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14th Aug 2015SandraN commented on:
Would you 'blow' your pension on travel?We took early retirement 6 years ago and started house swapping, so we do 2 or 3 house swaps a year....we mainly stay in the UK for those but have also been to Dublin, Barcelona and Switzerland. Apart from that we usually stay in Europe, just because we can get more flights for our money. We love Italy, especially Venice where we'll be next month, but we also love Rome and the Italian lakes and since retiring have also been to Naples, Bologna, Florence and Sicily. We were in Mallorca for 18 days in June and are off to Nice in October. I could go on............We don't have huge pensions. I was a teacher and my husband was a builder but we are making the most of life while we can.ViewDate:
14th Aug 2015SandraN commented on:
Would you 'blow' your pension on travel?I actually am blowing my pension on travel.ViewDate:
4th Mar 2015SandraN commented on:
Travel saving tipsI have been a member of Home Base Holidays fir six years and we have had about 20 home swaps both in the UK and overseas. There are many advantages not mentioned in this article and for me one of the most important is having a well equipped kitchen in which to prepare the food I will so have enjoyed buying. In Barcelona it was lovely to shop in the markets and know it was worth buying everything that tempted me. Your "hosts" can give you great tips about where to eat, what to do etc.. Finally, you might really enjoy staying somewhere you'd never thought of. As Londoners we had always thought of Oxford as a day trip destination but we loved living there for a week.