Invited to a wedding in Australia - am in a quandry!

mountainofdebt

Which part of Oz is it?

miduck

£1000 is not going to get one of you far, let alone two. Can you afford to go? How much will kennels cost?

Person_one

olibrofiz wrote: »

it's just where i'd get the extra £££ from, i don't have alot and would paying off where-ever i borrowed it from for the next few years - which is another thing that's making me dither. it's not really money saving

Don't tell Martin Lewis, but sometimes there's more to life than moneysaving!

Could you get a credit card with a long 0% period and then shuffle the balance around to keep it at 0% till its paid off?

I'm in debt from buying my home, and I won't pay that off till I'm nearly retired.

I'm in debt from going to uni, and I'll probably never pay all of that back.

Some things are worth going into a little bit of cheap debt for. If it was just a holiday I'd say save till you can afford it, but as its a wedding there's a time issue.

olibrofiz

mountainofdebt wrote: »

Which part of Oz is it?

it's in Darwin, NT. and yes, on top of the £1000 I'd probably be looking at another £1200 minimum for the rest of the airfare, and £1000 minimum spending - so around £3500 total (including the £1000) I think ?

Hopefully the kennels wouldn't be an issue as one of DD's friends works directly opposite our house, and would, i'm pretty sure, be happy to house and dog sit

mountainofdebt

right I've just had a quick search and for 3 weeks in june from Heathrow to Darwin, you can get economy for £833 per adult.....although premium ecomony is £1800

whitewing

Oh yes, go with your daughter

janiebaby29

I've been back to work for two years since having my spinal fusion op which was succesful , we always said that as soon I was better and working we would go back to the mountain in perissa in santorini , where my husband proposed to me in 2004 .
We saved up and went without a few things , and in June last year we climbed that mountain again and it was SOOO worth it , and even more special seeing I could have been in a wheelchair .
Just saying dont let things stop you . I'm glad we didn't and have memories of watching the sunrise too .

miduck

olibrofiz wrote: »

it's in Darwin, NT. and yes, on top of the £1000 I'd probably be looking at another £1200 minimum for the rest of the airfare, and £1000 minimum spending - so around £3500 total (including the £1000) I think ?

Hopefully the kennels wouldn't be an issue as one of DD's friends works directly opposite our house, and would, i'm pretty sure, be happy to house and dog sit

I won't go on holiday if it means getting into debt, the thought of paying it off for the next x years would somewhat sour the experience. I guess the question is, how much can you save before you go?

michelle2008

Would you be staying with your friend? Does she know money is a bit tight?

mountainofdebt

miduck wrote: »

I won't go on holiday if it means getting into debt, the thought of paying it off for the next x years would somewhat sour the experience. I guess the question is, how much can you save before you go?

I would agree with you normally but

a) this is not just a holiday - its the chance to share a special occasion with a life long friend

b) Op's daughter is 18 - more likely she'll be off to Uni soon and then the time for that special daughter mum holiday will never arrive