Booking a holiday in term time ?

Jagraf

fluffnutter wrote: »

It's shit for teachers too, you know, but no one thinks about that. They have to pay the hiked prices and can't just bugger off for a fortnight and pay a £60 fine either.

No doubt the argument will be 'They chose to be a teacher'. Sure, just like you chose to have kids.

Maybe we should allow it as it doesn't disrupt a child's education

fluffnutter

pinkladyof66 wrote: »

Maybe not but then us other workers dont get 6 weeks holiday in summer when we have pay for over inflated child care... as i can only have 1 week off in summer months and also only 2 days at xmas i would love to have 2 weeks off with my son over xmas but that is a perk of a teacher is it not ?

What's that got to do with anything? I was simply saying that if a teacher wants a foreign holiday they're subject to the same pricing structure that seems to incense parents yet can't simply go anyway and pay the fine. The fact that they may, nor may not, get other 'perks' is irrelevant.

I don't know why people moan about paying for childcare when schools have holidays. They're schools; they educate your children, not provide free childcare simply so you can earn money

If you don't like the fact that you'll have to arrange childcare during holidays DON'T HAVE KIDS! It's not rocket science

atolaas

onlyroz wrote: »

It's pure economics, simple supply and demand. Are you saying that holidays during the 13 weeks' school holidays should be subsidised by the general tax payer? Would the non-parents be happy for the cost of their term time holidays to rise? Any politician to suggest such a thing would be laughed out of parliament.

I'm not suggesting subsidy, just common sense. Why should parents have to pay two or three times more to go on holiday during the 13 weeks of school holiday? I'm not expecting prices to stay the same all year round but surely people should be able to chose if they go on holiday or not, rather than be priced out of the option?

surreysaver wrote: »

But they are businesses. Its not that holiday prices are inflated - its the opposite. Quite times prices are reduced. But that isn't the OP's reason. The OP's reason is they want to go at a quiet time.

Apologies...missed that part of the OP's reasons.

fluffnutter wrote: »

I don't disagree with this but unfortunately we're in the grip of a neo-liberal economic policy and the idea of regulating any commercial industry is beyond the will of most governments.

pinkladyof66

as previously stated my 1st important reason is my son does not deal with lots of people/children around him. we have only ever done out of school holidays before and even for a weekend he cannot cope. we took him to butlins in school holidays and came home after 2 days.. we never had the luxury to be able to take him away before he started school as we literally only had him living with us 6 months before he started school and any one who knows much about an adopted child knows you should not take a child away for a holiday until they are well and truly settled.

Spendless

fluffnutter wrote: »

It's shit for teachers too, you know, but no one thinks about that. They have to pay the hiked prices and can't just bugger off for a fortnight and pay a £60 fine either.

No doubt the argument will be 'They chose to be a teacher'. Sure, just like you chose to have kids.

Yes, but they holiday 'en-mass' the same weeks as their co-workers. There's no fight for the holiday board to put in their weeks hol first, or a boss saying 'sorry, can't take that week, too many already off'

Jagraf

I think it just comes with having kids. Just like you can't take advantage of the Thursday night curry deal as you can't get a babysitter.

You can also get things cheaper as a family too - kids eat free, kids get in free, kids get into the cinema cheap etc. it's swings and roundabouts.

Can you imagine if we could pick and choose when our kids could go to school, it would be a nightmare. Where would it stop - parents would always want more.

Rules is rules.

marleyboy

pinkladyof66 wrote: »

as previously stated my 1st important reason is my son does not deal with lots of people/children around him. we have only ever done out of school holidays before and even for a weekend he cannot cope. we took him to butlins in school holidays and came home after 2 days.. we never had the luxury to be able to take him away before he started school as we literally only had him living with us 6 months before he started school and any one who knows much about an adopted child knows you should not take a child away for a holiday until they are well and truly settled.

Ahh but according to the morons, we CHOSE to have disabled children. It serves us all right for being working parents....I mean its not rocket science after all

Some people are best off being ignored completely, rather than fed

fluffnutter

It's always the moral outrage and self-justification that gets me. Why should I have to pay more?? they scream as if the world's organised purely and deliberately to individually fleece them. No one's discriminating against you, you're not hard done by, no need to be hysterical about your rights.

At the end of the day, having children (or not) is totally within your own control. If you do choose to squeeze kids out, then a) they need to be educated - for most parents this means school, b) holidays during school holidays are comparatively expensive and c) you've just got to deal with the consequences. If you've not worked that one out before you do decide to breed, then I'm not entirely sure breeding's a good choice for you . Like I've said, it's your choice and if you want to take your kid on holiday during term time for whatever reason that makes sense for you, then do it. Just don't moan about the fine.

pinkladyof66

marleyboy wrote: »

Ahh but according to the morons, we CHOSE to have disabled children. It serves us all right for being working parents....I mean its not rocket science after all

Some people are best off being ignored completely, rather than fed

Totally agree yes i did choose to have a disabled child as 99.9% of adoptable children normally come with some disablement or severe problems so life is never gonna be easy. we both have to work otherwise we could not live.

pinkladyof66

fluffnutter wrote: »

It's always the moral outrage and self-justification that gets me. Why should I have to pay more?? they scream as if the world's organised purely and deliberately to individually fleece them. No one's discriminating against you, you're not hard done by, no need to be hysterical about your rights.

At the end of the day, having children (or not) is totally within your own control. If you do choose to squeeze kids out, then a) they need to be educated - for most parents this means school, b) holidays during school holidays are comparatively expensive and c) you've just got to deal with the consequences. If you've not worked that one out before you do decide to breed, then I'm not entirely sure breeding's a good choice for you . Like I've said, it's your choice and if you want to take your kid on holiday during term time for whatever reason that makes sense for you, then do it. Just don't moan about the fine.

I take offence to this as previously stated my son is ADOPTED... and I am not moaning about the fine i will pay the fine and in fact will probably pay it as soon as it is issued certainly wont be disputing it and going to court