How to save for that family holiday

Actually this is more a ‘How I’m going to save’ for my holiday. Everyone’s different and theres a wealth of information online. For example; you may buy 2 coffees a day at £5 . That’d be a saving of £1300 a year, you’re almost done !

I’ve priced it up and we should be able to go on our next snowboarding holiday for around £2,000, a blog on that will follow shortly.

Here’s some things that I’m going to be following. Pretty much all this can be found at moneysavingexpert.com, so be sure to check there for more inspiration for your own savings that can be made.

Moving Bank Accounts . I’ve done this every year for the last 2 years. It’s work £150 ish. Nationwide is a good one to have . I recommended a couple of friends last year and received £200

If you want a Nationwide account then why not email me and I’ll send you a link :)

Compare all your bills against comparison sites. You’ll be able to bring one down by £10 a month for sure. That’s £120 off for the year.

Nectar ( Bonus ) Card. As I work next to Sainsburys and use BP.me I get to collect about £120 a year.

Make you own Cider / Champagne - this is a decent saving for us , I’m putting down for £200 a year.

Micro managing spending. Using Google sheets keep a close eye on what coming in and going out . Monitor the 1st month and then try and stock check and tweak to save £10 a month. I’m taking £110 off the total for this one.

Re ignite my blog and get Adsense vouchers. The aim is to get a £60 voucher for the next holiday. I did want to also reignite my YouTube channel , but you now have to fulfil a fairly high criteria to able to add advertisements.

Sale stuff on Ebay . I’ve taken off all the above calculated amounts from my £2k total and it’s left me with £21.50 a week to raise through Ebay. So every weekend I’ll try and add £20+ off stuff on there. This I fear is going to be too difficult a target to reach, as I'm a few weeks in and have hardly made a penny. So Nuumber 9 here may well come into play.

Promote other offers online a receive bonuses. Like AirBnB you get £15 if others complete a stay - plus they get £25 off . So if you’re thinking of using AirBnb then let me know ;)

Overtime - if all else fails I’ll just have to do a little bit more work ! :(

Task	Profit
Moving Bank Account	£150
Compare Bills	£120
Nectar Card	£120
Make own Cider / Champagne	£200
Micro manage spending	£110
Re ignite Blog	£60
Sell stuff on eBay	200
Promote offers for Bonuses.	£200
Overtime	£840

I'll report back with how I get on.