Four money-savvy mums went to France three days after securing return flights for £17. Anne-Marie Moss, 45, Jill, 50, Elisabeth, 50, and Rachel, 45 flew to Marseille on May 14 this year. Spending just 72 hours there, they spent a mere £97 each on accommodation for two nights, and £20 for parking. Better yet they spent just £108 spending money for all the activities and food.
The bonanza was timed to such perfection that they were home in time for the school runs and work the following day. This was Anne-Marie’s ninth ultra-budget holiday in two years.
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She said: "We went on a cruise visiting the Calanques on the Marseille coastline. We ate at a fantastic circus-themed restaurant. We went on an open deck bus tour and on a Segway tour of Marseille which had some scary moments driving through the busy streets of France. We visited the beautiful Notre Dame and the cathedral. The weather was really nice."
Anne-Marie has been snapping up cheap flights for cheeky getaways since December 2021 when she and her daughter, Trinity, 20, went to Kraków, Poland for a mere £16.
She said: "I originally went away with Rachel, an old school friend, last year and since then our 'holiday group' has expanded with others wanting to join us on our trips. As long as you're nice and up for an adventure come along. You’ve got to be up for things. We don’t relax by the pool.”
This time around the friends had a terrific time in the South of France. Anne-Marie said: "We loved the boat trip visiting the Calanques National Park, the waters were crystal clear.
"The Segway tour was the funniest and most enjoyable part, neither me or Jill had ever been on a Segway and decided to do a three-hour tour around Marseille. We got to visit a lot of the beautiful sites, riding around the ports and it was such a laugh.
"We had a couple of scary moments as the pathways got quite narrow and steep, but we absolutely loved it. Rachel and Elisabeth went on a three-hour bike ride around the coast and covered 18 miles and they both really enjoyed that."
How much the trip cost
- Flights - £17 return each
- Hotel - £97 each for two nights
- Airport parking - £20 each
- Spending money - £108 each
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 – Palma - £110
- May - Marseille, France - £242
Total - £1,236
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