To ask if you could make this amount of money last 3 weeks and how?

Yes absolutely you should be able to make that last! We have to make do with just under £200 until the 16th June.
Thats with two children and half term

Yes, I have less and I can manage

Depending on what you're planning on doing, thats more than I have left after rent to pay bills and food and everything else each MONTH. So with a bit of planning, yes, emminently doable ( unless a part of your time period also includes a holiday in Disneyland!)

Idk how it’s a race to the bottom either. The OP says she doesn’t need anything bar food and petrol and she has more money than an average person would spend on food and petrol in 3 weeks. She didn’t ask if it was enough for 3 weeks in Paris or a 3 week theme park marathon. She will have literally hundreds of pounds spare

Easily.

£75 per week for food - £225 (and that’s without all the batch cooking and meticulous planning)
£40 petrol
£40 per week for the two normal weeks
leaves £195 for half term activities.

Which will easily cover a bigger day out such as safari park, science centre, etc. Then normal activities like swimming, park, cinema. And still have money left over.

Not even an issue.

Yes I agree. How is spending this kind of money a race to the bottom? Honestly an adult and a 6yo could eat royally for £100 pw. I and others have suggested ways to keep the food spend down, but honestly, with £540 for "a small amount of petrol" (so probably not your weekly £120 for 200 miles @coulditbeme2323) and three weeks of food there's no need.

Plenty of money for "fun" as @redskyAtNigh showed if it needs to cost money – which it doesn't – 6yo will love a hose in the garden on a hot day or playing in the park; trip to the cinema or the swimming pool (there's a pool near me with flumes and loads of fun stuff that costs £10 a ticket) is not much. A trip to the library for some new books, a drink out in Costa, some of the fun free activities in local museums or parks – all cheap or no-cost.

I also don't have my nails done but yes, if I did and thought that was fun, it's not that ££.

I could easily cover My family of 6 with that amount for that time frame.

I mean - my kids and I just had a wagyu steak dinner and I'm sitting watching TV half way down a bottle of wine (we have steak every Friday and I always get a bottle of wine for the weekend) and I've spent 380EUR on groceries since the beginning of May for me and two teens. Plus we've been to Macdonalds, and to a friend's party (and took a gift also bought this month) and I've filled up once for about 60 quid. By my reckoning, I can still get a coffee and cake at costa.

Of course I wasn't even trying to budget - if I was then I could knock plenty off that/eat stuff from the freezer/skip the booze if I was - enough for a cinema trip/day at the beach/whatever.

How tf is a full tank of petrol, £100 PW for an adult+child on food and several examples of days out inc. expensive theme park trip (that have been given as examples) a race to the bottom????

Not a shit film as such. They're showing the 2 Wicked movies. My boys would have no interest in going to see them. But my sister and younger nieces are now coming to watch them with me.

And of course it's not going to help her if she's nowhere near me. But it's just an example of what activities are being put on.

Ffs, this is why I don't post here much or name change regularly.

What do you consider ‘fun’?

Great! A shit film is on near you! That'll help the OP.

Oh,- and that’s 3 meals a day for both of us. And snacks.

Every post on this site is IN SOMEONE'S OPINION.

Are you going to post this after every one?

I put £60 diesel in today. That’s got me 300 miles in the tank.

Spend £100-£120 pw for 2 adults, 1 6 year old and many veg-eating pets. If it were just my dd and I I reckon I’d be looking at £50 tops pw.

Yes, I could very easily make it last. There's more than enough. Why do you ask?

Yeah, £180 a week is basically poverty 🙄

I'm just back from running 2 of mine to activities. I saw there's a poster up for a free open air movie night in the local castle grounds. Just bring your own chair or picnic blanket. There will be hot drinks, snacks, popcorn available to buy there, but you can bring your own.

Unfortunately for the me the movies on show don't appeal to my kids, but it's just an example of the free or cheap activities on over the break if you're lucky enough to be close by.

I'd love to see a breakdown from anyone who doesn't think it's enough because it would have to include bad choices if people can't make it work!

I don’t see why it could be a joke…she’s hardly flush?!

This must be a joke

your posts are bonkers!

of course it's fine for 1 adult & 1 child when all the bills have been paid!

are you unable to enjoy simple things, does everything have to be an expensive activity

Yes I could.
£300 would probably go on food, let's say £100 for petrol.

On a school week we don't really spend anything on activities (I'm assuming regular activities paid by Standing Order, like Rainbows, count as bills and therefore aren't counted).

So £140 for half term. Half the time we do playdates, stuff at home, park or v cheap things. £140 would pay for three new activities or trips.

Yes, fill the tank, cook from scratch lots of veggie meals with tons of veg, pad out meat bol for example with lentils and carrots. Play a game "How tight can I be". You have plenty.

I mean, it wasn't so long ago that was my budget for 5 of us and had to cover all our food!