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tigzem

Hey stranger! We haven't managed to meet up maybe one w/end?

benbenandme

Think I've found our holiday I have been looking at Shearings holidays, I did a coach holiday to Spain years ago with Cosmos but couldn't find any that still did them, but Shearings do, and it will work out at about £900 for ten days (7 nights due to the travel but ds likes coaches and I hate planes ) and we get picked up 2 miles from here and delivered to the hotel, will need to add on insurance etc, and its half board, but ds is a fussy monster so will probably end up eating junk for a week but hey, its a holiday!

So now to pay for it ... I reckon its roughly £1000 - £900 for the hols, then insurance, (got passports etc ....

The £2 pot will be for spending money.

So £1k .... well I have £100 of it already, and I am already nearly reaching my yearly target for the mortgage pot ... I need to find another £1319. The 4 mortgage payments that are left will account for £934, the 4 isa payments will account for £200 meaning I need to find another £185. I am waiting for £60 to come through from dialaphone, £20 from 4 x Halifax payments, which means I need to find another £105, £85 from my extra child benefit payment (13 payments over 12 months), so £20 to go, I currently have a bid of £20 on my ebay item that finishes tomorrow (surely wont go any higher, is a used item that only cost me £16 brand new!), so thats the mortgage challenge complete!! Now I can try and get the holiday well underway before Xmas so that next year can be a fresh assault on the mortgage

So, if you're still following ...I can begin saving the other £900 needed for the holiday Ds is already very excited and has counted his piggy bank (£6), and turned the telly off "to save some pennies" :T

I can almost taste the sangria already :j :j

benbenandme

Forgot to mention, I can get 4% back through quidco when I book the holiday too :beer:

benbenandme

Tigz, yep will definitely be able to do a weekend, monsters away this weekend but once we're back at school we'll arrange something, haven't seen you for ages

tigzem

Fab about the holiday, I'll get Paul to do a quote for you as he works in travel insurance, I'm sure he gets a family/friends discount

And yes we'll sort a weekend out in Sept? x

marc.faulkner

Hey Benben,

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I do still read every day - honest! Just struggle to find the time to post these days, work is a bit hectic...

Anyway, just came across this on HUKD and thought of your DS, so thought I'd share.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/here-come-double-deckers-dvd-box-set-amazon-7-97/1004168

Not sure whether he's seen them before, but I'm sure it's the sort of thing that would appeal to him!

lellybun

Oooh, a Coach trip! We won't be seeing you on Channel 4 will we? :rotfl:

That sounds like a fab holiday though, and great to have that to look forward to!

savingmore

you should get insurance pretty cheaply, look at an annual policy, they can be cheaper sometimes than a 2 week policy.... also if you bank with nationwide, you get european travel insurance free with a flex account.... you won't need £100 for insurance, seriously.....
looking forward to you getting rid of another month of the mortgage, you really inspire me with your term coming down so much...was near your way today, coming home from a few days in weymouth so drove through new forest towards london...

Daisy78

We bank with Natwest and part of our account includes travel insurance. We just ring them up and let them know where & when we are going. Have a look and see if your bank account offers this. It sounds so exciting, I bet you will both love it.

benbenandme

Thank you all I do bank with Nationwide so will have a look into that :T Off to bed now, ds has gone for his sleepover and my friend and I spent ages starting her off matched betting and generally having a good catch up, 'twas lovely