What are you doing this summer?

I read in a recent online blog that a number of people would be funding this year’s summer holidays on credit; credit cards, loans or overdrafts! Reading this left me quite shocked, when I was young my summer holidays were spent having picnics in the park, visiting friends and family and the occasional trip to the cinema. But some parents are considering getting into debt to fund activities this summer.

This led me into thinking about potential pressures that parents face. Do parents have a pressure to take their children out on day trips? I personally don’t have any children so I decided to get some help and find out from people who do have them.

Over the past week I have been running a survey asking a few simple questions to try and gage what people are planning, how much they plan to spend, how much they think they will actually spend and how they plan on paying for it.

The response that we got has been small, but interesting none the less, and it has allowed us to get a snapshot into the thoughts and reality of parents.