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Old 04-12-2016, 18:47
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That's just the point. I don't want to experience what it's really like going to some parts of the world. Taking an extreme example. I know it's a bad idea to go to Syria right now. I don't need to go there personally to find out for myself.

Besides, there are other factors I take into account.

I won't travel to any country which is non-democratic, as defined by Freedom House and/or Amnesty International.

I won't travel to any country with internal conflicts or political unrest.

I won't travel to any country with too many dodgy animals, insects or diseases.

I wont travel to any country or state that has the death penalty.

etc.

You go to these places and tell me what it's like. I'll watch it on the TV/internet.

In the meantime I'll travel around Europe where it is relatively safe, or maybe Japan, New Zealand, Canada, parts of the USA, but I'll never set foot in the Middle East (bar possibly Israel), Africa, south America, many parts of mainland Asia.

YMMV.
Yeah, I'm not going to Syria either. You missed my point somewhat.
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Old 04-12-2016, 18:48
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You can make a holiday "look" expensive without it actually being expensive.

You could go to a nice little backstreet bistro, fairly cheap. But take the right picture and you can make that fairly cheap bistro look "exclusive" and posh.

Go to the beach and take a wide-angle picture at the right time (when the other people on the beach aren't in shot) and it makes it look like a hidden gem, a golden beach with just you on it.
I agree with this.

I know many people who travel a lot. They take the cheapest flights, usually book them as soon as they are released, sometimes up to a year in advance.

They may stay in budget hotels, but still visit the main sights.

If you know when to book & with which airline, there are bargin,s to be had.

Many on a pension go to warmer climates during the winter, for long stay all inclusive holidays. It can work out cheaper than being at home when they go for 3 months or so, as no heating bills & their meals have all been paid for in advance.

All isn't always what it seems at all. My friends recently went on a cruise. It sounds great, they took photos of everything.
The cost? Less than £100 for a mini cruise.

I also know someone who has been out of the country for 2 years, on one big "holiday" without an end. He just had a one way flight ticket, found work in Australia and travels around the orient then back to Australia to work abit more, before taking off again.
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Old 05-12-2016, 09:56
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In some cases yes.
You must have a great tv.
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Old 05-12-2016, 10:02
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How do you know this?

My last holiday cost me over £6k for 2 of us, paid by savings.
Because people around here can't grasp that others might have more money than them so the only way to explain people buying nice stuff is to pretend it's all debt.

Better that than question their own shortcomings.
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Old 05-12-2016, 10:39
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Because people around here can't grasp that others might have more money than them so the only way to explain people buying nice stuff is to pretend it's all debt.

Better that than question their own shortcomings.
Not having a stack of cash isn't a shortcoming. Having a massive chip on your shoulder about your personal life choices is though. There's a difference.
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Old 05-12-2016, 12:55
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If people can afford it I recommend they do all they can when they are younger, you just never know how life will treat you as you age, so earn what you can and do it all while you are younger. Never had the money to do it when we were young but that doesn't make me jealous or begrudge others even if they do it on an inheritance, good luck to them I say.

Had a small inheritance ourselves recently and the jealousy of some is tragic, we've worked hard all our lives and finally had a little luck and the green eyed monster has turned many of people I thought were friends into bitter people oddly usually the ones who had much more than us previously.
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Old 05-12-2016, 13:11
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Because people around here can't grasp that others might have more money than them so the only way to explain people buying nice stuff is to pretend it's all debt.

Better that than question their own shortcomings.
Yes, this!

And for about 3 years after it had actually ended "we're in a recession and everyone is broke".
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Old 05-12-2016, 13:15
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You know the type - every time you log into Facebook yet another exotic photo album pops up.

Or at a dinner party when the topic of traveling comes up, and there's people of 30 years that have been to almost every continent.

How do these people afford it / how did they afford it? Although you wouldn't believe it listening to these folk, traveling IS unbelievably expensive. They're honestly not rich, but they always seem to have the money for an impromptu trip to Asia or new York.

My suspicion is that it's typically only people who inherit wealth in one form or another that go traveling in any serious way.

My ex-gf was like that, but she described her year going around the world as her own "grand adventure", when in reality it was a extremely special gift from her parents.
I have a couple of friends like this. They're both in long term relationships and both each of them earns a lot of money.

That's how they do it anyway.
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Old 05-12-2016, 13:17
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I do know someone who is always going on holiday and announcing that everyone should travel more but her dad pays for it all. On the other hand I know people who go away a lot and save for it so really it depends on the person.

I like one big holiday a year but I also like going out to the pub and buying clothes so I've been guilty of putting things on credit cards and that's up to me, it really shouldn't matter where I go and how I do it to anyone else. I also understand that some people don't care about travelling and that's up to them, you're not somehow superior because you've been on holiday.
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Old 05-12-2016, 13:28
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As it was said earlier on in the thread people can make cheap holidays look expensive. I could save up flight & spending money for a 3 week holiday in Sydney or Brisbane, yes it would look a really posh holiday, but in reality it would work out cheaper than a 2 week caravan holiday in the UK. Flight to Oz can be got for around £600, I would then arrange to stay at various friends / relatives in Australia while contributing towards food & toiletries etc. Have a trip of a life time without it costing a bomb.


I am now looking at holidays abroad for next Autumn, I haven't decided where it will be as yet, should it be long haul or short haul (depending on my health), but I have friends all over the world that I have previously met at various backpackers over the years, and they have often invited me to visit, so I may just do that as my backpacking days are over with.

At the end of the day, a holiday is what you make it, not just the cost.
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Old 05-12-2016, 13:36
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I go on five or six foreign holidays a year – usually 3 weeks in various locations, and then two or three weekend type breaks.

I won’t pretend my other half and I don’t earn a decent (but not ridiculous) salary. I would say that I spend a lot less on other things people who complain about my holidays spend regularly.

For example, one guy at work ‘jokes’ about me being overpaid because I go on a lot of holidays. Yet he also always tells me I should get a better car/brags about his lease car, which costs him £200 before petrol. My car is just coming up to 12, and runs just fine. If I were to turn around to him and say ‘Wales for the holidays again? Are you sure you don’t want something better?’, I’m not sure he’d like it!

I don’t get regular haircuts (maybe once a year), buy fancy shampoos, spend a lot on clothes or make up or anything like that. I’ve no problem if people prefer to spend their money on constant small luxuries on on bigger breaks like I do, but they should have the grace to accept that.

Incidentally, I am going to Poland this weekend, £40 return flights, £75 each for three nights in a five star hotel – so you can travel cheap!
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Old 05-12-2016, 13:37
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You know the type - every time you log into Facebook yet another exotic photo album pops up.

Or at a dinner party when the topic of traveling comes up, and there's people of 30 years that have been to almost every continent.

How do these people afford it / how did they afford it? Although you wouldn't believe it listening to these folk, traveling IS unbelievably expensive. They're honestly not rich, but they always seem to have the money for an impromptu trip to Asia or new York.

My suspicion is that it's typically only people who inherit wealth in one form or another that go traveling in any serious way.
I travelled quite a bit when I was younger and can remember some people being similarly puzzled as to how I could afford it, when I had a similar income to them.

These were generally the same people who every month would spend their spare money on designer clothes, expensive nights out, a top of the range mobile, paying off a new car, full SKY TV package etc, etc
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Old 05-12-2016, 13:39
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I go on five or six foreign holidays a year – usually 3 weeks in various locations, and then two or three weekend type breaks.

I won’t pretend my other half and I don’t earn a decent (but not ridiculous) salary. I would say that I spend a lot less on other things people who complain about my holidays spend regularly.

For example, one guy at work ‘jokes’ about me being overpaid because I go on a lot of holidays. Yet he also always tells me I should get a better car/brags about his lease car, which costs him £200 before petrol. My car is just coming up to 12, and runs just fine. If I were to turn around to him and say ‘Wales for the holidays again? Are you sure you don’t want something better?’, I’m not sure he’d like it!

I don’t get regular haircuts (maybe once a year), buy fancy shampoos, spend a lot on clothes or make up or anything like that. I’ve no problem if people prefer to spend their money on constant small luxuries on on bigger breaks like I do, but they should have the grace to accept that.

Incidentally, I am going to Poland this weekend, £40 return flights, £75 each for three nights in a five star hotel – so you can travel cheap!
This is very true.

I regularly told that if I didn't go out the 4/5 times a week that every single month I could jet off somewhere. But I prefer this.
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Old 05-12-2016, 14:03
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Not having a stack of cash isn't a shortcoming. Having a massive chip on your shoulder about your personal life choices is though. There's a difference.
Your insults because some people are better off than yourself tell a different story, you don't need a "stack of cash" to holiday.

But you know, throw around insults rather than face up to your problems.
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Old 05-12-2016, 14:04
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I do know someone who is always going on holiday and announcing that everyone should travel more but her dad pays for it all. On the other hand I know people who go away a lot and save for it so really it depends on the person.

I like one big holiday a year but I also like going out to the pub and buying clothes so I've been guilty of putting things on credit cards and that's up to me, it really shouldn't matter where I go and how I do it to anyone else. I also understand that some people don't care about travelling and that's up to them, you're not somehow superior because you've been on holiday.
BIB, I found this really funny for some reason!

Agree with your last sentence. I probably won't go on holiday next year and that's fine no big deal really. I don't judge people on how many holidays folks do (or don't) go on.
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Old 05-12-2016, 14:15
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The people that I don't get are the benefit scroungers who can seemingly afford to go away twice a year (once with their 7 kids and once with their only mate). I haven't been away for 4 years simply because I can't afford to and I'm working full time.
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Old 05-12-2016, 14:18
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The people that I don't get are the benefit scroungers who can seemingly afford to go away twice a year (once with their 7 kids and once with their only mate). I haven't been away for 4 years simply because I can't afford to and I'm working full time.
Did you just read about this in the Daily Mail, or do you really know a family on benefits with 7 kids who go away on expensive holidays twice a year?
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Old 05-12-2016, 14:24
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Did you just read about this in the Daily Mail, or do you really know a family on benefits with 7 kids who go away on expensive holidays twice a year?
I live in Wigan.... Think of that what you will.
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Old 05-12-2016, 14:24
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I have some fb friends that always seem to be away. I wonder more at how much annual leave they must get than how they afford it.

On the plus side. Our kids are at that age now that they don't want to holiday with us. Missed out on a trip to Rome and a cruise. Suckers!
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Old 05-12-2016, 14:42
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My OH and I are in fairly ordinary jobs - nurse/self employed but we are not materialistic in regards to our home, clothes and we don't buy new cars every 3-5 years - what we do enjoy is our holidays and we go on road trips to Europe, the USA and most recently Australia.
It's perfectly achievable with shopping around and using airmiles and cheaper motels (always checked for cleanliness!)

People can choose to spend their money any way they like in my book - we certainly don't brag about it, nor do we subject others to our photo albums!
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Old 05-12-2016, 14:44
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We have just over 5 weeks vacation time & travel quite a lot. Usually take a major trip of 3 weeks once a year, usually tied to a special event or charity. Last year, it was the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta at Runnymede which had us crazy-busy over the course of 4 days. In '08, for instance, we attended a fundraiser for the Ireland Fund of Monaco which was also a 4-day commitment. That one really took the prize in pricey but all proceeds went to build & support crisis facilities for families of suicide victims; the stories of that trip were extraordinary & meaningful & humorous (if that's even possible). Point is: our travels are not geared toward falling asleep on a lounge chair. That said.......

I do not announce our trips on FB & rarely post pictures. If/when I do, it's less than a handful. Only our nearest & dearest family & friends know of our travels.

If I were to say how much we spend, many wouldn't believe it and/or chalk it up to boasting. We've worked hard to earn it & we play hard, too.

Bottomline is: I'd rather have the life experiences I find in travel than material goods. Neither of us are big consumers. Freedom of choice, I guess.
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Old 05-12-2016, 15:32
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I have tried abroad - did some real exploring - but I really do prefer the UK. I just love what we have to offer, beaches, mountains, cities and safety. When exploring Ukraine I once had to run from a mob who realised I was not Ukrainian and in the US I had someone loose a gun nearby in public. Nothing wrong with not exploring the world if you don't want to - and it is true that tourists are treated like suckers with inflated prices - I was told to not speak a few times just to be charged the correct rate.
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Old 05-12-2016, 17:13
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I know Im jealous of my sons mother in law

we both went to school together and I took the wrong job and she took the right one
I went into factory work and she went into being a domestic at a hospital for mental health
I got as far as being a forman (woman) she started in house training to become a SEN the went on to SRN
we both had families and worked partime until kids were old enough to be left with sitters
I branched out into my own business she went higher in the NHS
I dont do too badly semi retired and have a nice holiday every year
she retired at 55 with a huge lump sum and pension and has four holidays a year the last one cruising around Australia, HongKong, Thailand ect and the one before that was the Maldives

I hold my hands up yes Im jealous and with hindsight I would have tried for one of these jobs with a massive pension so I could have spent it swaning around the world while I still could as it is I will have to wait another seven years till I get the time to have more than a week in winter to have a holiday (cant go in summer as its our busy time)
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Old 05-12-2016, 18:02
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I travel abroad around 3 to 4 times per year plus a couple of weekend breaks in the U.K. We have a mixture of long haul and European holidays. We are paid reasonably well but not a fortune. It is just a case of prioritising what is important to you or what you would rather spend your cash on. I have not got any credit card bills. Next year I have a week in Thailand, two weeks in Colorado and probably a week in Greece. The drive that needs doing will wait another year
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Old 05-12-2016, 21:39
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I have some fb friends that always seem to be away. I wonder more at how much annual leave they must get than how they afford it.
To be fair with one friend that's something I'm more inclined to wonder about, even if it's only to the south of Ireland for a few days she seems to be away somewhere different every time for a long weekend.
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