Woman spends less than £1000 on eight short holidays
Watch: Mum jets off on £16 holidays - making it back in time for her nightshifts
A British woman has spent less than £1,000 on eight holidays over the last 18 months, after getting hooked on cheap flights in December 2021.
Anne-Marie Moss, 45, has spent just £994 on return flights and accommodation for eight breaks since her first trip to Kraków, Poland to take her adult daughter to see the Christmas markets.
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On her first trip, Moss spent just £16 on return flights to Kraków. She loved it so much that she returned to the Polish city with an old school friend in March 2022, spending just £35 on flights and £50 on accommodation.
The short breaks are often only for a day or two as Moss ensures that she returns in time for her night shift as a receptionist at a mental health hospital.
“I’m often hopping off the flight and heading straight to my shift. I sleep on the plane home,” she explains.
“It started off when I found £16 return flights to go to Kraków, Poland. I fell in love with it. After we came back home, I wanted to travel again. We just came back from 24 hours in Palma, Spain. It was about £110 each in total. It’s cheaper than going round Manchester.”
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Since her first trip, Moss has returned to Kraków three times, and she’s been to Poland’s Tatra Mountains three times, and spent time in both Palma, Mallorca, and Bucharest in Romania.
Anne-Marie’s 48-hour escapes
December 2021: Kraków – £16 flights each, £100 accommodation – £25 each
March 2022: Kraków – £35 flights, £50 accommodation
April 2022: Kraków and Tantra Mountains – £35 flights, £90 hotel, £120 on activities
May 2022: Tantra Mountains for three days – £120 each
June 2022: Kraków and Tantra Mountains – £22 flights, £120 each on activities
Dec: Tantra Mountains – £35 flights, Accommodation – £100
Feb 2023: Bucharest, Romania – £116
March 2023: Palma – £110
Total - £994
Moss, who lives in Accrington, Greater Manchester, usually takes her trips mid-week and books the first flight possible and returns on the last flight of the day to make sure they make the most of the time they have.
“I work shift work, so I usually go mid-week,” she explains. “I try and get an early flight out and then try and get the last flight home.”
She adds that she just carries a backpack so as not to pay for any additional baggage fees.
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The trips are often jam-packed with activities such as kayaking, quad biking and cycling around the national parks.
“[In Bucharest] we went to the castles and thermal spa,” she added. “It was fabulous.”
