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Everyone going on holidays

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Atetheentirebagofnachos · 05/08/2024 22:52

I’ve seen it more than ever this year on Sm, everyone seems to be off on lovely holidays, I mean, it’s great, but thought most people were skint.

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MillyMollyMandHey · 06/08/2024 00:35

Most people aren’t skint. It’s been wildly exaggerated by the media.

Bobbotgegrinch · 06/08/2024 00:23

Atetheentirebagofnachos · 05/08/2024 23:23

I thought most were with the higher costs of everything-food, bills etc

More people are skint than in the last few years, but that doesn't mean everyone is by a long shot!

If 10% of people were skint 3 years ago, and that number has doubled now, that still leaves 80% of people able to afford a holiday.**

**All statistics are entirely pulled out of my arse.

Overthebow · 06/08/2024 00:06

Atetheentirebagofnachos · 05/08/2024 23:23

I thought most were with the higher costs of everything-food, bills etc

Why did you think that? Some people are, most aren't. Lots still able to go on holiday.

Fifteentreefrogs · 06/08/2024 00:05

Some people are better at going on holiday for cheap than others..
I have people often commenting on how much I seem to go on holiday...
Once one of these people joined us on a city mini break..
It was a 3 day trip and she brought £400, expected to eat out every meal and also buy souvenirs everywhere we went..
I soon realised why she couldn't understand how we afforded to go on holiday so much.

Last holiday we went on.. family of 4. Was to Florence.
Cost 1500 including everything. Because we only went for 5 days. I extensively researched it, booked well in advance self catering, shopped around for individual flight deals, rented a car, researched free activities, made pack lunches etc etc
And I had saved up the money for it over the year before.
So we got to go to Italy and the kids had some wonderful experiences but it was all done on the cheapest of cheap.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 06/08/2024 00:00

Quite skint but paid for holiday over the course of the year. Will self cater.

SwingTheMonkey · 05/08/2024 23:57

ToBeOrNotToBee · 05/08/2024 23:44

I'm skint. End of every month there's no money for savings.
But, I need a holiday. I've had 3 years of shit from a relationship, family, work, housing, everything has been shit.
So I've booked a week in the sun and am paying it off monthly. Its a stretch, but perfectly doable. And it will be worth it.

Good for you, I hope you have the best time!

ToBeOrNotToBee · 05/08/2024 23:44

I'm skint. End of every month there's no money for savings.
But, I need a holiday. I've had 3 years of shit from a relationship, family, work, housing, everything has been shit.
So I've booked a week in the sun and am paying it off monthly. Its a stretch, but perfectly doable. And it will be worth it.

JacquesHarlow · 05/08/2024 23:42

Atetheentirebagofnachos · 05/08/2024 23:23

I thought most were with the higher costs of everything-food, bills etc

Stop living your life vicariously through others @Atetheentirebagofnachos

Also “I thought everybody was skint”…

Who are you? Who is “everybody” to you? Is your network affluent or is everyone on their uppers?

Did you know there’s a “Chat” board?

So many reasons to say YABVU

Gamezup · 05/08/2024 23:37

I cannot afford a holiday. Any spare money (what little there is) I put aside for a rainy day. Things ain't great but then there's a lot of people a lot worse off!

SprinkleOfSunak · 05/08/2024 23:36

We’re definitely skint and are not going on holiday for a second year running.

We are the only people I know who are not going on a holiday this year, and at least three quarters of them are going on 2-3 holidays in total.

MissingKitty · 05/08/2024 23:33

Atetheentirebagofnachos · 05/08/2024 23:23

I thought most were with the higher costs of everything-food, bills etc

Clearly you were wrong

focacciamuffin · 05/08/2024 23:32

Your own observations with respect to holidays would seem to suggest otherwise.

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Atetheentirebagofnachos · 05/08/2024 23:23

I thought most were with the higher costs of everything-food, bills etc

OP posts:
focacciamuffin · 05/08/2024 23:22

Some people are skint. Most aren’t.

SwingTheMonkey · 05/08/2024 23:17

Not everyone is skint!