Property News · February 1, 2016

Family holidays – would staggered school terms help keep the cost down?


With the cost of holidays more than doubling during school breaks, one council is consulting schools on ways to allow families to get awaySarah Ryman, a mother of two school-age children, is well aware of the high cost of going on holiday at peak times. “We would typically have to spend about £3,000 on an all-inclusive week’s holiday abroad in the summer, and we can’t afford to do that every year,” said the marketing consultant from Brighton.Her experience echoes that of many parents for whom an affordable break during the school holidays is a pipedream. There may be some relief in sight for Sarah and her husband Rob, as Brighton and Hove city council is considering adapting the school term timetable to make holidays cheaper for local families. The city’s schools are now being informally consulted about the best way to do this. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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