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04 Bleach is bleach. Ibuprofen is Ibuprofen. Why then do chumps buy ‘Domestos‘
which is twice the cost of own brand bleach? Why pay pounds for Nurofen in that shiny packet when for 45p you can get the same
medication at a supermarket?
By the way, no intelligent tablet
has yet been created that
knows you have period pain
rather than earache so don’t
go buying lavish Ibuprofen
supposedly designed to deal
with a specific problem.
07 Before ever setting off on any foreign holiday make sure that all passports are packed. Keep
them in a water resistant zipped bag. I use Snopake ones from Amazon. A spillage of liquid could damage a passport and render it unusable.
08 Home or away I use
a Chase debit card for
ordinary spending. They give 1%
cashback which mounts up. Abroad, they don’t charge fees if you pay for purchases with it and you get an amazing exchange rate too.
I have a Monzo too which doesn’t do cashback but does have great exchange rates.
05 If you want to give someone a present and you don’t know what to get, how about giving them cash? Please don’t waste money on those idiotic
gift cards. The Post Office and my local Sainsbury’s are heaving with them. Many have an expiry date and of course, to take a random example, a card for Next is no good if the recipient has spotted a fabulous bargain at M&S.
06 Check every family passport now.
The years roll by and they do have an expiry date. Worse still, for the European Union there are 2 absolute requirements.
On the day of entry abroad it must have been issued less than 10 years ago;
On the intended day of exit from the EU there are at least 3 months left before the expiry date.
09 Take out travel insurance the moment you book a
trip. Too many people leave it until they are about to depart.
What if a fortnight before you sprain an ankle and can’t travel?
So, a passport in date could be useless.
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A final travel thought. Do look at those online hotel booking websites to get an idea of price and always
look at Tripadvisor for recent reviews. I book rooms direct with hotels. My contract is with them and they get every penny of the cost. The online people take a commission of perhaps 20%. I promise that when you arrive at a hotel that you have booked directly they will look after you! The best rooms go to the best payers!
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