Bridget Phillipson says term-time holiday fines 'here to stay'
Bridget Phillipson says term-time holiday fines 'here to stay'
In her first interview, the education secretary says parents should keep their children in school.
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"punishable by a fine" just means "legal for the rich"
Except it's also legal for the poor after that woman got a £240 fine while saving £3,000 booking a holiday out of school holiday times:
Sorta underestimates how poor.
Few low income families get the oppertunity, to fund holidays where the saving is 250 or more.
Most poor have difficulty spending a few hundred on a holiday. So most out of term stuff gets to expensive. Sorta lucky if a UK campsite is affordable for some. (Also about 50% more expensive during school holidays. Than other warm season times.)
If you're booking a 3k+ holiday you aren't poor mate
Flights to the US can be £1000+ when you hit summer holidays, and £250 for leaving a week before.
You can save £3000 by only spending £500/750 for your annual holiday.
They aren't booking a £3k holiday because they are booking it early.
You can save £3000 by only spending £500/750 for your annual holiday.
£500 per person is very near the absolute minimum ticket price to one of the cheapest US destinations (somewhere in Florida), unless you're willing to put up with some long layovers in unpleasant places. And it's not really a family holiday if only one person goes. At £500 each for four people, you're already at £2k, even before taking into account accommodation, food and walking-around money.
Of course, you can save even more by not going there. There are plenty of non-shitty destinations in Europe and North Africa that are far cheaper than Florida in terms of airfare, lodging and cost of dining out. Anyway, Florida's horribly humid, a tourist trap, and dominated by right-wing religious fanatics and con artists.