No wonder the poor can't afford holidays
My Wife and I took our two sons on a short break (two nights) at a hotel-resort/spa near Tiptree in Essex - we live near Brighton.
Check in/out 12:00.
We went by Car
We loaded the car, packed a picnic set off at 10:00, had early picnic lunch arrived at 13:00. For our return two days later we left at 12:00 got home at 14:00.
It was 200 miles round trip, we got about 35mpg so 6 gallons of fuel used on the actual journey. Total cost about £40 in fuel.
So that is 2 hours each way door to door (3 with a lunch stop) - £40.
For reference: We could have hired a car and had it delivered/collected for about £100.
By Train
By train we would have lugged our stuff to the bus stop for 8:00 , got a bus to the station for £10 (for four of us), and would mean a change - with a 10 min walk at the end to get the station itself. (A taxi would be about £15)
Optimistically we may have managed to get the 9:00 from Brighton to Colchester - costing £220 (return) for all of us. With two or three changes we'd be at Colchester for 12:00
From Colchester we'd probably have needed a cab - say £15 to arrive at 13:00.
Assume return trip is similar then its a total of £20 is bus fares, £220 in train fairs and £30 for taxis (and no transport on site!).
So that is 5 hours each way (a total of 7 changes) - £270
My case rests.
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