This is an excessive amount of holidays /nights away isn't it?

[itssnowinginhere]

In a year ,this is a ridiculous amount in 12 months ....I understand a few but there becomes a point where is silly
Edinburgh,Lake district ,Newcastle x2 ,York,Gran Canaria ,Ibiza ,Barcelona and Cyprus
In 12 months !

I think people do clubbing and nightlife breaks there sometimes? Or could be a friend's wedding and they've decided to make a trip of it.

Same here, we usually have 1 overseas as our main holiday. We love Yorkshire so visit there as much as we can, usually just long weekends but through the summer generally once a month.

Who said it was all flights
My Dd goes interrailing most summers.

What could be a more sensible way of using her money than having a nice time? Seriously, @itssnowinginhere - what do you think IS a more sensible use of her money, since you think she should be using it more sensibly? If she’s paying her bills, putting a bit aside for her future (or even if she’s not,) and she’s not leaving others with her responsibilities, why not have weekends away and cocktails? Perhaps you think she should be spending it on a pricey hair shirt instead!

I work in the travel industry and compete internationally. You don’t want to know the amount of fun I’m having going away atm. Spending all my money on lovely, frivolous fun! Wouldn’t have it any other way.

I'm really careful with my money EXCEPT when it comes to holidays. I only travel basic normally but the joy and experience of travelling new places is worth the ££.

I once read about an elderly single man who booked himself a Shearings (remember them?) coach trip for every month throughout the year. Sounded like a great idea for such a person, if he could afford it. Not just a break with company, but always something to look forward to.

I am so with you here.

Why should we live life worrying about it when we contribute 0.05% to the worlds emissions - it's ridiculous

Meanwhile we buy all the tat from china and don't question their emissions

Is she getting into debt, expecting others to look after DC @itssnowinginhere

As long as she’s happy that’s all that concerns you.

I agree that does sound like a lot, if the "average" is a week or fortnight to one overseas destination per year plus maybe something local/day trips at a bank holiday weekend as well (and considering that actually many people don't get that much).
But if she primarily does 1 or 2 night breaks, you can get 3 to 6 those in before it adds up to a "week's holiday", so thinking of it as "9 holidays" is rather overstating too, imo.

I feel that people who need to be perpetually going away on holiday have something lacking in their lives: perpetually seeking a fulfillment that they don't have.
I wouldn't be interested in a lifestyle that involved always travelling .
But if that's what your sister wants to do with her life then really it's not your business.

None of your business! We go on at least 12 holidays/weekends away a year. We book the cheapest we can and they're all in the UK, but we value our time away - my husband says one of the reasons he works is purely so we get to go away a lot! Why do you think you have a right to judge your sister and what she spends her time/money doing?

Interesting that people have to think of reasons to visit a major city. Newcastle is brilliant, we neither had a wedding to go to nor clubbing when we went, we went for the history, to explore it and to cycle along the cycle routes

Im actually currently looking at Birkenhead for an option this year for one of our trips because there are lots of cycle routes around there, plus Chester, that holiday is currently competing with Norfolk and Cambridge and Bruges, havent decided yet

We also went on holiday to Stoke on Trent once and some bloke in a shop laughed when we said 'we're on holiday'!

UK destinations are hugely underrated, we have a lot of industrial heritage and beautiful scenary.

Unless she's begging you for funds to pay for it then there's no problem

If it's her money and she doesn't expect you to subsidise it in whatever way now or in the future it's up to her

I've got an ex friend who likes to travel (don't we all) except she rents and her grand plan to afford this was to move in with me or other friends. Whilst we pay mortgages and bills. No.

My daughter has been away loads this year. Bali and several European destinations. She works hard - two jobs, one full time and one evening. It was basically the housing market that made her stop saving and start living. The likelihood of her being able to save enough for a house deposit by herself was low, private rents over half her wage and so she decided to enjoy her money instead. There is probably a whole generation of youngsters that will end up feeling this way unless more help is given around sorting out housing for them, especially those youngsters who aren’t able to get family help with deposit money.

You sound very judgmental! We go away a lot but it's not because we've got something lacking in our lives! It's because we enjoy being away from home. It gives us something to look forward to after a month of working! It's what we've always done since we got together (30 years and counting) and it's what I hope we'll continue to do for years to come!

I did 6 weeks total of holidays last year..2 weeks long haul, 2 weeks UK and 2 weeks Mediterranean. Probably 3 or 4 weekends away in UK. Life is for living.

Sound amazing. You can't take it with you!

YABU to judge. That was how we lived, pre kids. I’m very happy we had all the experiences we did. We focused on travel and experiences, others I know focused on eg a top range car (which I couldn’t have given two hoots about) or handbags etc. Obviously we saved/invested too but we earn decently, keep an eye on what we spend and with two incomes and a one bed flat it was doable.

Now we have the mortgage on a family home and two sets of nursery fees, and our once a year holiday is Butlins, so it was nice to have lived it for a while!

lol, yes so deep.

Came on to say exactly the same thing!

Not at all, it’s sometimes cheaper to be outside the UK than inside the UK, especially living in London (which I don’t)

In the past 12 months we’ve been:
short breaks (upto 1 week) to: Albania, Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Malta, Dublin, Lisbon, Corfu

Long Break (2 weeks): Romania, Albania

Cruise: Spain & France

UK: Lake District, London (x5), Cheshire, Rugby(10days)

We feel like we’ve not been away this year compared to normal

@itssnowinginhere just as long as YOU remember never to lend her any money in the future!!