sshortcircuit Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Looks better now and you are doing well. My council tax is over £200 then add insurance, electricity, gas ,alarm maintenance etc and it certainly adds up and I am not in a mansion but I am not complaining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david lloyd Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 pelmetman - 2012-12-06 9:07 AM Accepting that you have to get there and pay for a campsite ;-)...............Has anyone worked out the difference in costs...........ie how much more expensive is it to spend the winter in Spain compared to staying in the UK? We are now spending £35 a week on coal for the log burner, as we've burn't my stash of free wood 8-)..............So that's a £140 a month saving straight away :D Add in the saving on electric and oil heating just being on frost setting, along with the cheaper costs of eating out food drink etc.................not to mention being able to wander around in Shorts and T shirts in January B-) At a rough guesstimate I'd say it maybe cost's us an extra £100 a week :-S............... Last winter we spent 3 months (dec to march) at La Manga and found the cost to be about the same overall as staying at home. That included using Tesco vouchers for the tunnel but paying for pet to travel. The house was not left entirely without heat as we left the heating on frost setting. Some years ago it would have been cheaper to overwinter in Spain but even at break even we had a much better winter and a three month holiday too. We used mainly aires on the way down and back but stayed at a campsite for the duration of our stay at reduced rates. This year we intend to travel far more and I am grateful to BGD for his comments on the Algarve as that is one area we may visit. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesFrance Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 The main advantage of Portugal is that you can get cheap rates on campsites for a few days rather than the 30 days the Spanish sites insist on. Certainly warmer at night but can have more rain if you are unlucky. We usually moved from Spain in February and had good weather then in Southern Portugal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJP Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Here are some of our costs for this winter Ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao return £850 Fuel from Bilbao to Marjal (near Alicante along coast to Barcelona and back to Santander 1400 miles Fuel currently around 65 gallons at £1.15 per litre at 22mpg £340 ish Campsites 100 days using ACSI 1600 euro or £1350 Electric on site 100 days at 2 euro per day £163.00 Toll free route. Total £2700 ish for 100 days in sunny Spain or £27 per day for 2 people plus food, drink, drink and drink. Brandy £5 bottle, Whisky £4 bottle, wine £1 ltr All Lidl Fruit 5 kilo oranges £1.25, 2 kilo grapes £1.65 everything is so cheap. Cold nights 3/4/5/6 warm days 20/21/22/23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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