We are going BR in a couple of weeks, but before all this was planned, we booked and paid a deposit (£50) on a holiday, what are your opinions on this as the balance is £250 to go in september.
It is a question of you having enough to pay the money in September as the OR do allow you a holiday amount. Mine was small at only £20 per month for a single person but I have heard of other higher allowances than this and depends on individual OR office guidleines. Only a novice myself, but I think that the way it seems to work is -not that the OR can stop you going but they just won't allow you the amount on the I & E. So for instance when working out your I & E at the interview stage they might say you cannot have a holiday monthly allowance and 'do not think you should be spending money on a holiday' ( do not think that they would say this though) Then you just have to scrimp more in September to pay for the holiday. I shall be moving in to rented soon and was worried that they would think my rent allowance was too high as I want to get somewhere decent.It appears that they cannot tell you where or where not to live but it just affects your I & E. I suppose they will give advice as they want to know that you can afford it and not going to get in a mess again ie credit or arrears but they are not as intrusive as you expect.
You don't have to tell the OR about the holiday or put it on the SOA form. What you do with your surplus after paying an IPA is up to you so it won't be a problem.
Holiday question...?
Posted - 26 May 2009 : 22:09:30
