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Taxi to airport
Her Maj and I are flying off to sunny climes in the spring 2026 to celebrate our retirement. Flights and hotel booked, but for the UK transfer I'm thinking of booking a taxi to get us to airport. I did consider meet and greet among other options, but I didn't want the faff and taxi works out a bit cheaper - plus we travel…
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The Archived History Of Regular Savers Thread *** NO CHAT***
Welcome to this thread The main purposes of this thread are three-fold: * To provide a list of current and historic regular saver Ts&Cs. * To serve as an archive of when key changes to The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread and the accounts listed on it were made. * To serve as a defacto no-chat regular savers thread to…
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Paying for Wake and Funeral
We are dealing with my recently deceased uncles estate etc.. He has a substantial bank balance and the bank have already said that they release funds for the funeral/wake/ flowers. My question is how do I go about paying for the above? Do we need to pay first and claim it back or are the bank just billed direct? Sorry if…
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Looking To The Future With Hope
After reading @Onebrokelady thread I feel so inspired and in awe of how someone can be so positive when they’ve faced such adversity that I’ve decided to start a diary. Now, I can’t promise that I’ll keep this up, as I do have a tendency to start things full of enthusiasm and then I stumble and give up, but we shall see.…
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Should I sell my gold
Hello I have a solid gold necklace that was valued at 8k. Having looked at the price of gold today it's much higher. I rang the place who have now increased the value to £9,200 and will buy it from me today at that. Rang a few others to check and it's the same offer. I have kept the necklace as in my head it's been money…
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NI contributions for early retiree
I'm due to retire at 59 and have fully paid up NI and due full state pension when I get to that age. I know I don't pay NI on my personal pension but do I have to register anywhere for NI credits
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It's no brainer to consolidate my pensions into Fidelity or other cheaper SIPP?
Hi fellow members, I’ve more or less made up my mind to retire once both of my sons have finished university. My pension + ISA is about 1.7m. I have several pension accounts from previous employments. My current workplace pension with Fidelity is very flexible, and the only charges at the moment are the fund management…
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Private prescriptions
Does anyone have any experience getting a private prescritption dispensed, either at a local pharamacy (e.g. Tesco) or online please? The online shops (a) don't seem to sell everything I need and (b) want to do their own prescribing. I dont need that, I've got a prescription. Converting the private script into an NHS one…
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MSE and Virgin Media
I just signed up to Virgin Media using an offer from MSE - this gave me a great rate and I'm really pleased. I'm less pleased by the fact that although the MSE advert for MSE states that This equivalent monthly cost adds in... ‐ The current £19.99/mth price ‐ A price rise to £23.99/mth on 1 Apr 2027 It does not show that…
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Getting rid of a rat in our shed
Hi all, We have a rat in our shed and we want to change the shed this summer but not sure which is the best way to gwt the rat out beforehand so was wondering if anyone could suggest anything so the rat still lives but doesn't live in our shed? Kind regards mark
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Ford Kuga Radio Knob.
Hi, Can anyone direct me to where I can buy a Ford Kuga 2011 Radio Volume/Power Knob? It's the large knob at the centre of the attached photo. I've tried eBay and Amazon but nothing, unless I'm searching incorrectly.
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help to save or other saving account
Im looking into help to save as i get universal credit. In a few years im hoping to come off universal credit, would i still be eligible for the help to save account? if not what other long term saving at a little amount is best. thank you.
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Management company hikes maintenance charge by 40+% without warning
Just had to listen to a tale of woe from my neighbour who owns a single small buy-to-let flat. The rent from it forms a mainstay of her retirement income. It seems after many years the freeholder of this block of flats sold up some eighteen months ago. The new owner's contracted management company, after putting up the…
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5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3
Ok I'm diving in as I've noticed several of us have lost posts we thought had posted, and there now seems to be a serious risk of losing the whole thread. So thanks for the heads up Karcher. (and i sympathise Frith - i too like to nip back) I've revisited the first thread of our part 2, posted 28th October 2009. It said:…
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Selling my house to move into my boyfriends??
Hi Im a 29F with a 28 year old boyfriend. We have been together just over 2 years. We are in a serious relationship and have both been very clear from the beginning that we both want the same things in life…marriage,kids etc and have been very happy together We both own our own houses…mine is a small 2 bed (i bought this…
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Good and Bad Buys at Lidl and Aldi stores (***Please don't expire***)
This is the new Lidl and Aldi buying thread. Please report any good/bad deals, good/bad offers and good/bad products. The old thread can be found here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5960153/good-and-bad-buying-at-lidl-and-aldi-please-dont-expire#latest
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The Cutting Down Alcohol Challenge for February & 2026 :)
Welcome to the Cutting Down Alcohol challenge for the month of February and for 2026! This challenge is all about helping people cut down or even give up on their alcohol consumption, mainly for health reasons, but it can also save a lot of money, because the cost of buying alcohol really mounts up over time and sometimes…
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Move ISA to already contributed one
Is it ok to move a flexible ISA now from a separate bank to another flexible ISA that I have already contributed to the maximum amount for 2025/26?
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Risky to overpay child support?
CMS calculator comes out at £490 per month, although that is abnormally low because much of my income is from property lettings and I had two major renovations to pay for in the last reported tax year which have dragged this down as a one-off. My ex is very stressed and pleading poverty after paying me my share of the…
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2026 - 52 Week Envelope Challenge
Save £1378 in 2026! Welcome to the '2026' 52 week envelope savings challenge! This challenge ran the last couple of years and I have been asked to set it up again for 2026. It can really boost your savings pots and help with paying for Christmas, or a family holiday...anything you like really! It can be done wither with…
