How much did you spend over the Easter holiday?s?

[Wintersoltice]

I was just totting this up out of interest. Two primary school aged DC.

2 days holiday club £140
3 days away (Disney) £1500
1 day National Trust - free as members
1 day Museum, gardens, lunch and parking in local touristy city £72
1 day Beach - ice creams and parking £20
2 days swimming in local council pool £40
7 days where we did playdates/sleepovers, park trips, parkrun, local Easter trail etc - ice creams and parking came to £34
£100 for food for family visitors at Easter.

Total £1906

Obviously most of that is the holiday, but it's amazing how the other stuff adds up too. We probably would have done more days out but I was reeling from some of the prices after the first couple of days out so decided to keep it local and low key towards the end of the holiday.

In THREE days I spent:

£65 on a Chinese takeaway
£85 on lunch at a lovely Pub
£40 on a home cooked roast lamb dinner

pleased to be back at work, I’d rather earn money than spend it 😜

Aside from my normal grocery shop, about £18 on coffee/ cake/sandwich on Saturday & Sunday. It was just a normal weekend here!

Paid for adult DD's into NT property (DH and I have membership) bought everyone lunch.
Cost about £100
1 egg for younger DD £3
Otherwise nothing out of the ordinary. Just enjoying not working!

I tried my best to have a no/low cost holiday as we were abroad in February half term and are going abroad again in May half term. Two primary age boys, I work PT and husband FT

4 X days holiday clubs for both: £228
McDonald's for 3 after a free farm: £13.00
Inflatable course at leisure centre + parking: £14
Farm entry for 4 with animal food: £20

We'd normally do more days out but with those costing £60-£100 now depending if both parents went I decided I'd rather save the money. It was a long slog of a holiday with lots of bickering at home but I feel I've earned my next one 🤣 🏝️

At least 5k asked went on a European sightseeing holiday

Plus
meals out, several
Petrol to see family
Groceries for roast over Easter weekend
Drinks in pub on Easter Mon

Life is expensive but also for living

Only half way through and we go away tomorrow. I feel like far too much, £17 for 4 ice creams at a NT property the other day!

Two family days out about £140.
Two kids/ One week of swimming lessons £120.
£20 on Easter chocolate for the egg hunt.
£25 on a leg of lamb.

Otherwise all normal sort of expenditure.

Spent mostly on the DC.
27yo DC got €250 “Easter” cash to help with new life away from home.
19yo DC got 6 days in London. Flight, hostel and spends +/-€750 plus own savings.
We got a dark chocolate Lindt Easter egg and an Easter dove cake* plus a slightly nicer Sunday lunch +/- €15?

• Lidl Deluxe and very nice it was, too.

Took daughter and granddaughter away to spa hotel for a couple of nights. £600.
Buffet for family approx £100 Easter Sunday. Will go out with family for dog walk and country cafe for my birthday this week. Approx £80. So approx £780 so far more than usual because of Spa treat but daughter works very hard, is the main provider in her family and is broke so I like to treat her when I can 😀

We managed a pretty cheap and cheerful Easter holidays. We're in central London though so lots of free and accessible amenities.

First few days they were with grandparents and we did the woods, a wildlife wetlands nature park, London sights, NHM (all free other than travel. We took packed lunches). The older kids did a few days at the local adventure playground which was £5 for activities and lunch. Also did local playdates with friends and met up with cousins.

We did have a few meals out and one cinema trip but other than that I'm quite impressed with how economic we were.

McDonald’s the other day, thirty euro, flowers and wine for mil because she made dinner for us about thirty euro too. Cleaning supplies and washing stuff to replace ours as have visitors about thirty euros. Other than that we’ve done board games and been on a long walk and will be playing hide and seek in the dark tonight

3x beach visits no more than £10 each time on ice cream and parking.

Car boot sale £16 (kids had 8 each)

£2.50 parking at Country park, took picnic and met friends

Chip shop tea £20

Swimming pool x 4 (0 as have membership)

Didn't really spend much at all. Weather was nice, tools picnics and tried to meet up with friends when possible so kids were occupied while out.