwe x2 (can I count that when I bungee jumped at Vic Falls it was on the Zambian border and I technically went into Zambia for a beer after?!)
    Namibia

    It doesn't actually look like that many places when it's written down - I think I'll have to blame Zimbabwe for taking over 4 months of my time in total, love it there way too much! :)

    Written down it doesn't look like that much!
    Debt at LBM Apr 2010 £28,767 Debt free as of Nov 2013 :j
  • Ceniza
    Ceniza Posts: 761 Forumite
    That's quite a list Beccie, beats me I think.
    jtr2803 wrote: »
    Thanks girls! Up until I left school I had only been abroad once :o, we just didn't have the money when I was a kid. I haven't done too bad in the last 3 years...been to Madrid, Barcelona (free trips with work), Tunisia, Cuba, Devon and Egypt. I really fancy Hawaii too after seeing Adams pics :rotfl:.

    Definately going to have a few years of trips once it's all paid off! :D

    I'd only been once before I'd left school too - and since we're listing, mine include:

    Scotland
    Wales
    Ireland (had to include these 3 to make it seem longer LOL)
    France
    Austria (Vienna, Salzburg, Styria)
    Slovakia (Bratislava, Tatras)
    Czech Republic (Prague)
    China (Beijing)
    America (Florida, New York, Hawaii)
    Spain (Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Various other resorts)

    Also driven though Holland, belgium and Germany and had airport stop overs at Atlanta, LA, Mineapolis and Dubai but these don't count.

    I need to do more LOL. Hurry up DFD :D
    Adam's diary - My Debt Diary - The Challenge | LBM May 2010 with £23,343.35 | £16,141.46 to go...
    Cleared: £7,369.16 / 30.85% | Current DFD: Oct2012 from Jan2014 | July repaid: £600/£800

    Goals: Aug-11 37% | Nov-11 60% | Feb-11 67% | May-12 76% | Aug-12 86% | Dec-12 debt free
  • jtr2803
    jtr2803 Posts: 3,232 Forumite
    Actually my list was only for the last 3 years...if we go whole hog then...

    Bahamas (but I was 2 and don't remember it!):(
    Majorca
    Fuerteventura
    Tenerife
    Corfu
    Ireland (Same place as I am going next month!)

    Actually, when you write it all down it seems like a lot...def a few to add to it though :D

    Very happily married on 10th April 2013 :D
    Spero Meliora
    Trying to find a cure for Maldivesitis :rotfl:
  • Kepp
    Kepp Posts: 4,390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Oo oo, then I'm including Wales then too! :D

    Can't believe I've actually never been to Scotland or Ireland!
    Debt at LBM Apr 2010 £28,767 Debt free as of Nov 2013 :j
  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    Oooh can I play to?? Since leaving school:

    Morrocco to climb Mount Toubkal
    Eygpt to trek Sinai Desert
    Thailand trekking in the jungle
    Cuba touring round the island
    Maldives sailing round the uninhabited islands
    China walking the Great Wall
    Cappadocia in Turkey trekking
    France x4
    Austria x3
    Spain x2
    Tunisia
    Greece x3
    Cuba just a beach hol this time
    Mexico
    Iceland
    Prague
    Rome
    Venice

    All paid for on credit cards 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
    I think Woowoo wins! :D
    Debt at LBM Apr 2010 £28,767 Debt free as of Nov 2013 :j
  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    Ha all I win is a !!!! load of debt 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
    And I'm sure I saw on your thread that you said you never win anything! :rotfl:
    Debt at LBM Apr 2010 £28,767 Debt free as of Nov 2013 :j
  • Ahhh I like this game...

    I have been to:

    Spain x 3
    Greece x 2
    France x 3
    Canada x 2
    Cyprus x 2
    Poland x 3
    Tenerife
    Fuerteventura
    Ibiza
    Majorca
    America
    Cuba
    Portugal

    ...Have we all been to Cuba? It seems to be a popular desination according to Beccie's blog!

    xxxxxx

    P.S-Beccie, we have teh same DFD! July 2013!
  • Ceniza
    Ceniza Posts: 761 Forumite
    WOW - that's a lot! I don't think I've ever paid for any holiday on a credit card.... My debt has come from cars and partying, which is worse as I now have nothing to show for any of it!!
    Adam's diary - My Debt Diary - The Challenge | LBM May 2010 with £23,343.35 | £16,141.46 to go...
    Cleared: £7,369.16 / 30.85% | Current DFD: Oct2012 from Jan2014 | July repaid: £600/£800

    Goals: Aug-11 37% | Nov-11 60% | Feb-11 67% | May-12 76% | Aug-12 86% | Dec-12 debt free
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