Berrie, Binkle, Oggs, Lyra and Zeb meet-up thread

[LyraSilvertinsel]

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Links please! Am sure I can save something on weekly Tesco bill towards it. Have also ben looking at Villas with Pools!

Haven't chosen anything yet but have shortlisted a few villas on holiday-rentals.co.uk. We've booked all our accommodation with them for the last few years. We're looking at about £600 per week for a villa with pool which i think is pretty damn good.

This example looks good but it's 6km from the beach. There are plenty of others like it though.

Thanks Lyra...am finding it sooooo expensive...

Mmmm does look nice!

When are you looking at going Berrie? It should be mega cheap in school term time. Does DS start school this year?

Yes he does...
Have found 2 weeks in a tent in France in June with flights for £682! Am sooooooooooo excited!

Bought some clothes in town today...have a red dress I really quite like (can't usually do dresses) Do you think I will look like a nob if you are all in jeans? It's not that fancy.

AAAHHHHHHHHH! Just having some thinking time and I've gone back on and the holiday is gone...can't get anything in June...

Actually no dates are available so we are hoping it's the website...

Ooooh, excited for you!!! Hope it's just the website. it can't have all got booked up that quickly. Where in France? DP has given me his credit card (woo hoo!!!) and I'm just about to book up Greece and Disneyland.
You must wear your new dress to our meet-up. I bought one in Next last week in the sales for £6 and I'm probably going to wear that.

Website still not showing any holidays available...Can ring at 10.
I feel like I've been Gok Wanned when I wear the dress...you know where they get the fat, middle aged, minger and make her look like a fat, well dressed and made up minger...that's me! Actually I really like that programme even if it is the same every week
How exciting about your holiday!

Let us know how you get on.
I managed to book Disney for April last night but I got through the whole booking process for the Greece flights, which took ages, then right at the end it said they couldn't complete the transaction. This was at nearly 1am so I'd stayed up late for nothing.

Booked booked booked!!!!!!!!!!!

Just have to wait for confirmation before booking flights!

Better luck today Lyra!

Me too! Flights to Crete booked for DS's 6th birthday in August! Now just have to whittle the villa shortlist down and get that booked too.
Where have you booked? link please.

Hang on, £682 for the lot, including flights?
That's mega cheap.
Bloody school holidays.

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Need to book flights now!

...and we are staying in a tent

Looks lovely.
I'm going cross-eyed trying to choose a villa so I'll stop now and take the boys out while it's still sunny.

I need to say how many bags we are taking and pay £10 each case. How many for camping for 4 do you think?

As many as possible, but that depends on whether bed linen/towels etc are provided. Can you take big bags? Can DH carry them all?
We took four slightly-larger-than-holdall sized bags last year (camping the first week) and it was just about enough. Bed linen wasn't included so I bought these sheet sleeping bags for the boys. it was so hot they didn't need anything else but there were blankets provided in the mobile home. You can fit lots of towels in by rolling them up tight. i am the queen of travelling with small bags because DP doesn't let me take the huge wardrobe-sized suitcase I'd rather take. We had DP carrying two (one on each shoulder), one slung over the pushchair handles and a wheely one which I dragged with one hand and pushed the pushchair with the other. You won't need to take many nappies and things if there's a hypermarket near the campsite.
Will this be your first time flying with the DC?

No we've flown a few times. Ds is really excited but doesn't seem to understand that we are not going next week.
I might try and potty train DD. We just waited until Ds was ready and it was no trouble at all so I didn't really believe training was necessary but I could be wrong!

Is your holiday sorted now?

Disney sorted. Boys also think w're going next week
Flights for Crete booked but no villa yet. I've been out and bought a Rough Guide so I can find out where the best areas are.

Problem is all the best villas in our price range are really far from the beach, and nice villas near the beach are ££££ so out of our price range. Will keep looking.