florida

[cory]

Hi can anyone help this year we went to Florida for our holiday and loved it . We hope to go back in 2008 as we could not afford to do it next year. In my husbands work alot go back every year i would love to know how they do it? For our villa flight tickets etc it cost us about four grand has anyone got good saving tips.

[cherryelm]

Have a look around the internet we go back quite frequently and always book everything ourselves rather than as a package and it works out a lot cheaper. Since you are looking ahead flights booked well in advance are cheaper. Villas can be booked via established companies like James Villas or hotels can be booked direct often getting good deals especially at quieter times. In short shop around you can go for a lot less.

[vehelpfulguy]

Maybe the people who go every year are in debt and have thousands on their credir cards.

Maybe you are more sensible and only go when you can afford it.

Keeping up with Jones'es means taking on their debts as well.

[dannydingbat]

I go at least once a year. This year, I am going on 15th December, taking an 11 night Chirstmas cruise to Bahamas and Virgin islands and have 5 nights in Orlando and 1 in New York. Internet searching for about three hours gets me and my wife there and back for 2500 as follows:-

Flybe Exeter to Dublin �60 return X 2 = �120
Delta Dublin to New York - �198 return x 2 = �398
Jetblue New York to Orlando return �56 x 2 = 112
Car Hire 5 days = �100
5 Nights Hilton Garden Seaworld = �180
Cruise Celebrity Zenith �679 x 2 = �1358
1 night JFK Renaissance Hotel = �80
Petrol/sundries �152

Total �2500

I even save the 200 miles journey to Gatwick by going local. Last January I managed to do it for �1500 without the cruise for the two of us.

You have to be prepared to be flexible.

If you want a villa, theres tons of them on the internet.

[spudqueen]

If you've got kids you really have to pay top whack to go during the school holidays, without kids you can go anytime and can get some real bargains.

[cherryelm]

veryhelpfulguy i do not have credit card or any other type of debt how dare you make assumptions about people.

[dannydingbat]

Stick to your guns cherryelm. I manage to go away, usually cruising, three times a year. Have no debts or HP. I don't, however, drink or smoke. I drive older cars which I pay cash for. You make decisions on your life and what is important. I like to travel. I give up lots of other stuff to do it. Yet people who have HP, new cars, drink a lot, etc. call me "lucky" and think I am fiddling at work to pay for it. Life's about choices and I have made mine. You can't take it with you and time spent travelling is never wasted.

[cory]

hi everyone thanks very much for your answers must get some details of you dannydingbat when i am about to book thanks again everyone

[vehelpfulguy]

cherryelm

If you had read my append I said MAYBE. The first word was MAYBE.

I did not say everyone who went to florida every year had huge debts.

But I did point out that SOME people who have flash cars, or expensive holidays, are in debt so do not try to keep up with them.