To think the cinema is a day to day event

We can't afford to go to the cinema often. We normally go twice a year for the kids birthdays. It costs £50 for all 4 of us. It's definitely an expensive treat. Can't see cinemas surviving for long, especially when people can buy a movie being played at the cinema.

It's a treat because it's a nice, non essential thing to do. Treats don't have to be expensive. They can be, but there's usually ways to reduce the cost.

Apparently I'm going to Scotland on Wednesday and need insurance for it... (I'm not and I don't

It's rare that people think to buy travel insurance when travelling within the UK, but there are circumstances when it would actually be worthwhile having. Eg if you are ill and decide to cancel the holiday, or you are travelling to an event and have booked a hotel and then the event was cancelled, you might be able to get a policy that would reimburse the travel and hotel costs - eg I read about someone who had spent a lot of money on flights from a distant part of the UK and hotels to see a concert at the new Manchester arena that was cancelled, the right insurance might reimburse them for these expenses.

Your post is really ignorant though, clearly you can afford the Cinema daily, but even at £5 a ticket can you not see how some people couldn’t afford that every week? Especially for a family. So yes for lots of people it would be a special treat that you didn’t do on a regular basis.

I used to have a monthly pass and would go twice most weeks. I go less often now, but DH still has a pass and goes at least once per week. We go as a family whenever there is something worth seeing on.

We don't buy loads of snacks, DH has a pass still, and it's free parking, so not too expensive.

I do see it as a "treat", but a low level treat, like swimming at a better pool than the nearest one, ice skating, etc.

It’s certainly a treat for me. I live rurally so have to drive and pay for parking. I can only afford to go every couple of months or so.

Definitely a treat in our house. 3 kids so it's at least £50, plus it's in our local huge out of town shopping centre so I always descends into a look in the shops, which I generally avoid if I can help it. Take our own food and drink but someone always wants an ice cream.
We tend to go when we're on summer holiday on a rainy day (camping), and maybe once in the Christmas holidays.

It's £13 for the cheapest cinema near me, or £14.40 for the Everyman. There is a cheaper Vue, but that involves an hour long bus journey for £4 per person or around £25 in taxi fares.

I can get a cheap ticket to my local, vey good, theatre for £15, so for me, going to the cinema is on a par with going to theatre, and for arts showings etc is more expensive than live theatre, occasionally for the same production.

Just checked meerkat for a one day travel I can get it for £1.01. single person now THATS a bargain

I wouldn't call it day to day, it's definitely a treat. When I was a kid I probably went once a week, but that was the 80s.
Now I'd say there needs a good reason to go. A film that would really warrant the big screen or that you can't stream, pirate or whatever.
Cinema plus meal out is definitely a whole evenings entertainment. I wouldn't say it's exactly a 'day out' though. I associate days out with being outdoors, or visiting a new city or theme park etc. it could be part of one though.

No - it's 'going out' or 'treat' territory for many people.

A cinema visit is definitely a treat, it’s stupidly expensive!

Unaffordable for us

There was a thread recently about a trip to a trampoline park being a normal weekend activity, not a treat. I was too embarrassed to say the same about that but I'm saying it now.

Yep.

Apparently I'm going to Scotland on Wednesday and need insurance for it... (I'm not and I don't)

The cheapest I found was £1.01p
So if that gives access to the rewards, and the rewards are of use, that's a pretty good little deal.

Saving £5 on one trip to the cinema pays for the Travel Insurance.

(I'm a bit concerned it's so cheap and worry they'll sell my.infomration, but hey ho)

We’ve got an Odeon local to us with free parking and all tickets just £5 so it’s something we’ll pop down to if we fancy a movie that’s on. We take our own drinks and usually a share bag of malteasers, I definitely don’t consider it to be a day out but that’s probably because it’s 5mins away and only costs us £10

Ah, OK. That’s a good idea.

It's cheap here so nothing special. It's £5.99 for adults, you can barely buy a drink for that

It’s not an experience in our household. It’s a treat in that it’s a nice thing to do, but definitely an ordinary, every day sort of treat. Some combination of the 5 of us will go a couple of times a month to see a film.

We have been taking all 3 children since they turned 2. Cinema has always been part of their lives.

Tickets in our nearest cinema are 6.99. That compares very favorably with the theatre and with most other paid for activities. For us it’s a regular, affordable activity. I don’t go in for buying snacks and drinks though. We go in the afternoon after lunch, or the evening after dinner and just watch the film. If it’s a birthday then I will go all out and buy snacks and drinks and then it does become a bit more of an event.

Yep rare treat. Even if take own snacks in.

Definitely a treat for us but not an ‘experience’ no. It’s way too expensive for the five of us to go with any regularity.

Travel insurance.

Indo t understand what people are saying about the meercats.

Temporary car insurance doesn't give access to those rewards.

Maybe it did in the past, but not now.

ETA; oh it's travel insurance, not a day of car insurance. I'll go look

The parking isn’t free for us. It’s NCP, so not cheap.

We buy a one day insurance for travel, @ a cost of approx 4quid, no we dont need it & to date have never used it but thats the loophole 4£ for a yr of 241 is an absolute no brainer. 4£ is a pint in my books

You can buy a one day, UK only travel insurance policy for under a fiver which qualifies you for a year's 2 for 1 pass, so great value if you go to the cinema with a friend or partner.

So purchase something I don’t need or that’s more expensive in order to get a discount at the cinema?