My £9.50 holiday

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Anyone watching??

Yes and cringing a bit too. Sorry but why have 5 kids if you can't afford it ( awaits flaming)

Not being able to afford a holiday isn't the same as not being able to afford five kids.

Besides they can't be that skint the have a Mercedes

Two vets who cant afford any more than a £9.50 holiday?

This should be a series. I love the 11 year old, she appears to be very sweet. Programes like this make me more at Gove. Really think holidays are wonderful for families. Some people need to take them during term time to be able to afford them, it's really sad that people are missing out.

Woman complaining about the curtains though .

Yes, the vet's on the £9.50 holiday. They can afford more. Think the woman just llikes saving money.

I've never been on one but fully expect my reg hol to be fully out priced when we hit school years and so watched wondering what they would be like
Girl at work upgraded cabin
And came back for another key becuse they were the same
'Oh no it is upgraded because the upgrade is for no pets'
...

*because

It was on last year, this is a repeat. I really, really hate the 'lets laugh at the poor people' programmes, like the bailiff ones. They make my blood boil!

5 kids I know some people do but how do they manage mentally never mind financially
I'm a rubbish parent

Don't think it is let's laugh at poor is it?

I think it is.

I don't think it came across as let's laugh at the poor to be honest. I just feel that listening to the opinions of the 11 year old, shows how important family holidays are, and I'm sorry that this government is making it harder for people to take family holidays. Not everyone can afford going away in the summer holidays.

Sorry, maybe I'm feeling cynical today

I thought it was quite sneery tbh. Those bloody women moaning about the curtains, though. What do you expect for £9.50?!

Also I cannot understand how a 23 year old can be homesick after one night away from home. How is it possible to be so sheltered?

Those two women made me laugh. I think the poor woman she roped into going was having a really crap time!

Also I cannot understand how a 23 year old can be homesick after one night away from home. How is it possible to be so sheltered?

Yes I thought it quite sweet and also a little bit sad that a group of 20 somethings were so sheltered that a weekend away in a caravan was such a huge thing for them.

I caught the last bit of it last night. Couldn't get over the 20-something crying for her mum.

The woman moaning about the curtains, what a joyless bore! I'd say her friend was regretting saying yes to that trip! I admit I sat there thinking 'no wonder she 's single' (bad of me I know) but my god - shut up!

I really felt for the 11yr old. I think it was nice that they were there having that break but just felt sad that she was so aware of the financial pressures so young. At the risk of coming across smug, it made me think how lucky dd is in lots of ways (despite the fact that there are many who pity her for being an only child). I guess there are pros & cons to every situation.

How come if they were £9.50 holidays, all their bills were coming to £300+ for a weekend? I don't get it and I missed the start.

Have to say, the place looked really grim though....

It's £9.50 for the cottage but there is a service charge on top, along with additional linen costs etc. The basic cost for a bronze caravan is actually about £75.

£9.50 holiday is a base price, though. We went on one. It cost £60 for the booking (5 days/4 nights seaside holiday park), plus £16 for the bedding and £6 for bus passes for the week, and that was term time with a special deal that the nightly fee was waived and entertainment fee was free that week. Otherwise I couldn't have afforded it. But otherwise it would have been an extra £9-10 per night fee, plus £9-10 per person fee for entertainment fees. Say you have a family of four, that's up to £162, plus another £8 for bedding/bus pass as we were a family of 3, so £170 now. If they upgrade the caravan at all, it's more. If pets, more. And then there's transportation to the holiday park, incidentals, groceries (which of course you'd be paying for whether you were on holiday or not), treats for the dcs.

We ate out for 4 meals out of 5 days, so kept the food budget down pretty much. But while it's advertised as a £9.50 holiday, it obviously isn't, really.

It definitely was a poor bashing programme. It was very sneery and patronising. These 9.50 holidays are a big con. They always add on extras to get their money back. We have stayed at Haven before and you pay just the one price and all the entertainment is free. Park Holidays are very expensive when you add up all the add on fees.
We have 4 dc between us (2 each) and we can’t afford anything more than a cheap caravan holiday this year. Doesn’t mean we can’t afford our dc and should be sniped at for having four kids. It really annoys me when people see a large family on a budget holiday and say they shouldn’t have had four kids if they can’t afford them. Who knows their circumstances? Maybe they are a second family? Maybe they were well off but lost their jobs?

I think the two single people, curtains aside, found that they enjoyed the holiday far more than they expected to.

The vets reminded me of one of my friends. She does this sort of money-saving thing, and with everything (and good for her) though they could easily afford something much more expensive.

at the twenty something people being so homesick.