How much do bank holidays cost in your family?

BEAT_THE_DEBT

Hi I am guessing that if you are on this board you may be pretty frugal with spends already but maybe not....
What has been the cost of your bank holiday? Are you annoyed at yourself for spending too much or proud that you have been frugal?
Our family spend has been £8 Sat 2xcinema tickets and a drink.
£0 bike ride
£33 planned takeaway for three.
£2 Sun Rugby tournament ,food and drink taken
£7 Sun 2x cinema tickets (love our local cinema)
£0 sofa day (raining)
A lot less than a usual bank holiday I can tell you!
How about you guys?:T
Btd.

kloana

At the least, we (a couple with no children) might go for a meal, total cost approx. £35, or at the most we might go away for a long weekend...that'd cost anything from about £300 to about £800, factoring in flights (if applicable), hotel, etc., and bearing in mind the inevitable bank holiday premiums on travel and accommodation. We generally only do that on one of the summer bank holidays, though - not all

This weekend we've spent....nil! I've barely left the house - the weather has been too unpredictable to make firm plans

enthusiasticsaver

We went out for a meal Saturday lunchtime with a friend then wandered up to ou local May Fair to watch activities, visit stalls etc. Total spend £73. Weather not been good enough to do anything else beyond chilling at home.

ibizafan_2

My OH and myself went out for lunch today, and spent £40 (3 courses
and voucher and discount). We were going to do our usual visit to the local bluebell woods followed by tea and cake in the village hall, but it started raining at lunchtime. Hardly a cloud in the sky now!

AnnieO1234

Very little, absolutely hate bank holidays and especially bank holiday drivers. We stay home as much as possible on them. Xxx

Spendless

Probably less than usual. DD has been in productions with her drama group the whole weekend.Tickets cost us just under £50 in total. They were bought a while back Just had to fund a take-away when she's come out of theatre so around £20ish.

Ames

BEAT_THE_DEBT wrote: »

Hi I am guessing that if you are on this board you may be pretty frugal with spends already but maybe not....
What has been the cost of your bank holiday? Are you annoyed at yourself for spending too much or proud that you have been frugal?
Our family spend has been £8 Sat 2xcinema tickets and a drink.
£0 bike ride
£33 planned takeaway for three.
£2 Sun Rugby tournament ,food and drink taken
£7 Sun 2x cinema tickets (love our local cinema)
£0 sofa day (raining)
A lot less than a usual bank holiday I can tell you!
How about you guys?:T
Btd.

Where on earth is your cinema? Last time I went it was about £8 for one ticket, and that was with a student discount.


My weekend hasn't cost anything, it's just been a normal one. All bank holidays are for me. I'm single with no kids though.

BEAT_THE_DEBT

Hi it's a cinema that the council were going to close and the community bought it .:T

moomoomama27

We've had a fish and chip dinner takeaway and a trip to the seaside and paid about £20 for entertainment and ice creams, a bit of extra petrol and have used our English heritage card to get in to some local places. We have topped up the petrol tank and spent lots of time going on walks, kite flying etc with the children.

All in al less than £100

pigpen

about £200 .. we went to tesco for an 'essentials' shop

Dill

Had a no-spend day yesterday, and spent about a fiver today on groceries. I tend not to go out on Bank Holidays because the buses run a Sunday service, and they're not very frequent.