hi all, supplementry question how on earth do you all manage on the money and still get away in the van, been working mine out, strewth even with the missing one think I will have to get a paper round for some pocket money.!!
Dustydog said:We kid ourselves staying away from home saves money!
No gas electricity or water usage. Our food and bar bills are similar. So apart from diesel and site fees we can stay cash neutral.we don't do designer clothes. In fact the longer you stay away the cheaper it becomes. Diesel is the highest cost imo. Make more use of Certificated sites.
Have a loft garage sale and get rid of all horded junk . Ebay?
Think how much all your PCv mags are worth.
Not all rallies are on a 'farmers muddy field', the West Midlands AGM rally which opened on Wednesday and ends today is on a large certified site and rally field with ehu and is timed to coincide with half term to give parents a relatively cheap break with their children, although I have to say that we gave it a miss this year.Surfer said:Dustydog said:We kid ourselves staying away from home saves money!
No gas electricity or water usage. Our food and bar bills are similar. So apart from diesel and site fees we can stay cash neutral.we don't do designer clothes. In fact the longer you stay away the cheaper it becomes. Diesel is the highest cost imo. Make more use of Certificated sites.
Have a loft garage sale and get rid of all horded junk . Ebay?
Think how much all your PCv mags are worth.
One of the reasons why rallies on some farmer's muddy field is not for us as the rally runs for 2 days, but any rally cost saving is negated by the cost of fuel to get there.
When we go away, we prefer to go for 4 - 5 days to make it worthwhile fuel wise as fuel is our most expensive commodity on a weekend away.
Parksy said:Not all rallies are on a 'farmers muddy field', the West Midlands AGM rally which opened on Wednesday and ends today is on a large certified site and rally field with ehu and is timed to coincide with half term to give parents a relatively cheap break with their children, although I have to say that we gave it a miss this year.Surfer said:Dustydog said:We kid ourselves staying away from home saves money!
No gas electricity or water usage. Our food and bar bills are similar. So apart from diesel and site fees we can stay cash neutral.we don't do designer clothes. In fact the longer you stay away the cheaper it becomes. Diesel is the highest cost imo. Make more use of Certificated sites.
Have a loft garage sale and get rid of all horded junk . Ebay?
Think how much all your PCv mags are worth.
One of the reasons why rallies on some farmer's muddy field is not for us as the rally runs for 2 days, but any rally cost saving is negated by the cost of fuel to get there.
When we go away, we prefer to go for 4 - 5 days to make it worthwhile fuel wise as fuel is our most expensive commodity on a weekend away.
We tend to save little bits of money for a few weeks which soon mounts up to help with the cost of diesel fuel, the biggest expense. There are always bargain breaks, over 50s discounts and special offers advertised for sites on the internet and we also use mainly certified sites which average at £15 per night for a decent C.S. in a good location.
We don't go to the pub very often now unless we're with the boozy Woosies, although we have plenty of on board food and drink and whenever possible we use our senior citizens bus passes to get around and leave the truck parked next to the caravan as much as possible. We shop in supermarkets rather than farm shops or on site and often cook in the caravan after we come back from the days outing.
Parksy said:There doesn't seem much point in sitting in a pub full of strangers when we can sit in comfort back in the caravan or outside with a bottle of wine in good weather
When we go shopping which is once a week, we start at LIDL's, then Poundstretcher and finally Morrisons. We save a good deal of money doing it this way. We like Kenco Decaffinnated coffee, but when the price jumped up from £5 for 200gms, we switched to buying from LIDL saving about £1.60. Today we went to Tesco as the price on Kenco Decaff dropped to £5 so bought 5 units.Dustydog said:it is a cultural shock losing a bit chunk of your income but we adjusted . Clothes come from Asda Matalan etc rather than Next.go to the supermarket about 4.oopm and you will find great bargains, many fresh meat joints half price.
have you thought about a part time job? B&Q love the retired knowledgable diyer .
Best of luck Colin.
We are the sameRaywood said:. With mine and my wifes pensions combined we are actually near enough the same as when I retired so keep our heads above water.
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