MSE News: Four out of five back right to take kids on term-time holidays

steve1500

DomRavioli wrote: »

The difference in price between travelling the week we did, and the week after which was school holidays was £201 per person. There were 19 adults and 7 children, making a difference of £5,226.

Agree that is a very bad example

We have 3 return flights to Dalaman for less than £500 in August.

It is called Skyscanner & being flexible with dates & Airport

zagfles

DomRavioli wrote: »

My OH's little brother (now 17, but at the time was 15 and in full time school) and the entire family took a trip for a family member (who lives abroad, we went to them) wedding 2 years ago. We gave the school 6 months notice, and they agreed (because it was a family occasion with a holiday attached, the wedding was 2 days and we stayed for 7 days) because we were reasonable and he had perfect attendance apart from this.

The difference in price between travelling the week we did, and the week after which was school holidays was £201 per person. There were 19 adults and 7 children, making a difference of £5,226.

Are you going to give me the extra? IF not, pipe down. I have much better things to spend 5 grand on.

Was the next week half term week? IME there's usually no difference in flight prices in and outside school holidays with the exception of the start and end of half terms, or to typical "beach holiday" destinations.

We've been on loads of flights in the Easter and summer school holidays for the same sort of price as you'd pay in term time. For a lot of destinations the "family on holiday" passengers hardly make a dent in the passenger numbers. Where they do tends to be at half terms since everyone goes and comes back at the same time. In the longer school holidays the "family on holiday" passengers are more spread out so there's less of a peak in demand.

Accomodation costs will be more dependant on the local holidays than the UK school holidays. Except again if it's a typical package holiday destination with mainly Brits going there.

richardw

If you want to save money avoid weddings.

and remember there's always Divorce.

Man_on_fire

malkie76 wrote: »

£200pp is only a few quid. Your example is a very poor one because you had no choice in the dates because it was a wedding. I imagine the family chose that week to get married because it was also cheaper for them, and ignoring it was term time.


It's poor on their part for making you make that choice, and poor on you for risking your child's education.

I won't pipe down because I'm 100% in the right.

It really frustrates me when people think they know how to bring up others' kids.

My kids aren't at school yet but I think I should have the right to take them out of school for a holiday/traveling. And they will have a very good education, & not just what the state thinks they should know but also what I think they deserve to know. Starting with a solid financial education.

richardw

Man_on_fire wrote: »

... I should have the right to take them out of school for a holiday/traveling....

Would you prefer a shorter main summer break and say an official school holiday at an off peak period so you wouldn't have to take them out and could get a cheaper holiday?

Twopints

Man_on_fire wrote: »

It really frustrates me when people think they know how to bring up others' kids.

My kids aren't at school yet but I think I should have the right to take them out of school for a holiday/traveling. And they will have a very good education, & not just what the state thinks they should know but also what I think they deserve to know. Starting with a solid financial education.

you have the "right" to ask to take them out of school, and the right to be told No.

Man_on_fire

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I would take my kids out for a month during years 10-11 for example when they are studying for their GCSE's, that would be bad parenting on my behalf, but lets say in year 7, I took them out to rome for a week to see the Roman ruins during school time. Obviously I wouldn't want it to impact on their education and would arrange with the school to cover gaps on what they missed.

But I do believe it should by my right as a Parent to choose provided I ensure that my children regularly attend school.

Would you prefer a shorter main summer break and say an official school holiday at an off peak period so you wouldn't have to take them out and could get a cheaper holiday?

Well they could shuffle term times around through out the country so that some broke up earlier and went back earlier than others for holidays by several weeks. But the same county would have to all work on the same timings else if your children are in different schools you will have the same problem with one of them even if the other was off.

malkie76

Man_on_fire wrote: »

It really frustrates me when people think they know how to bring up others' kids.

My kids aren't at school yet but I think I should have the right to take them out of school for a holiday/traveling. And they will have a very good education, & not just what the state thinks they should know but also what I think they deserve to know. Starting with a solid financial education.

Is teaching them that rules don't apply to them considered a good education ?

My taxes pay for the education system, so I'm perfectly entitled to an opinion, and I'm relying on the current cohort of children to be tomorrow's doctors architects politicians etc etc.

There's absolutely no justification for electing to take your children out at your choosing purely to save money.

DomRavioli

malkie76 wrote: »

£200pp is only a few quid. Your example is a very poor one because you had no choice in the dates because it was a wedding. I imagine the family chose that week to get married because it was also cheaper for them, and ignoring it was term time.


It's poor on their part for making you make that choice, and poor on you for risking your child's education.

I won't pipe down because I'm 100% in the right.

Firstly, maybe £5k isn't a lot of money to you, but to the people who went on this holiday it is a lot of money. £200 isn't a "few quid" its 200 quid.

the happy couple didn't envisage a problem, nor did they even stop to think in planning their wedding that people coming from abroad would have to pay to take their children out of school.

My child's education? Since when did my partner's little brother become my child? Literally read the post you absolute troll idiot.

Maybe spend some of your money (seen as 200 quid each, 5 grand overall isn't a lot to you) and please get some common sense and the ability to process basic information.

DomRavioli

malkie76 wrote: »

Is teaching them that rules don't apply to them considered a good education ?

My taxes pay for the education system, so I'm perfectly entitled to an opinion, and I'm relying on the current cohort of children to be tomorrow's doctors architects politicians etc etc.

There's absolutely no justification for electing to take your children out at your choosing purely to save money.

Troll. Don't feed it.