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00:00Woohoo!
00:02Rich holidays
00:02Look at that!
00:04I can't imagine waking up to that every morning!
00:06Are the stuff of dreams
00:07Oh my God!
00:09We've got our own plunge post days!
00:12But can cheap getaways
00:14be just as fun?
00:16I'm having a good time!
00:18I'm not getting in that!
00:19For the first time, wealthy jet-setters
00:22This is the life!
00:24And hard-up holiday-makers
00:25They do look really posh
00:28travel together on two wildly different trips
00:32Do you guys drink alcohol?
00:33No
00:33At all?
00:34No
00:34To experience each other's idea of the perfect break
00:38The universe is really powerful
00:40If only positivity could pay the bills
00:42Can the rich rough it?
00:44There is no way on God's green earth
00:46that you or me are going in this
00:48Can the less wealthy stomach lavish luxury?
00:51I'm gonna be sick
00:52I hate that you made me touch seafood, how about that?
00:55And at the end
00:56A hundred and thirty-four thousand
00:58You could buy my house and landscape my garden
01:02Will one family's holiday heaven
01:04Give me off, give me off, give me off, give me off
01:06Be another's holiday hell?
01:08Yes, get mashed up!
01:09Absolutely not
01:10This is possibly going to be the worst holiday I've ever been on
01:21I've ever been on
01:22I've ever been on
01:40I've ever been on
01:43We're all just a bit bonkers
01:45You know what?
01:47Yeah?
01:47Would you like some salad?
01:49No
01:50Bye!
01:50I think uptight people are quite funny
01:52I just think, let loose a bit
01:55Let your hair down, have fun, have a shot
01:59For this fun-loving family money is tight
02:02Best's a cleaner and Gary's a roofer
02:05Between them they have a disposable income of just £150 a week
02:10I am such a good budgeter
02:12I DIY everything possible
02:15We never treat ourselves
02:17We sacrifice stuff like nights like with friends
02:20Yeah, with tea
02:22Fully loaded pizza nights are their only splurge
02:25As a couple we have zero time together by ourselves
02:29Our lives revolver in the pits
02:31Beth and Gary got together when they were little more than teenagers themselves
02:35We met at my cousin's wedding
02:38Gary was the best man
02:40We've just been together ever since
02:41They tied the knot three years ago
02:43But even that was on a budget
02:45You don't even have an only mood
02:48When it comes to holidays
02:49A weekend camping in Wales is usually as good as it gets
02:53We're very outdoorsy people
02:54We like open fields
02:56In eleven years they've managed just one foreign getaway
03:00A bargain break to Spain
03:02That was the best
03:03Hola! Hola!
03:05Ringing bell every ten minutes
03:07It was my first time abroad
03:09So a lot of it was just drinking by the pool
03:11Remember when you pushed me in the back
03:13Before the cold
03:14And eating a lot of food
03:16I had fifty hot chocolates in two days
03:19They all come back like ten stone every year
03:24This holiday experience is a chance to broaden horizons as well as waistlines
03:29I'd really like to show the kids more of the world
03:32Enjoy the finer things in life
03:34But how do they feel about taking a trip with rich strangers?
03:38I wouldn't want to learn about history or stuff like that
03:42I definitely would not eat sushi
03:44My nightmare holiday would be if the kids couldn't enjoy themselves
03:49That's the sole purpose of going on a family holiday
03:52I think that they're going to be like snobby
03:55They like to show off like how much money they've got
03:58And just flex really
04:0225 miles away in Cheshire's super wealthy Wilmslow
04:06Live millionaire medics Sam and Andre Dissant
04:09And their fourteen year old daughter Cassia
04:12Second serve, we all make mistakes
04:14We've been married for, oh gosh, pressure
04:17Thirty years
04:18Thirty years
04:19Thirty years
04:19Like that
04:21Life and business partners
04:22The doctors have made a mint
04:24With their own health and aesthetics clinic
04:28Turnover
04:28Well yeah we sometimes make eighty grand a month
04:30On average fifty
04:33With a disposable income of two and a half thousand pounds a week
04:37Mid-fifty something Sam and Andre can afford to practice what they preach
04:41I have anti-wrinkle regularly
04:43I have filler, skin tightening
04:45It's cost me about a thousand a month
04:47Because I have everything
04:48And it's not just about looking good on the outside
04:52As always cooking from scratch
04:54Andre and Sam are health obsessives
04:57Thank you
04:59We eat well, we exercise
05:01Don't drink alcohol at all
05:04Holidays have to be perfect too
05:06I don't ever look at anything below five star
05:09That was nice, Drew
05:10The Dissons think nothing of blowing forty thousand on a single break
05:15And have at least three holidays a year
05:17My favourite holiday is probably Florida
05:20I think holidays are very important to improve yourself
05:24Relax by pool
05:25Then see something historical
05:27Hire a professor for the day
05:29As for their nightmare getaway
05:31Camping probably isn't my thing
05:33Cold, miserable, not good food
05:36Just being really uncomfortable
05:39So why are the Dissons willing to sacrifice five star excellence for a budget break?
05:44I do fear that money takes you away from reality
05:47And eventually you lose what's really important
05:51The families will be spending a week together to see how the other half holidays
05:56Here it is
05:57Oh my days
05:59Oh my days
06:00The first to be put to the test
06:01Yep
06:02A Dissons style luxury break
06:04Are we ready guys?
06:07We're going
06:08Malta
06:09Wow
06:10A five star wellness resort
06:13How's it?
06:15How's it?
06:15Oh my god
06:15How's it?
06:16Just somewhere to relax
06:18Yeah
06:19I don't like relaxing
06:20The ancient capital of Valena
06:24To experience luxury culture and history
06:26Goosebumps will win
06:29Situated between Italy and North Africa
06:32Malta is a small but mighty island
06:35Year round sunshine
06:36Turquoise seas
06:38And historic ports
06:40Have made it a luxury destination for discerning jet setters
06:43For both families
06:45An all expenses paid stay at the regal five star Phoenicia hotel and spa
06:50A favourite of the late Queen Elizabeth
06:53Oh that's exciting
06:55We've never been to Malta
06:56I'm just giddy
06:58It's day one
06:59Come on then
07:00Getting going
07:02The Leafs are falling over themselves with excitement
07:05I want to know if we want to have champagne
07:08A bellini on our island
07:10A cheeky bellini
07:13But the alcohol free docs are taking a different approach to holiday prep
07:18When you travel you're in an aeroplane where the pressure's less, oxygen's less
07:22So before we go we'll do hyperbaric oxygen
07:25So oxygen in a chamber to get ourselves super perfused
07:28So when we travel again we arrive crisp and pristine
07:31Like it
07:35It's a three and a half hour flight to Malta
07:38And for the Leafs their second ever family trip abroad
07:43The weather world is amazing
07:45The families will meet for the first time at the five star Phoenicia
07:49And the leading hotels of the world are very much what I like
07:54There's a red carpet
07:56Nowhere
07:57I'm not sure we belong here at all
08:00Once they've checked into their £1,000 a night luxury suites
08:04So this is your room
08:06Thank you so much
08:07Wow
08:09Oh my god
08:11Look at the balconies
08:13Oh my god
08:14That's incredible
08:15Still a bit overwhelmed
08:18The kids get to experience this still aren't they
08:21We could never give it to them physically
08:24Financially
08:25This is so cool
08:27One night here is more than Gary and Beth's monthly rent
08:31Scrums it
08:36It's new territory for the Leafs
08:39You ready?
08:40Wow
08:41Wow
08:42But they're adapting fast to the holiday high life
08:45Chocolate cake
08:46Unreal
08:46Lovely stuff
08:48I got me a teddy bear
08:50Yeah
08:51I think we'll be very comfortable
08:53I think so
08:53I think so
08:54Absolutely
08:54This is just what we love Neville
08:56Just what we love
08:57The suite might be exactly what the Dissants expect
09:01But meeting their holiday companions is another matter
09:04A little bit apprehensive meeting the family
09:07They might judge us as I suppose
09:09Bit snobby
09:11Cool innit?
09:12Yeah
09:12It is so cool
09:14To think people have the expenditure
09:18Yeah
09:20To provide this for their children
09:22Do you know what?
09:23I'd like to know what they do for work
09:25To get to that level
09:27Beth is about to get her answer
09:29Get the cup of tea
09:31It's the moment both families have been waiting for
09:36Hi!
09:37It's a place to meet you
09:38I'm Beth
09:39Nice to meet you
09:40Nice to meet you
09:41You too
09:43What is it you guys do?
09:45So we're medical professionals
09:47We're in a private clinic
09:48Medical clinic
09:48We've got to practice what we preach
09:50So before we came
09:52We have oxygen chambers
09:54At our clinic
09:55And you perfuse your body with 500% oxygen
09:58Probably over a thousand pounds worth of treatment
10:00Depends those pounds for air
10:02So lots of extra
10:04I think so
10:05I can walk outside and inhale and be free
10:08We come with a vibe of actually being quite healthy on the trip
10:12And even go back healthier than when we came
10:15Quite surprised that people who are on holiday and look after themselves
10:22We like a bit of a blowout
10:24So do you guys drink alcohol?
10:26No
10:27At all?
10:28No
10:28I don't know if that's something you could try and get on board with
10:31No, because I've had some this afternoon
10:33Okay
10:33I'm starting to worry
10:36Don't excessively drink
10:37No
10:37We do enjoy having a drink
10:39It takes a job thing
10:40Yeah
10:41Then you get a bit lowry
10:42Are you going to come on this journey with us?
10:44Absolutely
10:44Yeah
10:45We're going to have a great time
10:47I think the Leafs shows a desire to get on board with our idea of a healthy holiday
10:54And not think what we do is daft or silly
10:57I mean for us being on holiday is a special thing
11:01So I don't think it fits for us
11:07Coming up
11:09The Leafs fling themselves into the five-star holiday
11:12It's the best holiday ever
11:14But will the luxury lifestyle
11:16I'd just get an oyster
11:17Leave a bitter taste
11:20It was 420 pounds
11:23There's no way you two go to a restaurant and do that yourself
11:26Yeah, we do
11:27Yeah, we do
11:35A jet-setting family of health obsessives
11:39Five-star wellness resorts
11:41What?
11:42Oh my God
11:43Are showing a cash-strapped, fun-loving foursome
11:47Wow
11:47How to have a wealthy, healthy holiday
11:51So do you guys drink alcohol?
11:53No
11:53At all?
11:55No
11:55But it's off to a rocky start
11:57I don't think it fits for us
12:03In Malta, it's breakfast time
12:05And the hotel's lavish buffet and a la carte menu await
12:09At a hundred pounds for four, it's just a tad less than the Leafs' weekly disposable income
12:15No
12:16No
12:17Waffles
12:18But on the dock's strict, healthy holiday regime
12:21Much of it will be out of bounds
12:23So after a night's sleep
12:25So after a night's sleep, how do you feel about doing our style of holiday with a no booze, healthy
12:31kick idea?
12:33We'll go up for it
12:35We'll go up for it
12:35Do you think your parents are going to be able to do it?
12:37Probably not
12:38Oh
12:39The early signs are that they are interested in how we do things
12:43They're motivated to try a different form of holiday
12:46So at home, we do intermittent fasting
12:48So I don't usually eat till about two o'clock
12:51I'd be starving
12:52Yeah, we need the fuel first thing in the morning, don't we?
12:54Otherwise
12:55Yeah
12:56Get hungry
12:56Yeah, you do
12:57The Dissants aren't expecting the Leafs to fast
13:01But Andre can still steer them in a healthy direction
13:04They have this little centerpiece here for all the cereals and fruits
13:09And there's an egg room
13:10An egg room? Who has an egg room?
13:12Incredible
13:13This mushroom
13:15Yeah, it's not just an egg room
13:17When we saw the breakfast for all the bacon, the sausage and the mushrooms
13:22Found it quite difficult not to
13:25I can see the sadness in your eyes
13:26Get loads of bacon
13:29The temptation is too much for Noah and Gary
13:32He's tried making the tiniest English breakfast ever
13:37Yeah, it's hard to resist
13:39I noticed Gary has a plate of meat
13:44I think on the last day if Gary comes in and says he wants a kale smoothie and one for
13:50Noah
13:50Then we know we've probably cracked it
13:53It's not just the Dissants' healthy regime the Leafs will be sharing
13:57Oh, you're ripping it
13:58They're about to discover what five-star activities they'll all take part in
14:02Walking tour of the Turkish shelter site
14:06Yes
14:06So it gives you all the castles, the old town
14:11Child-free mum's makeover
14:13Ooh!
14:14Michelin's dad's sushi dinner
14:16Oh, sushi
14:19Relaxing by the pool
14:20Snow-wing in famous blue luggage
14:23Oh!
14:23Oh!
14:25It's wonderful to see the reaction
14:27Because I suppose I wouldn't like to say we take it for granted
14:30But this is the kind of thing we would book
14:31It's a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing
14:33This is gonna be incredible
14:35That's it!
14:37Incredible!
14:38First on the itinerary
14:40A guided sightseeing tour of Malta's historic capital, the letter
14:46So, welcome, my name is Clive Cortese
14:48I'm going to be your private guide for today
14:51We usually do have a tour guide
14:53Just so we don't miss the important points of the place
14:56But at £155, it's more than the Leafs' weekly food shop
15:01Well, that's mainly, it was built in the 16th century
15:05Yeah
15:06By the famous Knights of St John
15:08The city's historic architecture has earned it UNESCO World Heritage Site status
15:14The walls have changed over time, see the holes forming
15:18Fascinating stuff for culture vulture Andre
15:21When are we going to the pool?
15:24Not so fascinating for eight-year-old Noah
15:26So here we are, Baraka Gardens
15:29And all the fortifications that we're seeing now, just in front of us
15:32Today, it is used by both gladiator films
15:36We thoroughly enjoyed it
15:37Incredible scenery
15:39I'm getting a bit bored
15:40And then we have Noah, who was human on the whole way around
15:44Just on my left-hand side is St John's Coal Cathedral
15:49I don't mind the history
15:51He's bored
15:52He's bored
15:53He's bored
15:53He's bored
15:53Yeah, he's bored
15:54He's not a holiday adult for children
15:57I hope we enjoyed this short tour of the city
16:00Thank you five
16:01It's worth applause, but will it be worth the money?
16:05£155 for the tour
16:07Yeah
16:07Yeah, it's money well spent in my book
16:09Not £155 worth
16:11I could do that myself
16:12We'd do so much more with £155
16:16Back at the hotel, and next on the itinerary, pull time
16:24Although the five star finisher isn't the usual habitat for inflatable crocs
16:30Noah, stop
16:31Stop
16:31Noah
16:33No, Noah, don't zip his head in
16:34I kept telling our kids to be quiet cos they're a bit...I didn't want to get looked at and judged
16:39Noah, just wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait
16:41Fuck, I'm really like that big bloody crocodile
16:43Yeah
16:44Noah slow down
16:45Noah
16:46He can't wait
16:48Beth and Gary aren't used to such posh surroundings,
16:51but the kids are taking to the luxury like ducks to water.
16:55That was one of my favourite parts of the day,
16:57seeing Noah and Grace washing the pool.
17:01That's what I think kids should be doing on holiday.
17:03While the dads are on pool duty, the mums can kick back and relax.
17:08This is nice, isn't it, just having a chill.
17:10Do you get a chance to do this at home?
17:12Not really. It's pretty full on.
17:14Life's busy.
17:15Yeah. Obviously, I had Grace when I was 17.
17:18How did you find that?
17:19It was difficult. I didn't have much support.
17:21I very much did it all by myself.
17:23So it was, I devoted my life to her and then Noah.
17:27Every last thing we do is just about the kids.
17:29We don't have time together. We don't have time alone.
17:32Hopefully on this holiday, you can get some treats,
17:35some time on your own.
17:36I would love that. Yeah.
17:37And I know I need the time.
17:39I know I need to look after myself,
17:40because if you don't look after yourself,
17:42you can't look after everyone else.
17:43You can't.
17:44Aw.
17:47For my 30th year, we planned a trip to Milan.
17:51And Gary snapped his Achilles.
17:53Oh, yeah.
17:53And then we had to not go on the trip,
17:55so we never made it.
17:56Just because I had to carry on putting a roof over the head
17:59and feeding them, paying the bills.
18:01It's a lot.
18:02It was something special for you, wasn't it?
18:04Yeah, it was.
18:04And obviously you missed out on that.
18:06Yeah, that's OK. We're here now.
18:07Well, yes, we're here now.
18:09It was lovely to have a chat with Beth.
18:11She's a mother, first and foremost,
18:13and always puts her children first.
18:15Sometimes she just needs to have a bit of time to herself.
18:18She deserves that.
18:19Lovely conversation to have with her,
18:21just as mums putting those to rights
18:23and sharing her insights with me.
18:26I've thoroughly enjoyed.
18:28Next on the healthy holiday agenda,
18:31some me time for the parents,
18:33while the kids are in childcare.
18:35For fitness freak Andre, that means one thing.
18:43It's been a long time since I've been near a gym.
18:46It's a luxury Gary can't stretch to,
18:49but Andre spends £400 a month on a PT.
18:53I know that money can pay for our monthly food shop,
18:56so it feels like it's a necessary luxury.
18:58It's crucial for healthy body, healthy mind.
19:01And it's not Andre's only spendy necessity.
19:04Anti-wrinkle treatments, best facial skin care,
19:07skin-tiling treatments.
19:09This can mount up to £10,000 of work a year easily.
19:13Well, £10,000 is a massive thing.
19:16You know, that's the third annual wage.
19:19It's a non-negotiable.
19:20He looks well for £55, so...
19:22I've not seen his forehead move.
19:26Meanwhile, for £170,
19:29the mums are getting made up
19:30for a posh double dinner date later.
19:32What do you usually spend on getting your make-up done?
19:35Usually it's about £100.
19:37What?
19:38Who are you going to?
19:40Shut up.
19:41What was it like today, having some new time?
19:43I feel selfish and I feel guilty.
19:45You put the children first, but your vista's important.
19:48I'm going to try and take that from this experience
19:50and look after myself a little bit more.
19:53Yeah.
19:53Definitely.
19:54OK, give me a little look.
19:57Wow.
19:58Well, I might take up having my make-up done
20:01on a regular basis, because that was incredible.
20:04Yeah, I love it.
20:05I think it's stunning.
20:06I think it looked beautiful.
20:07So, how do you feel about sushi tonight?
20:09Never really tried it.
20:11I don't think I'm willing to either.
20:15Beth might be trying to swerve the sushi,
20:17but a date night does hold some appeal.
20:20Me and Gary don't have...
20:21We don't spend quality time together at all.
20:25You look incredible.
20:26You bet it's absolutely amazing.
20:28So, to reconnect as a couple would be incredible.
20:32Well, let's get some dinner.
20:33Yeah, brilliant.
20:34Let's go.
20:36The uber-cool Aki Malta is a magnet
20:39for the letters Glitterati.
20:40Some of their signature dishes can top £50 each,
20:45and the fish-packed sushi menu is a healthy dining option.
20:50Can I get some cocktails, please?
20:52No alcohol.
20:53Especially when booze is off the table.
20:56We will have the soft-shell crab.
20:59If it's got a tentacle, I'm not touching it.
21:02From the sashimi, can we have the octopus?
21:05When you'd ordered, they sounded horrified.
21:07First up, £25 fresh oysters.
21:11A food that's never touched the leaf's lips before.
21:14Are you going to eat that?
21:16Remember, you don't chew, you just swallow.
21:19One, two, three.
21:23Swallow.
21:24That's what I...
21:27What was that like?
21:29Not that bad, to me as well.
21:30Oh, good, there you go.
21:31In for a penny, in for £25.
21:35Oh, yeah.
21:36Wow.
21:36Well done.
21:37Well done.
21:38I think that deserves a round of applause.
21:40I think.
21:40Go on.
21:41Give them their due.
21:42They both wrote for the challenge.
21:45They...
21:45They...
21:45They...
21:46They ate them.
21:46I mean...
21:46And alcohol-free.
21:48No touch coverage.
21:49I'd just get an oyster.
21:52Yeah, I just thought it was the closest thing I was going to get.
21:56I've had a short shot.
22:02It's like an explosion.
22:04That's incredible.
22:06The sushi has gone down surprisingly well.
22:08But will the bill?
22:10It was £420.
22:17And you swear, because what the...
22:20What?
22:23Well, you didn't have that much.
22:26We spent £45 on water.
22:29There's no way you two go to a restaurant and do that yourself.
22:32Yeah, we do.
22:33Yeah, we do.
22:34They were very shocked by the price.
22:36Yeah.
22:36They couldn't...
22:36They could never fathom spending that much.
22:39I've spent three, four times that on a meal.
22:41It wasn't worth the money.
22:44But...
22:45They've definitely shown me we need to do more for each other.
22:47Maybe a little date night to...
22:49Maybe we like the spa a little bit.
22:52But not with that price tag.
22:55For one of the £20, definitely not.
22:59There's just one activity left on the luxury holiday to-do list.
23:04How are you feeling, guys, about the boat trip?
23:05Yeah, excited.
23:06The families are taking a private charter catamaran
23:10to Malta's top snorkelling spot.
23:12But at £1,000, it's close to what Beth earns in a month.
23:16Oh, my God, I'm going to weave a felt.
23:18This is insane.
23:20Whoa.
23:21I'm bored alone.
23:22It just screams millionaire.
23:26A trip like this is a first for the Leafs.
23:30Away we go!
23:32It's unbelievable.
23:34The kids are never going to start a taxi like this.
23:37This is one of the cruel things I've ever done.
23:39But for the seasoned boat-tripping distance,
23:42it's all in a day's luxury holiday.
23:45To us, it's a boat.
23:45It's a nice boat.
23:46It's wonderful.
23:47But we've done this quite a few times.
23:48But it's really interesting seeing people do it for the first time.
23:51To them, it is like magic.
23:56Destination Blue Lagoon.
23:58Yes!
24:00I'm so excited!
24:02The Leafs jump feet first into the experience.
24:06Oh, left me behind.
24:09The boat is on.
24:11We found it a little bit too cold.
24:13We like it a little bit warmer than this.
24:16More used to the Maldives,
24:17the Dissants have decided to sit this one out.
24:21But for the Leafs, it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
24:25Yes!
24:25Great!
24:27I loved how excited the Leafs were.
24:31Just seeing them squeeze every bit of fun out of that day.
24:34Maybe a tin jealous about how much fun they were having.
24:37Maybe we've become...
24:39A bit complacent.
24:40Like, well, we'll come back another time.
24:42And so maybe that's what we've got to work on.
24:43Maybe get back to what makes us excited.
24:45Seeing fish in, like, clear waters.
24:48You don't get that in the UK, do you?
24:49It's the best I've ever.
24:51With every pair of me, please.
24:53The memories and the experience.
24:55To see the smiles on the kids' faces.
24:58I enjoyed it more than the kids.
25:00To be honest.
25:01Fantastic.
25:04Back on dry land,
25:05and before the sun sets on the booze-free, healthy holiday,
25:09there's time for a quick debrief.
25:11Did you ever maybe delve into the minibar as well?
25:15A lot.
25:16I wouldn't say a lot.
25:18I'll be honest, I had one last night.
25:21But, yeah, nothing like I would normally.
25:23I think you've done fantastically well.
25:24We have really, really enjoyed it.
25:26Yeah, good.
25:27We wouldn't choose to come back to a hotel as grand as this.
25:32Not somewhere this pot.
25:34We don't believe we belong here.
25:37Just because we're quite loud.
25:39We've been on lots of five-star holidays,
25:40and there's a lot of noisy people.
25:42Rich, noisy people.
25:43You don't really have to worry about that kind of thing.
25:45For me, it's the relaxing.
25:48I am really going to take out of this.
25:50Maybe just a weekend for me and Gary ourselves.
25:54It'll be lovely.
25:54But it hasn't been totally one way.
25:56We've also observed things that maybe we've been missing out on on holidays.
26:01Always remember your unbridled joy and the energy you all had to get in that water.
26:08We take these things for granted, and we may just think, you know,
26:10we should appreciate these things more.
26:12We really should.
26:13Now, there's just one thing left to learn.
26:16The cost.
26:20$16,142.
26:25I'm kind of speechless.
26:27Like, I don't think we'd ever spend that much.
26:31So the costing of the holiday, I thought, was about right.
26:33What we'd expect, really, isn't it?
26:35That amount of money will go down towards an ice for us.
26:40I'm shocked that people have that disposable income to spend on a holiday.
26:47Time to turn the tables.
26:49In the envelope is the destination of the budget break a la Leafs.
26:54You're heading to Rural Lancashire.
26:57Whoa!
26:58For a back-to-basics break in self-catered camping pods,
27:03prepare to get muddy in the great British countryside.
27:07Ooh!
27:10Rural Lancashire, a paradise for outdoor enthusiasts with rolling fields,
27:15sheep, and low-cost farmyard camping.
27:19Both families will stay in a three-by-three-meter off-grid pod
27:22and share a compostable loo for two.
27:26The word camping was like ice down my neck when I saw it.
27:30When Cassie was one, we had a camper van.
27:34It was a two-week holiday that we'd set out.
27:36And R&J lasted five days.
27:38He had a bit of a breakdown and was trying to order flights to Dubai.
27:43We're in trouble.
27:44Might go loco.
27:45It's going fast and roll.
27:52Coming up...
27:53The Dissants are slumming it.
27:56£156.
27:58That is so tight.
28:00And it's no walk in the park.
28:02It's not what I choose to do on my holiday.
28:12A hard-up, fun-loving family...
28:14I'm so excited now!
28:17...have been on a high-class, healthy holiday.
28:20I just ate an oyster.
28:23Now it's their turn to show their five-star-loving companions...
28:27You're heading to rural Lancashire.
28:31How to holiday on a budget.
28:34I might go loco.
28:35It's quite possible.
28:37It's the second half of the holiday experience
28:40and the families are back in the UK in beautiful, rural Lancashire.
28:45It's going to get wet.
28:46I mean, one pair of jeans, a bit.
28:48And a £400 pair of jeans.
28:51For the budget side of the holiday,
28:53the Dissants will be doing it the Leafs way.
28:56Wow, look at them.
28:59They look cool.
29:00They do look cool.
29:01Weekend campers, the Leafs, are on home turf.
29:04Look at the views.
29:07Is that a set pod?
29:09Oh, my God!
29:11Is that a sign-out for sewage?
29:12But for the Dissants,
29:14it couldn't be further from a five-star spa hotel.
29:17Nothing here, is it?
29:20A bit of sheep.
29:21Hello, everyone.
29:22Hello!
29:23Travellers, adventurers.
29:24I'm Jack.
29:25Welcome on Little Mid-Up Farm.
29:27We have three pods in the field.
29:29And so is one of them the spa pod?
29:31Spa pod.
29:34Andre might find the accommodation comes up short.
29:37The pods are a snug three by three metres.
29:42Oh, it's cosy.
29:44It's smaller than some of the bathrooms we've been in,
29:46in the hotels we've stayed at.
29:47Some of the showers in the bath.
29:49I've never been on a holiday
29:51where I could touch all four walls at the same time.
29:54It's better basics.
29:55Are you going to be able to do it?
29:57I don't know.
29:59I don't know.
30:00I don't know.
30:01While Sam and Andre are already contemplating
30:04throwing in the towel,
30:06the Leafs are enjoying some good old-fashioned free fun.
30:09We like nature, open space.
30:11Just join in with the kids.
30:13Here, you can just be yourself.
30:15I'm wild and free.
30:16There's no running for the distance.
30:18Without their usual bellhop,
30:20they're struggling with their luggage.
30:23Good job Andre's been down the gym.
30:25There's no holiday feel to it.
30:27It's just endurance.
30:28It's like a test of your endurance, isn't it?
30:30What's the Himalayas base camp type feel to it at the moment?
30:34There's no space.
30:36Yeah, I feel like I'm on a geography field trip.
30:40Hysteria is already setting in,
30:42and that's before Sam and Andre find out
30:45what each family has to spend for the next few days.
30:48Guys, this is for your food and for your activities.
30:52Yeah, you can't matter.
30:53OK, we'll bring the plow away.
30:5660, 80, 100, 120, 140, 150.
31:01Each family has a budget of £156.
31:05Just one of your activities was that much.
31:08It was.
31:09That is so tight.
31:10That is...
31:12I said before, we'd spend that much money
31:14just from getting to the airport, to the hotel.
31:18And now you're going to see what you can actually get with it.
31:20Yeah?
31:21Absolutely.
31:22Absolutely, the value of money.
31:25It's a balmy 6-degree morning at little Midop Farm.
31:29Can't be this cold every morning.
31:31For the jet-setting Dissons,
31:34it's a rude awakening to UK budget holidays.
31:37We're cold, we're uncomfortable,
31:39can't move around with a pod.
31:40We're stuck in a field in the middle of nowhere.
31:42There's no electricity.
31:43And there's no bathroom, the on-suit bathroom.
31:47On this break, Sam and Andre will have to make do
31:50with a communal shower.
31:52I've never walked this far.
31:53For a shower.
31:54I want to have a shower, but I don't, because it's too cold.
31:58But I can't wash my hair, because it's such a walk to the shower.
32:01And I've got no hairdryer, because most five...
32:04Well, all five-star hotels have hairdryers,
32:06so I didn't pack one.
32:09I don't think I'm going to take my clothes off.
32:12For Sam, showering is a no-go.
32:14What are we going to do with you, Shannon?
32:18We're terrible.
32:21I'm stuck in the distance of people.
32:24The shower is a washout.
32:26Maybe Andre will do better with the communal kitchen.
32:29Have we found a toaster?
32:30No.
32:30Oh, so we might have to improvise.
32:34Having blown 60 quid on a budget shop,
32:37Gary and Andre are on breakfast duty.
32:40When it comes to a holiday, I like to be catered for.
32:43I don't want to do the cooking myself.
32:46It's not quite the five-star that they're used to.
32:49It's not the egg room.
32:50I'm not sure I'd call that toast.
32:52It's not a glowing review from Beth.
32:54I'm not hungry, actually.
32:56While Sam resorts to fasting.
32:58But at least the kids are getting stuck in.
33:01It's cheap and cheerful,
33:03just like the Leafs' usual holiday activities,
33:06which the Dissants will also be taking part in.
33:08Holiday activities, volunteering with the local...
33:12A pack-up.
33:14It sounds like it might involve shovels of some kind.
33:17Toasty marshmallows on the campfire.
33:19Lovely.
33:20Lovely.
33:20Paddleboarding.
33:22Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho.
33:24I don't know any idea of fun.
33:26It's my idea of sort of holiday hell, I think,
33:28doing that type of thing.
33:29So this is the things we do.
33:30Just keep things simple, keep it fun for the kids,
33:34and it's relatively cheap as well.
33:36I hope it makes them realise that they are so fortunate.
33:39First up, a trip to the alpaca farm.
33:42Guys, what sandwiches do you want?
33:45But on their budget weekends,
33:46the Leafs never leave camp without a packed lunch.
33:49I'm not sure that Sam and Andre go on many days,
33:51where they'd need to pack a packed lunch.
33:54It'll be an experience for them, for sure.
33:57Volunteering on a farm will also be a novelty.
34:00The closest the Dissants usually get to animals on holiday
34:03is a big-book safari.
34:06Now, the first job is feed the lambs
34:09that you've just seen.
34:11Oh!
34:12Volunteering with Alison at Woodend Farm
34:15is a spend-free day.
34:20How old is he?
34:22He's really into it.
34:23He's really.
34:24The kids are in holiday heaven.
34:26This is the best thing I've ever done.
34:28Look how cute you do.
34:29And the adults aren't far behind.
34:32There we go.
34:33There we go.
34:34Oh, this is absolutely nothing.
34:36I'm crying because it's so cute.
34:39I must say, it's good for the heart.
34:41I feel like I get a lot more from this experience
34:45than any five-star resort.
34:52But the next job isn't so cute and cuddly.
34:55The alpacas need mucking out.
34:57Well done, guys.
34:58You're doing incredible.
34:59And while the Leafs get stuck in,
35:03Sam and Andre are hanging back.
35:05It's not what I choose to do on my holiday.
35:08Matthew?
35:09Yeah.
35:09Is it quite clean?
35:10Yes, it is.
35:12They kind of pick the cleaner corner
35:14where the little white coats work
35:16are not going to get too dirty.
35:18It's work.
35:19I just don't get up in the morning and think,
35:21oh, I'd love to go out today and shovel whatever.
35:24At least Cassia is mucking in.
35:26Bend those knees.
35:27Bend the knees.
35:29Yeah, I would just pay someone to do that.
35:32But I work hard anyway.
35:33I don't need to do that when I'm holiday.
35:35Okay, Teddy.
35:36I really did enjoy the alpacas to the farm.
35:40Very lovely.
35:41Oh, in the sand.
35:42Oh.
35:44That was the most fun I've ever had.
35:45Wholesome family fun.
35:47Our goal is to show that you don't need
35:49five-star luxuries to enjoy your holiday.
35:53So today has been a success.
35:56Big kick from us.
35:59But will Beth's packed lunch get a thumbs up?
36:02Huh.
36:03More used to Michelin stars than Mother's Pride.
36:06I couldn't finish it.
36:08I had half of it.
36:09For the super healthy Dissons,
36:11it's a culinary come down.
36:12It wasn't, I didn't like that really.
36:15It just wasn't, um, my cup of tea.
36:18Coming up.
36:20Dad, step, step.
36:20Oh, no, he's standing up.
36:22Andre throws himself into the budget holiday.
36:24It was more on the arduous side of fun.
36:27Both families find out the final tally.
36:30And there's more surprises in store.
36:32No, you can't do that.
36:41A hard-op, fun-loving foursome.
36:44This is the best thing I've ever done.
36:46A showing a five-star loving family.
36:48It's about the basics.
36:50How to holiday on a budget.
36:53£156.
36:54Pounds.
36:55That is so tight.
36:56To save money really does buy holiday happiness.
36:59My groom's sort of holiday hell.
37:03It's a chilly morning in Lancashire.
37:06Yeah, let's go.
37:07And both families are geared up for a day on the water.
37:11Paddle boarding.
37:12So that's £12 per person.
37:14So that'd be £84, please.
37:17That's actually very, very reasonable value.
37:20It's cheap and cheerful family fun.
37:24And the Leafs don't hesitate to hit the water.
37:28I'm having a good time!
37:30I'm not getting in that.
37:32But Sam and Cassia are more used to tropical temperatures than cold Lancashire lakes.
37:38It just looked crazy.
37:40It was freezing cold, blowing a gale.
37:42It just didn't look like fun to me.
37:44Sam and Cassia did a, like, getting stuck in, like, we know what we do.
37:48Because no hairdryer.
37:51She used to past our resorts that have a hairdryer in it.
37:55And she didn't pack one.
37:57At least Andre's giving it a go.
38:04Oh, no, he's standing up.
38:06Oh, no, no.
38:06Oh, no, no.
38:10Did I fall over?
38:11I don't know if I fall over.
38:12Why should I do that?
38:14Oh, no.
38:17It felt right to give everything I had, because the Leaf family were certainly giving it everything.
38:23They were not going to waste a single second of this, despite the rough conditions.
38:28At £85, it's the big ticket activity of the budget break.
38:32So, was it worth it?
38:34It was more on the arduous side of fun.
38:36So, this activity was a quarter of the meal that we had in Malta.
38:40And I get to remember watching Andre fall in the lake for the rest of my life.
38:49Back at the campsite, there's more no-frills fun in store.
38:53Campfire marshmallows.
38:55Is that good enough?
38:56Yeah.
38:56They done really well, weren't they?
38:58Just a tenner for wood and a few quid for marshmallows, a holiday night out doesn't get much cheaper.
39:03It's not Michelin star, it's not fine dining, but standing around a campfire and stuff in your face is what
39:11life is all about.
39:12I did enjoy that.
39:13That was fun.
39:13It was fun.
39:14They're not the healthiest things.
39:15It's like eating plastic.
39:17I shan't be giving up my Michelin star dining any time soon.
39:20I have really enjoyed this holiday.
39:23My mum and dad keep saying to me, oh, you're coping so well, you're coping so well, but I'm just
39:27enjoying it, to be honest.
39:31It's the final morning of the holiday.
39:37And it's checkout time.
39:39So, am I looking forward to going home?
39:42Very much so.
39:44Bye, Pod.
39:45But before they leave, there's the small matter of the cost of their budget break.
39:50It was.
39:51Total bill for your holidays, £912.
39:55Wow.
39:57That is rich.
40:01I'm shocked that it's quite as low as that, but then, you know, there's no luxury involved.
40:06Amazing.
40:07Crazy.
40:08We get 15 of our holidays for their holiday.
40:10It's £15,000 less than the Malta break.
40:15That £15,000 would do so much for us.
40:19It would go to our house deposit.
40:21So, being on your holiday, a lot of things for us was the first, or the snorkelling was the first,
40:27the yacht ride.
40:27And, yeah, a lot of them things are things that we couldn't perhaps offer the children, maybe ever again.
40:38But we're happy at the end of our holidays, and you're happy at the end of your holidays.
40:41So, we did kind of want to prove that money doesn't equal happiness.
40:45I probably would pick Martin over this.
40:48LAUGHTER
40:50Yeah.
40:50My perspective on budget holidays hasn't really changed.
40:53I am an on-suite girl.
40:55I do like to have an on-suite.
40:56I've been away from this sort of simple for maybe for too long, and it doesn't really, doesn't really float
41:02my boat anymore.
41:03I think I have been perhaps irrevocably changed by a five-star treatment.
41:08I have enjoyed this holiday the same way that I've enjoyed Malta.
41:12I think I've learned that even on the simplest of holidays, we can still have as much fun as we
41:16can on the most expensive holidays,
41:18because we have each other.
41:20Oh, Cathy, that's incredible.
41:26So, this is goodbye now, I guess.
41:28We're leaving, going home.
41:29It's quite sad, really.
41:31I do feel sad.
41:32I do feel really sad.
41:32I'm happy to be going home, but sad to...
41:35It's the end of our experience.
41:37So, thank you for sharing the whole experience with us.
41:39Thank you, too.
41:40I thought we'd just get you a little gift, so you can remember us, not that you'd ever forget us.
41:44Oh.
41:46Pass the parcel.
41:47Oh.
41:50That is so soft.
41:51It's too long, so soft.
41:53And we don't have to clean up after it.
41:56No.
41:57And we've got you guys a little something as well.
41:59So, what's really come across to us is just how proud and selfless you are.
42:03Last year was very, very difficult for you, and so if it's okay with you, we'd be very much like
42:08to fund a holiday for you all to the Greek island of Skopoulos.
42:17No, you can't do that.
42:19You want to.
42:20We'd really love to do this.
42:22We would love to do that for you.
42:24You totally, totally deserve that.
42:28You're welcome.
42:33Oh, no, you don't really need to do that.
42:35I'm sorry.
42:39And you'll think of us when you're there.
42:40Yeah.
42:42That's far too bad.
42:44It's not.
42:45Thank you so, so much.
42:49Oh, that's incredible.
42:51Thank you very much.
42:52It just proves what nice people they are, though.
42:55You come on the experience like this, and you make assumptions of people before you meet them, and they are
43:00far from it, and just that gesture.
43:03It almost feels that it's difficult to accept.
43:06Yeah.
43:08Definitely.
43:08Accept that as a gift.
43:10That's a lot.
43:11That's a lot.
43:15But I'm so excited.
43:18So excited.
43:19We're going to Greece.
43:21Yeah, you're going to Greece.
43:24For now, it's back to Bolton.
43:27Home sweet home.
43:29And Cheshire, and a chance for both families to reflect on the holiday.
43:34I'm not going to change my holidays anytime soon.
43:36I prefer the five star all the way.
43:39I'm just too far down the road of five star to go back in time and do the simple holidays.
43:45We really enjoyed it.
43:46Yeah.
43:47And we definitely go to the sun on a budget.
43:49Yeah, the memories we made were fantastic.
43:53The desolence taught us a lot of valuable life lessons.
43:57We need to spend more time with each other, and we need to spend more time with ourselves.
44:02Does money buy you a happier holiday?
44:04Not necessarily.
44:05I think it's the people that you're with that make your holiday special.
44:09It was lovely being with the other family.
44:11They made it fun.
44:13It's definitely taught us not to judge people as well.
44:15Yes.
44:15Our perception on rich people was that they are snobs, and they're not.
44:21They're just humans with a lot more money.
44:23Next time.
44:25Oh, my God.
44:26Go on, slum it with us.
44:27Cannot believe I'm doing this.
44:29Oh, God, you're in.
44:32You got a Spider-Man.
44:34Wow, look at this.
44:35This is the most beautiful palace in Venice.
44:38Boring.
44:39Just horrendous.
44:40That's five months' worth of wages for me for this summer.
44:43Boring.
45:09That's five months' worth of wages for me for this summer.
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