£1,730 Aibu that this is alot of money

doesn't op mean the friend is getting £1730 a month on bens?

Of course it's a lot of money, but you don't actually know that they are paid for, credit is easy.

Bailiffs jobs are the one area that there has been growth

I can see why you are pissed off but it isn't their fault you have no money I dont know anybody on benefits that can afford a holiday abroad even with disabily benefit included,

• that should be 25k pro rata!

Blah, blah blah, blah blah blah.

NEXT!

I have a friend who is a single parent and has a similar lifestyle. She works 2.5 days a week, term time only earning £25 pro rata. She claims benefits, receives money from the father and also has a cash in hand job. She's doing very well. I on the other hand work full time and can't afford a holiday or many treats at all.
Benefit fiddling does go on and I bet the OP's friend is doing a bit of it from the sounds of it.

£1730 a month will include hb/ct. I agree with others that the benefits simply would not cover all of this so they are paying for it some other way.

YANBU. Many working people cannot even afford to go on holiday once a year, let alone thrice a year. The benefits system is out of control, it was never intended to be used in this way.

I don't believe threads like this. All the families I know would not be able to afford 4 holidays a year whilst on benefits. Also where she going at £1700 a week, the four seasons in New York. Doubt it!!!!!

I suspect she is up to her ears in debt.

My dh is on minimum wage and with tax credits we get about that much. We can't even afford A holiday, or luxury toilet paper! :)

The chances are she has another income coming into the house. Perhaps something 'off the record' which she doesn't declare.

Her attitude to working stinks imo. It is attitudes like that which the government is trying to change with the benefit reforms. Unfortunately the really needy people are getting caught in the crossfire.

I could go on 2 holidays for that amount, £1700 is a bit much for one week even if it is all inclusive. 5* maybe for that price?

I have two kids with disabilities. WHERE'S MY FREE HOLIDAY?

I always find these stories difficult to believe. Surely there must be more going on.
I have a friend who is a single mum to 2 DD's, one of whom has severe disabilities. She gets maximum benefits for her DD and the only holidays they are only ever able to afford are a long weekend at a holiday camp with vouchers from the paper. No 4x4, no drive to park it on, no plasma TV.

Her DD is bullied for getting 'hand outs' from the government for being disabled when she is well enough to go to school 60% of the time. When she is well she doesn't need that much care (although she can never be alone in the house) but when she is ill she needs constant care 24 hours a day. Some days it seems like being her carer is a doddle but at other times it can be relentless.

They don't rake it in from the benefits they receive and they certainly aren't living it up.

Fair play to her,hope she enjoys herself.

she might be in loads of debt for it i doubt anyone on benefits could afford to do all that otherwise,unless she sells something on the side!

I don't quite see how a monthly income (however it is 'earned') of £1730, can fund a lifestyle with so many foreign holidays .

Do you know for a fact that her 'luxuries' are not put on credit cards or paid for by a generous relative or a charity? Although, I would think a charity would be more likely to help with a holiday for the whole family.

Really though, no-one who is claiming just the benefits they are legally entitled to is living the high life. I don't understand how some families entirely on benefits can barely afford to eat whilst we are constantly hearing of others having a "cushy" life at the taxpayer's expense. Surely both scenarios can't be true?

I have a kid with a disability and am going camping this year as I can't afford a week AI anywhere in prime season.

I do hope you're all going to club together to send me on me hols since you wouldn't begrudge me a break .

All you can do is take no notice and make new friends if you dont share their views and morals.

Of course it hurts when you work x hours and see people being handed he same money and not having to earn it. Its galling.

From your decription it doesnt sound like they both need to be carers or that care is 24/7 demanding so not a dig at carers needing a break.

Do you know how much benefits are? Not enough for luxury holidays, honestly.

Bloody hell, I'm unemployed, on benefits, have I missed some sort of benefit because all these tales of people on benefits having exotic holidays are so far from the reality I know. I live on an estate where unemployment is high, and the only people I know who've ever been abroad have jobs.

Clearly if anyone can afford four holidays a year and are living on benefits there is something wrong somewhere!

My dh and I aren't entitled to anything. He doesn't earn a huge fortune either. I haven't had a proper holiday in eight years.

Where can I get an enormous swimming pool for £180????

OP don't take any notice. Of course you aren't being unreasonable to feel pissed off.

Still don't think it makes sense though. £1700 a month, isnt enough for lots of holidays. They must get extra from somewhere