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What's it worth to you....?

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  • torbrex
    torbrex Posts: 71,340 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Rampant Recycler Hung up my suit!
    What would secure you the maximum happiness for a budget of £8k?

    3 weeks in Hawaii, no wait I did that last year :)

    What ever it is that your heart desires then you should go for it, you might never get the same chance again.
  • hornetgirl
    hornetgirl Posts: 6,155 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Well you only get one life, so if it's a lifelong ambition and you have the means, go for it.
  • Andypandyboy
    Andypandyboy Posts: 2,472 Forumite
    I wouldn't think twice. If you died tomorrow whoever you left it to would have no issues spending it!!
  • Ilona
    Ilona Posts: 2,449 Forumite
    It would take two years for me to save 8k, but if it was something I really wanted to do I would go for it. Ilona
    I love skip diving.
    :D
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 17,413 Forumite
    10,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    Ilona wrote: »
    It would take two years for me to save 8k, but if it was something I really wanted to do I would go for it. Ilona

    Sorry they changed you broadcast Ilona I will listen in next week hopefully :D
  • jackieblack
    jackieblack Posts: 10,587 Forumite
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    edited 10 February 2016 at 2:45PM
    We spent slightly more than £8k on a Christmas/New Year holiday to Walt Disney World a few years ago. It was something we'd always wanted to do, and turned out to be our last family holiday - the memories are worth every penny.


    I agree with everyone who has said if you can afford it, go for it! And enjoy every minute! :)
    Everything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the end
    Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur
  • cyantist
    cyantist Posts: 560 Forumite
    Is there anything else you'd spend that 8k on? Yes it would keep the house running for 18 months but I assume you can do that without this extra 8k.

    We spent 11k on a 'once in a lifetime' 10 day holiday 7 years ago. It was worth every penny. Only problem is we want to go again, so now it might be a 'twice in a lifetime' thing. Though 7 years ago it took 4 months to save that amount, now it would take us nearer 34 months! I do think about what I could buy now with that 11k if we hadn't gone away, but nothing would make me as happy as that trip did.

    So do it!
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
    Eighth Anniversary 10,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    For me it would have to be the dream trip to the Antarctic and would be worth every single penny. Life isn't a rehearsal pet, live it while you can, you don't usually get second chances!
  • VJsmum
    VJsmum Posts: 6,999 Forumite
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    As someone who has been fortunate enough to have had several "holidays of a lifetime", i can honestly say i haven't regretted a single penny they've cost us.

    I have regretted lots of purchases of "stuff" however.....
    I wanna be in the room where it happens
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    Do it!!!

    I'd find a cheap but effective hitman.
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
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