What do you honestly think of when you think of a journey on a National Express coach?Until this week, I pictured a stuffy coach with people crammed in like sardines.  I thought that even short journeys would take forever as the coach stopped at every town along the way to your destination just like the coach on the way back from a work's Christmas party dropping everyone off at their houses. ;-)I couldn't have been more wrong though as I found out this week when National Express invited us to travel with them on one of their routes - Middlesbrough to Leeds.We were spoilt for … [Read more...]

Last year, I made a promise to myself that, as a family, we would travel as much as we could afford to during 2017.  I've been reflecting on 2017 over the past few days so I thought I'd share a little update with you to see how we got on.If you're interested in know why we chose to spend a good proportion of our spare money on travel during 2017 then you can find out why here but the result of our decision was that we spent a lot of time hunting for bargains and saving money where we could to be able to afford to pay for our travel plans. It's not a decision we took lightly because … [Read more...]

Remember my idea to share a few ideas for places to holiday in the UK?  So far, I've written about what you can do in Suffolk, why you'll love a break in Devon and  today, it's time for me to share why I recommend Kent and Sussex for a family holiday!We've had a couple of breaks away in the Kent and Sussex area as a family and have really enjoyed ourselves each time so I thought I'd share some of our favourite places to visit in the area with you to show that you can have a great holiday there without spending a fortune. Our top 5 Kent and Sussex memories Brighton PierWe've been … [Read more...]

I know it's been about six months since our trip to New York but there's still so much that I want to share with you!  Today's post is all about visiting the Top of the Rock!Visiting the Top of the Rock was at the top of my must-see list when we were planning what we were going to do during our trip to New York but due to a fear of heights, it was actually at the bottom of Miss Frugal's list and she really, really didn't want to do it!The Top of the Rock is the name of the attraction at the top of the 70 floors high Rockerfeller Centre in case you were wondering. ;-)I managed … [Read more...]

Travelling with teenagers is NOT easy!When we went to Milan in May, we had a lovely time but I can’t help but look back and remember some of the family arguments we had! For our recent trip to Monaco and Nice, I was determined to do things differently to make sure we had a more harmonious break!Milan was great and we did have an amazing time but there's not getting away from the fact that phrases like ‘She’s using my Wifi’, ‘He just looked at me’ and ‘Just do as you’re told’ don’t bring back the greatest memories as you can imagine.I shared my tips on how to travel with teens … [Read more...]