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Where to stay / Missing San stef and need to go on a budget..Tips please??? x
« on: May 13, 2011, 01:07:46 PM »
Hi everyone - seems like an age since my new husband and I went on our honeymoon last June.
I wanted to go back again this year but we've 'decided' to have a baby instead
It will be our 2nd anniversary 2nd June 2012...and I am desperate to return for a week to 10 days between the 1st and the 10th June.
To make it a possibility though it will HAVE to be as cheap as we can possibly get it (with the building industry as it is Dave's work isn't paying as well as it used to and with a new baby - I'll already feel a bit guilty booking a holiday)
The more I look at everything the more confused and dejected I get....
FLIGHTS - not sure whether it's cheaper to book flights seperately one way, or return via a different airport (I'm closest to Birmingham but would consider journeying to other airports if prices were much cheaper) - or maybe getting someone to book from the other end for me? Is that cheaper?
ACCOMODATION - Here I reach a sticking block - I had a few leaflets from when I visited but have lost them - also I would like to show loyalty to either Nikos at the Thomas Bay (who I know has a few apartments) or Sally and Noula - however I will eventually go for the best priced self catering place I can get. We'd obviously still frequent the bar and the pool at the Thomas Bay anyway
I'm hoping Dave will have his driving license by next June but as it is - we dont drive and so we will have to be in San Stef - we don't want to be a close drive away. I've never really been one to enjoy spending money on holidays - always had 'more important' things to spend on - but having taken 5 years to get over a pretty horrible depression (less said the better- sorry to kill the mood lol) - and finding such a beautiful place on our honeymoon - I cant helop but believe that returning to San Stef can only make everything daily life brings more worth it - and that we deserve it.
Hope you lot have some useful ideas - I've got plenty of time to gather tips and save up a little bit. Baby is due in October and with all the pressures we've had of late - this planning will give me something constructive to plan and look forward to..... Just got to work on the Grandparents to babysit while we go!
I wanted to go back again this year but we've 'decided' to have a baby instead
It will be our 2nd anniversary 2nd June 2012...and I am desperate to return for a week to 10 days between the 1st and the 10th June.
To make it a possibility though it will HAVE to be as cheap as we can possibly get it (with the building industry as it is Dave's work isn't paying as well as it used to and with a new baby - I'll already feel a bit guilty booking a holiday)
The more I look at everything the more confused and dejected I get....
FLIGHTS - not sure whether it's cheaper to book flights seperately one way, or return via a different airport (I'm closest to Birmingham but would consider journeying to other airports if prices were much cheaper) - or maybe getting someone to book from the other end for me? Is that cheaper?
ACCOMODATION - Here I reach a sticking block - I had a few leaflets from when I visited but have lost them - also I would like to show loyalty to either Nikos at the Thomas Bay (who I know has a few apartments) or Sally and Noula - however I will eventually go for the best priced self catering place I can get. We'd obviously still frequent the bar and the pool at the Thomas Bay anyway
I'm hoping Dave will have his driving license by next June but as it is - we dont drive and so we will have to be in San Stef - we don't want to be a close drive away. I've never really been one to enjoy spending money on holidays - always had 'more important' things to spend on - but having taken 5 years to get over a pretty horrible depression (less said the better- sorry to kill the mood lol) - and finding such a beautiful place on our honeymoon - I cant helop but believe that returning to San Stef can only make everything daily life brings more worth it - and that we deserve it.
Hope you lot have some useful ideas - I've got plenty of time to gather tips and save up a little bit. Baby is due in October and with all the pressures we've had of late - this planning will give me something constructive to plan and look forward to..... Just got to work on the Grandparents to babysit while we go!
Ive been sent an email from my Thomson holiday thing and looking at the excursion they're offering "Theo's BBQ/Boat Ride" Im in 2 minds about going for it.