My last payday from work so another payment made!

Woop, getting there! :)

Holiday cost!



It looks like it's gone down but that'd because I've added Disney!

Getting there very slowly!!

Added Disney!!

Ok, I couldn't do it!

I couldn't go to Florida without doing Disney!  I didn't have to take off Seaworld, aquatica and busch but I can also go for the day if we fancy it :)

Massive price difference but if I really try we can do it!! :)

So now we will be going to;

Magic Kingdom

Epcot

Hollywood studios

Animal Kingdom

Typhoon Lagoon

Blizzard Beach

Disney Springs

Universal studios 

Islands of adventure 

Boggy Creek boat ride!

Also we'll get the memory maker included so we can get all the photos we want for free :)

Can't wait!!!!!

Getting excited!!!

Woohoo!!!

I know I still have a long way to go but considering I only booked just over 2 weeks ago I think I'm doing pretty damn good!

23.4% of the way there!! :)

Slowly slowly...

Another payment made towards both the holiday and the tickets!  woop!

Another chunk paid off :)

It's nice to know 3% will be paid off each time I pay my weekly payment!

16% paid! :)

APIs completed

Bit of a boring post! No new payments or savings or anything fun, just the APIs completed on the BA site!

It's coming down :)

A little off our holiday today!

I don't think there'll be another payment until next week but it's a start!

13.3% paid! :)

Estas!

Estas are all sorted and approved!  Woop!  :) 

A couple more tickers!

Below is the time left until our holiday and the amount of savings I currently have :)

Payment ticker!

Let's see if this works!

Only a day after booking and already paid 10% of the entire holiday cost!

This includes everything, flights, hotel, car, park tickets and hotel upgrade :)

More on travel card!

$240 spends saved now!

Some money off tickets :)

I got ATD to price match my tickets which saved me £21 and I've just paid £48 towards the total too leaving £850 left remaining :)

I did upgrade our hotel room to a suite as the price was too good to pass up!

So now instead of 1 room with beds in, we will have 3 rooms with a separate living area, breakfast bar and massive bathroom :)

So excited!!!

We're going to Florida!!!

After waiting for what seems like days (it was just a matter of hours) I finally got a call back this afternoon about the booking I found yesterday!

I've only gone and booked it! Whoop!

14 nights in Ramada Resort and Suites, right next to Universal, including breakfast every day (42 meals), free shuttles to the parks ($17 saving every day for parking), fridge and microwave (saves a lot of $$ not having to eat out every night) and a living area so we have more space PLUS flights from LHR to MCO via Miami for a whopping £1984!

I never would have imagined getting such an amazing deal!

Checking out the hotel directly, 14 nights would normally cost us £1495 for that alone so the price I got is just unbelievable!

I also added car hire for just £261 all in so including the tickets I booked last night we are set to go!

All that's needed now is to pay it all off, save spending money and plan!

Fingers crossed I will still be able to add on Disney at a later date, albeit only a few days rather than 14 days :)

A few photos of our gorgeous hotel :)

 

Whoop!

$200 on my card now!

Plus I have found the best price I could ever hope for, for flights and a 4* hotel, which includes free breakfast (saves buying 42 meals) free shuttles to parks (saves $17 a day parking) and a fridge and microwave in the room which will save a lot of $ not having to eat out every night.

Games room, restaurant, bar, pools over looking a gorgeous lake...free wifi and cable, suite so a little living room in our room instead of a cramped one...

All for £1904!! 

I'm well prepared that this is not going to be the total cost, as soon as they ring tomorrow I'm sure there will be things added, fees or change of price etc but if it's anywhere close to this I want it!!

The site (holiday genie) also says bookings can be made with just a £198 deposit.  It doesn't say 'from £198' or '£198pp' so if that is the cost of the deposit I'm getting it booked!

I sincerely doubt I will find such a brilliant deal anywhere again so I really hope there are no hidden costs!!

They will be calling me back tomorrow so fingers crossed!

Eeeeekkk!!!

Well I've done the same thing I've done the past two times!

I've booked our park tickets!!

They're fully refundable so just in case this trip doesn't happen I won't lose a penny but hopefully that won't be an issue!

I'm yet to add Disney tickets as they are so expensive now and I'd rather go to Florida and not do Disney than not be able to afford to go.  Maybe I will be able to afford to add them later down the line.

So for now we will be going to Universal studios, Islands of adventure, Seaworld, Busch gardens and aquatica!

I've never been to the last two so I'm really excited about those!!

Now to secure flights and accommodation for under £2k!!

Getting there slowly!

I now have $161 on my travel card and a few hundred saved towards a deposit!

Now I just need to find an amazing bargain like the one I've found but one that takes a deposit rather than the whole amount...

After seeing so many deals I'm sticking to a budget of just £2k for flights and accommodation!

Absolute bargain :)