atst wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 5:07 pm A hell of a lot less No 2* month trip's to Aus to see kids and mate's ,No 2*2 weeks Pattaya holiday, have spent first 5 months this year in kep/Kampot doing stuff all then last 5 months at home with mother and haven't left the house except for groceries once every two weeks, so much for living your twilight years going out with a bang at the moment it's one big fizzle.
Yep may have saved a bit but lost heaps more time living.

Pretty much the same. The closed pubs saved me a fortune over the last 18 months or so. I would normally visit at least three times a week, so the beer saving did both my wallet and my liver a ton of good. Like nerdlinger, some of the savings were offset against multi-buy deals drying up and the weekly shop bills went up. Saved a ton in petrol as I wasn't driving anywhere near as much, but that too has been offset by the recent rises in the price of petrol. All that said, it will be at least another 6 months before we need to buy any more toilet rolls, so there is a silver lining... Overall, I have more money in the bank than I would have done had life been "normal". I don't anticipate any significant travel until next summer as I can't be arsed with all the faffing about with testing and quarantines etc. I've gone this long without a good holiday, a few more months aren't going to hurt...

For me: same crappy budget, same crappy result. I should have bought bitcoin.

Same, my monthly leisure budget which is normally beer and travel I spent on clothes, ( discovered the Japanese chain Uniglo and won't bother with anywhere else now, great value shop ), and used cameras, some unbelievable bargains. Got everything I need now, so with internal travel opening up 1st November I plan to take advantage of cheap hotel prices and spend a week a month in Bangkok exploring with the camera.

Cowshed Cowboy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 6:37 pm Same, my monthly leisure budget which is normally beer and travel I spent on clothes, ( discovered the Japanese chain Uniglo and won't bother with anywhere else now, great value shop ), and used cameras, some unbelievable bargains. Got everything I need now, so with internal travel opening up 1st November I plan to take advantage of cheap hotel prices and spend a week a month in Bangkok exploring with the camera.

I have Airbnb and AirAsia credit from a thwarted trip last year, so that's a bonus. I'd forgotten until the latter sent me a update email recently.

No travels saved me about >20k. Build a house instead which hopefully will make money after this covid mess.

Spent less for sure. Maybe ~15% less. Mostly due to not travelling abroad, but I also tried to reduce my spending on purpose.

Kammekor wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:13 pm

Are you expecting Freightdog?

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:36 pm

Kammekor wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:13 pm

Are you expecting Freightdog?

Location isn't for everyone....

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