| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. 12:42 - Jul 22 with 3099 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
The airports are at capacity, ferries are booked up, restaurants at full at weekends.....there's an awful lot of people with disposal income to spend.
Edit: For the benefit of those who can't read or think. My post shows the contrast between those who are struggling and for example the 100,000 passengers who fly out of the UK each day, that's 36 million a year. [Post edited 25 Jul 2022 15:30]
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 14:09 - Jul 23 with 977 views | controversial_jack |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 12:32 - Jul 23 by lifelong |
Not sure about cheap, daughter is looking for a family holiday to Spain, Balearics, Canaries etc during school holidays. 3 grand plus for for 3 of them for 2 weeks in reasonable accommodation…bloody ridiculous. |
Yes, Raynor seems to inhabit an alternative reality |  | | |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 14:30 - Jul 23 with 975 views | raynor94 |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 12:32 - Jul 23 by lifelong |
Not sure about cheap, daughter is looking for a family holiday to Spain, Balearics, Canaries etc during school holidays. 3 grand plus for for 3 of them for 2 weeks in reasonable accommodation…bloody ridiculous. |
Always the same during school holidays |  |
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 17:46 - Jul 23 with 914 views | BryanSwan |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 12:32 - Jul 23 by lifelong |
Not sure about cheap, daughter is looking for a family holiday to Spain, Balearics, Canaries etc during school holidays. 3 grand plus for for 3 of them for 2 weeks in reasonable accommodation…bloody ridiculous. |
It depends whst you are looking for and when. School holiday are almost always double the price of non school holidays.
Most other times of year holidays are much more reasonable, although i know that isnt always possible. | |
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 23:52 - Jul 23 with 861 views | Catullus |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 17:46 - Jul 23 by BryanSwan |
It depends whst you are looking for and when. School holiday are almost always double the price of non school holidays.
Most other times of year holidays are much more reasonable, although i know that isnt always possible. |
Just before Covid hit the 3 of us went to Rhodes for a week, decent accomodation too, it cost us 1300 all in, including airport parking. That was in theschool holidays mostly, young un missed the first 2 days of school, the second one was because we only landed in Cardiff at 6am and were all too worn out at 8, fast asleep in our own beds. We flew from Cardiff. | |
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 11:59 - Jul 24 with 812 views | majorraglan |
Went away in March, 4 adults, 5 nights all inclusive in Spain was £1100 all in. Just come back from a Med cruise, 4 adults, 7 nights full board was £2600 including parking. Better food on the cruise, but nicer rooms and resort in Spain. Bargains are still to be had outside of School Hols. | | | |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 12:50 - Jul 24 with 802 views | Catullus |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 11:59 - Jul 24 by majorraglan |
Went away in March, 4 adults, 5 nights all inclusive in Spain was £1100 all in. Just come back from a Med cruise, 4 adults, 7 nights full board was £2600 including parking. Better food on the cruise, but nicer rooms and resort in Spain. Bargains are still to be had outside of School Hols. |
SAve up your cash and walk in a few weeks before you want to go and see whats on offer. It worked for us when we went to Spain. | |
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 12:56 - Jul 24 with 796 views | CountyJim |
I work with a chap him and his wife both chain smokers but their children are on free school meals and he said the children have to have a voucher for uniforms
I really can't work that one out |  | | |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 20:22 - Jul 24 with 744 views | controversial_jack |
I returned home on friday from.a family wedding in Jersey to Bristol, and the airport was very quiet. The same at Heathrow on sat according to my cousin. No queues at all.
Jersey was very quiet too. | | | |
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 21:13 - Jul 24 with 731 views | raynor94 |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 14:09 - Jul 23 by controversial_jack |
Yes, Raynor seems to inhabit an alternative reality |
Even you can see the difference of a family going in school holiday time to picking up a bargain.
Lots of great bargain cruises going, just wait till 3 weeks before departure, Marella go half price | |
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 21:23 - Jul 24 with 725 views | Jack123 |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 12:56 - Jul 24 by CountyJim |
I work with a chap him and his wife both chain smokers but their children are on free school meals and he said the children have to have a voucher for uniforms
I really can't work that one out |
Why not ask him?
If they are entitled to it, they are entitled to it, regardless of what they spend their money on.
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Although you say he is working with you, just checked the Swansea criteria for free school meals, and would this be applicable to him ?
Child Tax Credit where total annual income (as assessed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Custom service) is less than £16,190 a year or it would be
*If you are working and you also get Universal Credit, and want to claim free school meals for your child(ren), you may not know whether your earnings are more than £7,400 a year. When you make your claim for free school meals, your local authority will check your eligibility using the eligibility checking system. In most cases, the eligibility checking system will work out whether your earnings are below £7,400 a year and if you are eligible to claim free school meals for your child(ren).
If he's working full time, and clearly passes the above criteria, I would not ask him that question Jim, he may have slipped up, and might be pulling a fast one. [Post edited 24 Jul 2022 21:35]
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 21:27 - Jul 24 with 723 views | builthjack |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 23:52 - Jul 23 by Catullus |
Just before Covid hit the 3 of us went to Rhodes for a week, decent accomodation too, it cost us 1300 all in, including airport parking. That was in theschool holidays mostly, young un missed the first 2 days of school, the second one was because we only landed in Cardiff at 6am and were all too worn out at 8, fast asleep in our own beds. We flew from Cardiff. |
I always book within 10 days of going. Absolute bargains to be had. |  |
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 10:30 - Jul 25 with 663 views | controversial_jack |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 21:13 - Jul 24 by raynor94 |
Even you can see the difference of a family going in school holiday time to picking up a bargain.
Lots of great bargain cruises going, just wait till 3 weeks before departure, Marella go half price |
I don't want to go on a cruise. It has never appealed to me | | | |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 12:56 - Jul 25 with 641 views | DJack |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 10:30 - Jul 25 by controversial_jack |
I don't want to go on a cruise. It has never appealed to me |
You on a cruise appeals to me...cruise misile that is.  |  |
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 13:10 - Jul 25 with 632 views | CountyJim |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 21:23 - Jul 24 by Jack123 |
Why not ask him?
If they are entitled to it, they are entitled to it, regardless of what they spend their money on.
EDIT:
Although you say he is working with you, just checked the Swansea criteria for free school meals, and would this be applicable to him ?
Child Tax Credit where total annual income (as assessed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Custom service) is less than £16,190 a year or it would be
*If you are working and you also get Universal Credit, and want to claim free school meals for your child(ren), you may not know whether your earnings are more than £7,400 a year. When you make your claim for free school meals, your local authority will check your eligibility using the eligibility checking system. In most cases, the eligibility checking system will work out whether your earnings are below £7,400 a year and if you are eligible to claim free school meals for your child(ren).
If he's working full time, and clearly passes the above criteria, I would not ask him that question Jim, he may have slipped up, and might be pulling a fast one. [Post edited 24 Jul 2022 21:35]
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I know for a fact he's on a zero hour contact but he's happy to tell us he smokes 40 a day sorry but that's must be at least 30 quid a day
I'm a socialist but we do all have to look after ourselves and look at ourselves before getting help.
It's fantastic there is help there but we all have responsibility not just the state | | | |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 13:29 - Jul 25 with 624 views | controversial_jack |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 12:56 - Jul 25 by DJack |
You on a cruise appeals to me...cruise misile that is. |
A NATO or a Russian one? | | | |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 15:05 - Jul 25 with 596 views | Jack123 |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 13:10 - Jul 25 by CountyJim |
I know for a fact he's on a zero hour contact but he's happy to tell us he smokes 40 a day sorry but that's must be at least 30 quid a day
I'm a socialist but we do all have to look after ourselves and look at ourselves before getting help.
It's fantastic there is help there but we all have responsibility not just the state |
I agree Jim, spending 210 pound a week on cigarettes is an absolute waste of money, but it's his money.
If we were to go down that route, well let's ban anyone getting free school meals of any luxuries, like how dare they subscribe to netflix or amazon prime when they could be buying their child's dinner, how dare they take the family away for a holiday when they could be buying their child dinner, thing is, it's all to do with the earnings threshold and your colleague must be below it. | |
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 15:26 - Jul 25 with 586 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 15:05 - Jul 25 by Jack123 |
I agree Jim, spending 210 pound a week on cigarettes is an absolute waste of money, but it's his money.
If we were to go down that route, well let's ban anyone getting free school meals of any luxuries, like how dare they subscribe to netflix or amazon prime when they could be buying their child's dinner, how dare they take the family away for a holiday when they could be buying their child dinner, thing is, it's all to do with the earnings threshold and your colleague must be below it. |
I work with a lady called Lesley, she asked me how come I go on holiday so much as she can not afford it.
I use my own filter coffee 20p a day. She buys a big Starbucks each day £3.75
I have homemade sandwiches £1. She buys an M&S lunch each day £5.00
Over 220 working days that's a £1,650.00 diofference. When I pointed that out she said I didn't realise. She know brings in her own lunch, steals my coffee!! [Post edited 25 Jul 2022 15:26]
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 15:32 - Jul 25 with 581 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
All these companies saying they have to put up their prices because everything is going up but sit back and watch them post record profits over the next few years. It is a scam and we’re all being diddled relentlessly like a visitor to the BBC in the seventies. |  |
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 15:37 - Jul 25 with 573 views | Dr_Winston |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 15:26 - Jul 25 by JACKMANANDBOY |
I work with a lady called Lesley, she asked me how come I go on holiday so much as she can not afford it.
I use my own filter coffee 20p a day. She buys a big Starbucks each day £3.75
I have homemade sandwiches £1. She buys an M&S lunch each day £5.00
Over 220 working days that's a £1,650.00 diofference. When I pointed that out she said I didn't realise. She know brings in her own lunch, steals my coffee!! [Post edited 25 Jul 2022 15:26]
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Budgeting should be taught in schools, along with how to calculate interest. There's nowhere near enough life skills education going on. Think the only thing even remotely close covered when I went to school was how to write a cheque, which is obviously useful these days...
Got all my DD's and Standing orders going out as soon after payday as possible. Once I know what's left I divide that by the number of days until payday and then it's easy from there, even with saving £250 a month. |  |
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 15:41 - Jul 25 with 566 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 15:37 - Jul 25 by Dr_Winston |
Budgeting should be taught in schools, along with how to calculate interest. There's nowhere near enough life skills education going on. Think the only thing even remotely close covered when I went to school was how to write a cheque, which is obviously useful these days...
Got all my DD's and Standing orders going out as soon after payday as possible. Once I know what's left I divide that by the number of days until payday and then it's easy from there, even with saving £250 a month. |
I always remember my maths teacher telling us to put our calculators away because “you won’t always have a calculator in your pocket when you’re older.” Well balls to you Miss Frecklington I have my phone and will use it to do your stupid pointless quadratic equations if I need to. | |
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 15:44 - Jul 25 with 562 views | Dr_Winston |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 15:41 - Jul 25 by Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
I always remember my maths teacher telling us to put our calculators away because “you won’t always have a calculator in your pocket when you’re older.” Well balls to you Miss Frecklington I have my phone and will use it to do your stupid pointless quadratic equations if I need to. |
I always found playing darts to be a much more effective way of keeping mental arithmetic sharp than anything I learned in school. | |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 15:49 - Jul 25 with 557 views | raynor94 |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 10:30 - Jul 25 by controversial_jack |
I don't want to go on a cruise. It has never appealed to me |
I'm not surprised | |
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 16:03 - Jul 25 with 553 views | controversial_jack |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 15:49 - Jul 25 by raynor94 |
I'm not surprised |
Why would that be? | | | |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 16:55 - Jul 25 with 531 views | raynor94 |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 16:03 - Jul 25 by controversial_jack |
Why would that be? |
It broadens your horizons, something you could do with | |
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| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 17:19 - Jul 25 with 516 views | controversial_jack |
| Cost of Living; Planes, Ferries, Restaurants etc. on 16:55 - Jul 25 by raynor94 |
It broadens your horizons, something you could do with |
A 5 star luxury cruise broadens the horizons? Good grief, lol! | | | |
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