“A descent into budget anarchy” or “How not to budget” Written by Maureen, ex-Financial Director of M&M Disclaimer: This budget post-mortem contains explicit despair. So… what went wrong? A: Australia is expensive. B: The exchange rate is lousy. C: It’s a whole continent and we only had a few weeks D: A complete failure in » » »
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6 June 2011
Australasia Budget Update
Australia, Budget updates, New Zealand
Tags: accommodation, budget, food, transport
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21 March 2011
Pop goes the budget
20th March 2011 It’s a beautiful evening on the Otago Peninsula, a finger of coast which sticks out from the city of Dunedin. The clouds rolled back as we left the Catlins coast and I was surprised to find myself warm enough (just) in only a T-shirt as we unloaded the car into our motel » » »
Tags: budget
1 February 2011
Budget Update Asia
Budget updates, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, Tibet
Written by Maureen, Financial Director of M&M Ltd Our goal in Asia was to enjoy ourselves while spending less, and save up for Indonesia where we plan to meet up with friends and family. So how did we do? Hong Kong Hong Kong is easy to summarise. A cosy room in a budget guesthouse was » » »
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14 September 2010
Budget Update South Africa
Written by Maureen, financial director of M&M Ltd. I’m happy to report that, after 50 days in South Africa, we are running at £100 under budget. In fact, we could have spent less, but our budget of £100 a day seems to be spot-on for our style of travel...... » » »
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