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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 pool size!
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!
00:23and hard-up holiday-makers
00:25They do look really posh
00:27travel together on two wildly different trips
00:31Do 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?
01:08Your head's getting mashed up
01:09Absolutely not
01:10This is possibly going to be the worst holiday I've ever been on
01:18Grotherham
01:19Home to self-made millionaires Nigel and Mandy
01:22Give us a kiss
01:25We've been married for 38 years
01:27Happily married
01:30They don't just light up each other's lives
01:33But the entire nation
01:35They've made their fortune from fireworks
01:38We've become a multi-million pound business
01:41Over a million pound per month turnover
01:44Nudging sixty
01:45These high rollers love to splash their cash
01:48So this is my bit of a weakness
01:51I love my bags
01:52I really do
01:53We've got this is Louis one
01:54This is Louis two
01:55This one here
01:56This is a little cheeky mulberry
01:58We've got a little Gucci one here
02:00The Chanel bag like this
02:02I think this one was six and a half thousand pounds
02:04It's probably around sixty thousand pounds of bags there
02:07Oh wow that sounds a lot doesn't it?
02:10Might be a bit of a problem there
02:15Nigel's splurge are supercars
02:17We've got the Porsche GT2 RS
02:20The Lamborghini STO
02:23The Ferrari convertible
02:25My runaround car is a Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series 2 black bag
02:28It's a half a million pound car
02:33They've developed a taste for the finer things in life
02:36Been to twenty-eight different Michelin-starred restaurants
02:41Our favourite is a thirty course menu
02:44Is four hundred and twenty pounds per head
02:47And the food is mind-blowing
02:49Holidays are also top-notch
02:52Minimum five star
02:54Has to be five star
02:55We don't want our sunbed to be within
02:58Twenty footers than anybody else
03:00They rack up sixty grand's worth of getaways every year
03:04And they have one thing in mind
03:06We go on holiday to relax
03:08We send to lounge about all day
03:10Yeah
03:10We like to be looked after
03:14So why are they willing to sacrifice five star R&R
03:18For a budget break with strangers
03:20I like to think that
03:22Most people wouldn't know whether we're the rich ones or the poor ones
03:25But we can't avoid it
03:27Money has meant that we're spoiled
03:30We are spoiled
03:31Yeah we are spoiled
03:31We're hoping that the budget holiday
03:34Will show us that we can still be the same people we were thirty years ago
03:39Two hundred and thirty miles away in Blandford Forum Dorset
03:43At the opposite end of the wealth divide
03:46Jordan I thought you were doing the beans
03:48Yeah I am
03:48Live close-knit mum and son
03:50Sharon and Jordan
03:51We tend to do a lot together
03:53And we sort of enjoy life together don't we
03:56Well for greater teeth
03:59I would say I'm a bit of a mother's boy
04:02It's only been me and mum
04:04Did you put salt and pepper on the table?
04:06Yeah
04:07Jordan's dad and I split up when he was three
04:09And so I've brought him up on my own
04:11It's just literally me and Jordan against the world
04:15Bringing them even closer
04:17In 2023 Sharon was diagnosed with breast cancer
04:21And spent two years undergoing ops, chemo and radiotherapy
04:25I think Jordan's grown up very fast in the last few years
04:28I've had to rely on him a lot
04:29Mum's in remission and we're back to normal
04:32So I'm quite grateful for that now
04:36But obviously yeah it was stressful during it
04:39Jordan we need to work out what we're doing for shopping
04:41Financially times are tough
04:43OK so we've got five, we've got £11 there
04:47Sharon does payroll for a small company
04:50And 19-year-old Jordan works in the local pub
04:53There you go
04:54Together they bring home two and a half grand a month
04:58And after rent and bills
04:59Are lucky to have £70 weekly disposable income
05:02Yeah we live paycheck to paycheck don't we?
05:05With money tight Jordan's ambitions have been put on hold
05:09My plan is to go to Australia to like work
05:12And build my life skills then start up my degree
05:15But the thing stopping me is the money
05:19When the pair can afford a holiday it's a low cost camping trip to Cornwall or Wales
05:25So we do a lot of walking
05:26I usually try to climb there's like a nearby mountain
05:30So it's usually like long walks or
05:32To the pub
05:33Yeah long walks to the pub
05:34There's normally a pub at the end of the walk
05:35Yeah
05:36We do that quite a bit
05:37And like quizzes
05:39Luxury breaks are well beyond reach
05:41But son and mum can dream
05:43I would like to go somewhere where I didn't have to think about the money
05:46I want that bottle of champagne
05:49I want that to eat
05:50Just let loose
05:52Yeah I think you deserve a really nice holiday in the most out of anyone
05:55Like
05:56But how do they feel about going away with wealthy strangers?
06:00Some of the people that have made money and become wealthy
06:04Do tend to be a little bit more materialistic about things
06:07Talking about their wealth, how much they've got and what they've got
06:10I can deal with that
06:14Here we go
06:15Time to find out where the pairs are heading
06:18Come on Mandy T
06:19He's here
06:20He's here
06:20The envelope
06:22Excited
06:22You can go fast
06:23They'll be spending a week together on two very different trips
06:28That's good
06:29Go on then
06:29The first holiday to be put to the test
06:32The budget break
06:33Oh my gosh
06:34You are off to Fuerteventura
06:37First up
06:38Oh
06:38A classic budget holiday in the northern coastal town of Caleta de Fusti
06:44Loved by Brits abroad the area is known for its busy bars
06:48You'll be staying in a great value apartment around a communal pool
06:54Uh oh
06:55Just 60 miles off the North African coast
06:58Fuerteventura is the second largest of the Spanish Canary Islands
07:03With year round sunshine, volcanic terrain and miles of white sands
07:08The island is gaining a reputation for high end adventure tourism
07:12But for many it's a package holiday paradise
07:16For the first half of the week the pairs are heading to Brits abroad hotspot Caleta de Fusti
07:22Where they'll be staying in La Pyramid self-catering apartments
07:26Which are less ancient wonder of the world and more packed in pods around a pool
07:34Volcanic landscape sounds really nice
07:36It does doesn't it
07:37I'm really excited though
07:38Value apartment
07:40Not really without a cup of tea
07:41Well if the bed's small
07:43Oh gosh
07:44Right
07:44Okay
07:45Let's do it
07:50It's day one
07:51How many clothes do you have?
07:53We're only going for a week
07:54Used to UK camping Sharon is packing for every eventuality
07:59For Mandy it's the essentials
08:02Well I'm definitely going to take a couple of bags
08:05I've got two
08:06It's not me without a couple of my bags
08:08Better take a beach bag as well thinking about it
08:10Yeah because normally when we go at our resorts they give you a beach bag
08:14Otherwise I'll be carrying around me sun cream in me Chanel bag
08:20Are we ready?
08:21Let's go
08:23Fuerteventura is a four and a half hour flight away
08:26Mountains
08:27Palm trees
08:28There's got to be a volcano isn't there somewhere
08:30Well it's volcanic island isn't it?
08:33And there could be rumblings
08:35I've got butterflies in my tummy
08:36I am nervous first about where we're going
08:40Oh
08:41Here we go
08:41Put it in
08:42Oh that's scary
08:45The pairs are meeting for the first time at the budget apartments once they've checked in
08:50Is there a baggage man? A baggage handler?
08:53It's a far cry from a five star resort welcome
08:56Could I have a word with the concierge please?
09:01For each pair a first floor no frills self catering apartment
09:05Oh my god you're not used to this are you?
09:08With no bellhop it's not the exertion free holiday Nigel's accustomed to
09:14Oh
09:15Mandake isn't it?
09:17Oh
09:18You don't break door
09:19We've got it open
09:20God
09:21That is theatre
09:23Mandake is alright in here
09:24It's just like there
09:26Smells nice
09:27Oh god it smells
09:30Disinfected
09:30It's like going back in time
09:32Oh my god no
09:47OK, OK, OK, OK, OK.
09:50Oh, my God.
09:53Oh!
09:55Oh, my God!
09:58Oh!
09:59But it is actually as bad as I was thinking.
10:02No, I knew it was bad.
10:03It is as bad.
10:04The beds are worse than I thought.
10:06Mandy and Nigel may have bitten off more than they can chew.
10:11Whoa, this is really nice.
10:13Look at this.
10:14This is nice, isn't it?
10:15Nice little kitchen.
10:15As for Sharon and Jordan...
10:17This is all right, Matt.
10:18Very nice.
10:19See how comfy it is.
10:21I think it does the job of what we need.
10:23Yeah, I think it's quite a nice place.
10:25It's not luxury.
10:26It's not at all luxury.
10:27That would be the worst.
10:28No, it's very, very, very basic.
10:32As night falls on day one, it's crunch time.
10:35I am actually a bit nervous.
10:36Who will they be spending the week with?
10:39Hello.
10:40Hello.
10:41I'm Sharon.
10:41Hi, Sharon, I'm Monday.
10:43Hello.
10:43I'm Jordan.
10:44Nice to meet you, Jordan.
10:45Have you been here before?
10:47No, we haven't.
10:48No, no, no.
10:49I must admit, it's a bit of a shock.
10:50And would you actually come somewhere like here?
10:53Never.
10:54If I book on a holiday website, I sort them in order.
10:58Price.
10:59High to low.
11:00Well, there's a hotel we go to.
11:02It's £800 a night.
11:04Speechless.
11:04They love splashing cash, I guess.
11:06We don't really have a budget.
11:08We want five stars.
11:09Five stars.
11:10Plus.
11:11Nigel's very full of himself.
11:13He might be told to shut up a few times if he keeps it up.
11:16What do you do for your job then?
11:18Fireworks.
11:19Yeah, there you go.
11:20And I'm the largest firework retailer in the UK.
11:24What do you do?
11:25Yeah.
11:25Both of you, yeah.
11:26I do payroll.
11:28Oh, OK.
11:29I just work in a pub.
11:31Have you finished your education then?
11:32Yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:33And I'll do you, Jordan?
11:3419.
11:34Oh, OK.
11:35Jordan still wants to go on holiday with his mum,
11:38which is quite a rarity, isn't it?
11:39Yeah.
11:40It's great.
11:41Nicety's out of the way.
11:43It's time to find out what the foursome will have to spend
11:45for the next four days.
11:48Ooh, this is the budget.
11:49What's up, then?
11:50Let's have a laugh.
11:51Are you ready?
11:53What have we got?
11:53What have we got?
11:5450, 100, 200, 300 euros.
11:59So that's basically 50 euros per day per couple.
12:03That should be plenty.
12:05Really?
12:07Is that got to pay for activities as well?
12:09Yeah.
12:10Oh, OK.
12:10Oh, really?
12:11Oh, OK.
12:13That's going to be quite exciting.
12:14Interesting.
12:15How do you manage your life on that sort of a budget?
12:20I think we should set you a rule
12:21that the budget is all down to you.
12:24You take control.
12:26The thing is, we don't, and this is in real estate,
12:28we don't actually know how much things cost.
12:30We don't budget.
12:31We don't look at the price.
12:32We just buy.
12:33That's crazy to us.
12:35It does make me a bit nervous
12:36that they might blow the 300 in one day.
12:38OK, then, we will do it.
12:40Challenge accepted.
12:42This is hell.
12:42Get me out of here.
12:44No, this is not.
12:47Coming up...
12:48How do you get your towel down without it blowing out?
12:51Hang on.
12:52Oh, hang on.
12:52A beach trip goes south...
12:54I'm not relaxed.
12:56Not my cup of tea at all.
12:58Will Mandy and Nigel rise to the challenge?
13:01I can't see them again up there.
13:03Or will the budget holidaying leave them cold?
13:12So we've got £11 there.
13:14A hard-up mum and son...
13:16How many clothes do you have?
13:17We're only going for a week.
13:19..are showing a couple of pyrotechnic entrepreneurs...
13:22..with a taste for luxury...
13:24Oh, my God.
13:26It is actually as bad as I was thinking.
13:30..how to holiday on the cheap.
13:33That should be punty.
13:34Really?
13:36But so far, it's been an uphill struggle.
13:40This is hell. Get me out of here.
13:44It's day two in Fuerteventura.
13:47And for five-star aficionado Nigel,
13:50it's a rude awakening to budget holidaying.
13:53I cannot recollect a worse night's sleep, really.
13:59Awful.
14:01In a word.
14:03Reconnecting with their roots
14:04might be harder than Nigel and Mandy think.
14:07I nearly cried at one bit because...
14:09She nearly cried, but I did cry.
14:11There was noises coming from next door.
14:13There was nothing rude.
14:14It was just me crying.
14:15Yeah, it was awful.
14:16I did question everything last night.
14:18What am I doing?
14:19Oh, that's not good, is it?
14:21No.
14:22I think they're going to find it difficult.
14:24I think that disappoints me a little bit,
14:26that you think,
14:26God blimey,
14:28you can't even manage on a mattress.
14:29It's not just bargain basement beds they'll have to get used to.
14:33Sharon and Jordan's activities are budget too.
14:36So what's in store?
14:38Beach day on the cheap.
14:41Oh, we don't like sand.
14:42We don't like sand.
14:43I want to relax around a nice pool on a nice sun lounger.
14:46Not on the beach where sand's getting everywhere.
14:49No.
14:51It says beach day,
14:53so food-wise...
14:54Oh, we'll take a packed lunch.
14:55OK.
14:56Volcano adventure.
14:57Sounds fantastic.
14:58We'll quite easily walk 10 miles on a holiday.
15:00We're not walking up a volcano.
15:02Yeah.
15:04I'm not very keen on walking up hills.
15:08Pumquist!
15:09Well, we've never done that many activities
15:11in any holiday,
15:12so it's quite sick.
15:13If it's sort of a,
15:14like a sunny holiday like this,
15:16we would just relax
15:18and go in the spa
15:19most of the day.
15:21Hmm.
15:22When do we get to relax?
15:25Not yet, Mandy.
15:26Let's hit the road.
15:28Entrusted with the 300 euro budget for four days,
15:31first stop,
15:32a food shop.
15:33Our Cheerios.
15:35Oh, they're expensive.
15:36If I do go shopping on holiday,
15:38it isn't for food.
15:39Oh, my God.
15:40This is hard work, isn't it?
15:41And it isn't on a budget.
15:4353 euros and a sixth of the budget gone,
15:45Mandy and Nigel aren't just in charge of the money,
15:48but making the butties, too.
15:50This is not an holiday.
15:51This is workload.
15:52Why would you go sell catering?
15:55You're going on holiday.
15:56You know,
15:57might as well stop at home.
15:59Oh, hello.
16:00Do you have a good shopping trip?
16:01We're back.
16:02Are you excited?
16:04I'm a bit nervous.
16:05Have we got any money
16:06left?
16:06Yeah.
16:07Yeah, yeah.
16:07Loads of money.
16:08We had a little cheat
16:09because I decided that Jordan needed a treat.
16:13So I got him...
16:15Oh.
16:16..12 cans and Ileken.
16:18I think Nigel has a bit of a problem
16:20trying to get into the mindset
16:21of having to live on a budget,
16:22that we have to think and plan ahead
16:25and they can just have it when they want it.
16:27Time to hit the beach.
16:29A classic budget holiday freebie
16:31and a 30-minute stroll from the apartment
16:33is the 600-metre stretch of Playa de Castillo.
16:38Caleta de Fusté, Fioraventura.
16:41Popular with Brits and a camel or two.
16:44Crikey.
16:44Oh, can you smell them camels?
16:47Oh, my God.
16:49That got right with them there.
16:52It's not the exclusive luxury relaxation
16:55sand dodgers Nigel and Mandy are used to.
16:59How do you get your towel down without it blowing out?
17:03There must be a system.
17:05There must be a system.
17:06You just put it down, do you?
17:07Hang on, hang on, hang on.
17:09Nigel, you've got your shorts down.
17:11I'm trying to get it done.
17:13Right.
17:16Cos it's so luxurious at the hotels we do stay at,
17:19round the pool there,
17:21obviously we have a really comfy sunbed,
17:22you've got service, people coming looking after you.
17:25We don't even come to a beach, do we?
17:28We think of...
17:29Unless there's a beach attached to the hotel
17:32or the hotel's got its own beach.
17:33I think I'd want a sun lounger.
17:35At €7 a pop, for Jordan and Sharon,
17:38that's a cheap evening take-out or a budget activity.
17:43Sharon and Jordan, they have got to make that choice
17:47of whether they have the sun lounger or whether they eat.
17:50We're lucky we don't have to make those choices.
17:52So, yeah, that is something to think about.
17:55On a plus, let's have a sandwich.
17:58One for you, Jordan.
17:59Sharon?
18:00Mmm, this looks delicious.
18:01Lovely, thank you.
18:01DIY beach butties might be the norm for Sharon and Jordan,
18:05but for a couple who happily fork out over £800
18:08on one Michelin-starred meal,
18:10it's a culinary come-down.
18:13It's been a chore, hasn't it, today?
18:16So, normally, we just relax and chill.
18:18Oh, we're good.
18:19Well, it was, like, 2 o'clock and we're not even...
18:22We're not even start of the day, are we?
18:25No, no, no.
18:25We had to go shopping, which was stressful,
18:28cos you can't just pick anything up.
18:30Then we had to make our own lunch.
18:32This is cheap.
18:33This is how we can get on, and this is, like,
18:35if you're on a cheap budget break, this is how you do it.
18:37But it just doesn't feel like I'm on holiday.
18:39I'm not relaxed.
18:41Mmm, no.
18:42Not my cup of tea at all.
18:45So far, the budget holiday has left Mandy
18:48like a fish out of water.
18:56It's day three in Caleta di Fusti.
19:00Hit the road?
19:01Today, the foursome are venturing further afield.
19:05They're off on an unguided hike
19:07up one of the island's best-preserved volcanic craters,
19:12Calderon Hondo.
19:13I'm not very keen on walking up hills.
19:16Nigel prefers engine-powered propulsion.
19:20Right, let's see this volcano.
19:23Everybody out!
19:25Time to hike.
19:26Standing at 912 feet above sea level,
19:30the easiest route up is a moderate one and a half miles.
19:34So, I'd say about an hour's walk.
19:38And I think we can do it.
19:39Do you, Nigel?
19:40Obviously, it's not something we do,
19:42but it's out of your comfort zone,
19:44just physically as well, really, isn't it, for you?
19:48I can't see him again up there.
19:50He didn't really want to do it.
19:52Nigel needed motivation.
19:54It's about taking your time
19:56and then stopping when you need to rest.
19:58I think he'd do it.
20:00Jordan was fantastic today, though, weren't he?
20:02He did, yeah.
20:02He's really, really, really good.
20:04I'll carry the bag.
20:05He's looking after me.
20:06He's such a caring, loving person.
20:09He's fantastic.
20:10Simple as that.
20:11I actually don't even think
20:12you've got about ten minutes left to find me,
20:14if that.
20:15I just presumed I would not walk up
20:17with the last little steep bit.
20:18I thought, I know what I'm capable of.
20:21One, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two.
20:26Look at Nigel.
20:27He's like a bloody mountain goat.
20:29Up there.
20:30Gotcha.
20:31King of the world!
20:32You've got a sense of accomplishment
20:34for me getting up there.
20:35Well done.
20:36Well done.
20:37Look at that view.
20:38You can't beat that.
20:38Oh, wow.
20:40Formed around 100,000 years ago,
20:43the crater is 229 feet deep.
20:45It might be extinct,
20:47but it's woken something in Nigel.
20:50If I wasn't with you,
20:52I wouldn't have done this last little bit.
20:53I wouldn't have done it.
20:55So you've pushed us to come up here,
20:57which is great.
20:57It's been real worth it.
20:59Already, the budget holiday
21:00is proving an experience
21:02Mandy and Nigel didn't see coming.
21:05What is that island over there, then, guys?
21:06Land's Roy.
21:07Is it Land's Roy?
21:08Yeah, because it's only five miles away.
21:10Is it really, then?
21:11Yeah, it's a five-mile ferry ride.
21:12Well, you're a good tour guide.
21:14I try, I do try.
21:15So you like all this, Jordan,
21:17like the sightseeing,
21:18so how far do you want to go?
21:20You're quite excited to go into Australia,
21:22don't you, for a year?
21:23Yeah.
21:23What, just travelling round?
21:25Yeah, like trying to work
21:26and sightseeing at the same time,
21:28like backpacking.
21:29Yeah.
21:30Jordan's a positive guy,
21:31and I just hope whatever he wants to do,
21:33he succeeds.
21:34Get a selfie?
21:35Yeah.
21:36Yay!
21:37The volcano hike has erupted
21:39into a roaring success.
21:43Back down at sea level,
21:45and to round off the day,
21:47a Sharon and Jordan holiday favourite.
21:50We have four main rounds of ten questions.
21:52A British pub quiz.
21:54Pub quiz?
21:55Oh, I'd just be full of people,
21:56drunks and all that.
21:57I don't want to do that.
21:58Nigel and Mandy are more at home
22:00with posh nosh than a picture round.
22:03Hiya, could I get two Coke Zeros,
22:06one Fanta Lemon,
22:06and a Red Bull, please?
22:08Having kept a tight rein on the cash so far,
22:11they can at least push the boat out a little.
22:14Nine euros for drinks
22:15and four euros to enter the quiz,
22:18a drop in the ocean
22:19compared to Mandy and Nigel's
22:21normal spendy nights.
22:25We start off today with general knowledge.
22:27So, question one,
22:28what river flows through the Grand Canyon?
22:32But we've been there,
22:32but we don't do any sexes.
22:34I don't know what.
22:36Name the German military strategy
22:38of rapid, overwhelming attacks.
22:43Blitzkrieg.
22:43Oh, I don't know.
22:44I'll try that.
22:45One point.
22:45Sam and Blitzkrieg.
22:49Sorry, I'm so happy.
22:50Today for the shop round
22:51is things you might find in your garden.
22:54Possibly a Blitz bitch.
22:59So...
22:59Is that a name right?
23:01Sandpit.
23:01Sandpit is correct.
23:03We've absolutely loved it.
23:06Yay!
23:08Honestly, so much fun.
23:10We've really hit off with Shannon and Jordan.
23:12I've got a new 19-year-old pal in Jordan.
23:15Fueled on by their winning shot,
23:18Nigel has a burning question of his own.
23:22Who's the posher couple?
23:25And who's the...
23:26The Richard couple.
23:27The Richard.
23:27They're the posher.
23:29This is a couple, this is a couple.
23:30Yeah, one's got more money than the other one, Sam.
23:33Sorry, guys, I've put you as a poor couple
23:35and the other one's got to use it as a couple.
23:37Why is that then?
23:38No idea.
23:39Since being with Mandy and Nigel,
23:41my perspective on rich people has changed
23:44because even though they have money,
23:46they're no different, really.
23:48They just have a different lifestyle.
23:50Like, they just live differently,
23:51but they're the same people.
23:52They're still as genuine as us.
23:54We're 54.
23:56We have RRHPH.
23:59We've had one of the most fun,
24:01enjoyable days we've ever had on holiday today.
24:04Champions!
24:06Unbelievable.
24:07What a great day for so little money.
24:15It's the fourth and final day of the budget holiday
24:19and Nigel is immersing himself fully in the experience.
24:27But with this half of the break drawing to a close,
24:30there's time for a quick debrief.
24:33So what have you thought of this part of the holiday then?
24:36It's pleasantly surprised.
24:37And we said last night,
24:39this has been one of the most funnest holidays we've had.
24:42No, no, no.
24:42That's probably due to the dinner of the YouTube.
24:44That shadow of that.
24:44Yeah.
24:45That shadow of that.
24:45Oh, we've enjoyed it, haven't we?
24:47It's been good fun.
24:48Yeah.
24:48And I've enjoyed the activity,
24:49seeing you push yourself out of your comfort zone.
24:52Yeah.
24:52Well, we've had an amazing time.
24:53We are so grateful that you have shown us this experience.
24:57Well, we said that, didn't we?
24:58We've been matched with the perfect couple
25:00because we've enjoyed it as much as you.
25:01It has been so much fun.
25:03I have really enjoyed this side of the holiday
25:05because this is what we would do anyway.
25:06But I think mainly because we've got Mandy and Nigel,
25:09I don't think it would be the same without them.
25:11So is there anything that you would certainly not want again?
25:15We missed the luxury accommodation.
25:18It was all a bit grim, isn't it?
25:20Yeah, but that's what we can afford, isn't it?
25:21I think even this is so, like, this is just a nice holiday.
25:25Yeah.
25:25The accommodation is dividing opinion,
25:28but the million-dollar question,
25:29what's the budget break cost?
25:36£936.84p.
25:37That's for four people.
25:39Four nights.
25:41Four nights, including spending money.
25:42Nearly £470, isn't it?
25:44Yeah.
25:44Two people.
25:45Well, you know, we spend that a night.
25:46Wow.
25:47Nice flights as well.
25:49Yeah.
25:50Oh, my.
25:52That is just, I don't know.
25:55Wow.
25:55Totally blown away.
25:57We thought we'd been on budget holidays in the past,
26:00but our budget holidays were a three-star hotel,
26:03probably costing £1,200 to £1,500 for a week.
26:06And I'm talking that price 25 years ago.
26:11To think a couple can come on holiday abroad
26:14for under £500 blows my brains.
26:19We knew how lucky we were beforehand,
26:20but doing it really does teach you how lucky you are.
26:25Time to turn the tables.
26:26This is where we're going next.
26:29It's a golden envelope.
26:30Our luxury holiday.
26:32Right, let's find out.
26:33You are moving to a fabulous five-star hotel
26:35where everything is paid for,
26:37positioned on a spectacular beachfront
26:39in Southern Futuro Ventura.
26:41Prepare for a blissful relaxation.
26:43World-class dining and exceptional service
26:45will be at your fingertips.
26:47Oh, that sounds good.
26:48We'll do it together.
26:49We'll do it together.
26:52The foursome will be diving into
26:54the ultimate all-expenses-paid luxury holiday
26:57with meals cooked up by a Michelin-trained chef.
27:02And Seaview Suites,
27:03where the price of one-night stay
27:05is just short of the entire budget break for four.
27:09Oh, I can't wait.
27:10That's going to be so good.
27:12We've never stayed in a five-star hotel.
27:14Oh, no!
27:15To not have to think about this money side of things,
27:18I think it might be hard to actually let go and spend,
27:23but we'll give it a go.
27:26Coming up...
27:27Oh, my God!
27:29Whoa!
27:29Sharon and Jordan pull into the holiday fast lane.
27:33Woo-hoo!
27:34This is cool.
27:35But will their first taste of luxury...
27:38Looks like green poo.
27:39...come at cost?
27:40That's just over half of the rent for one month,
27:43and you're spending that in one night.
27:48A couple of luxury-loving self-made millionaires...
27:52Not my cup of tea at all.
27:54...have been holidaying on the cheap.
27:57Sandpit!
27:57Sandpit is correct.
27:58What a great day for so little money.
28:01Now, it's their turn to show their cash-strapped companions
28:05how to holiday in style.
28:07You are moving to a fabulous five-star hotel
28:10where everything is paid for.
28:13We'll give it a go.
28:15For the second half of the break,
28:18the foursome are heading south
28:20to the sun-drenched shores of Costa Calma
28:23and the five-star Paradisus Bimelia.
28:26Wow.
28:27That does look nice.
28:28For Jordan, it's a five-star first.
28:32What are you doing?
28:33Getting a bike?
28:33No, no, no.
28:34Leave the cases there.
28:35There will be a Cogsherge bellboy.
28:38And here he is, the man himself.
28:40That type of service is not something I'm used to.
28:44I think I'm going to find it hard,
28:46people doing things for me.
28:49On their holidays,
28:50Jordan and Sharon usually share their space.
28:53Oh, my God, look at this.
28:55Nice TV.
28:56But on this trip, they'll have a suite each.
28:59Oh, wow.
29:00Oh, my goodness.
29:01Oh, my God.
29:02At £1,400 for the two suites,
29:05one night's accommodation here
29:07is the same as mum and son's monthly rent.
29:10I am eyeing up those dressing gowns.
29:12And the slippers, Jordan.
29:13I've never, ever experienced anything like that before.
29:16The whole thing is much more relaxing
29:18than our previous hotel.
29:21This is the best.
29:23This is the best.
29:24Oh, gosh.
29:25For Mandy and Nigel, it's home turf.
29:28Oh, the purse.
29:30I didn't realise what I'm missing.
29:32Let's test out this bed.
29:35Oh, by myself as well.
29:38No twin room.
29:40It's a mini bar.
29:42Oh, my.
29:43The mini bar is worth the entire of the budget holiday.
29:48I think I'll be comfortable here for a couple of nights.
29:50I think you'll be wee-in all night.
29:52As Sharon and Jordan settle in for a nightcap,
29:55fair to say the luxury lifestyle is already ahead.
30:02Day two of the high-end holiday.
30:05What a lovely view.
30:06And Jordan is waking up in a suite for the first time in his life.
30:11I've just sat in my hotel room.
30:14I've got my robe on.
30:16That is all I'm wearing for the next four days.
30:17I will be wearing a robe.
30:19I could definitely get used to this life.
30:21But being in this posh hotel, because we're all separated,
30:26we're on different floors,
30:27I don't know if it'll be as fun with Nigel and Mandy.
30:31But there is one part of life in a posh hotel
30:34that Jordan's getting right into.
30:36But look at this.
30:38Cookies.
30:39Sandwiches.
30:40The unlimited breakfast spread.
30:43Tomato bread and a chocolate.
30:46Back home, he and Sharon have just 150 quid
30:49for a monthly food shop.
30:52Donut.
30:53Jordan's stuffing his cheeks full of everything.
30:56To me, they remind me of a squirrel.
30:58Do you want a bib?
31:00The deluxe brekkie has gone down a storm.
31:02But what activities are on the menu for the high-end holiday?
31:06Powering through the dunes.
31:08Oh!
31:09Some sort of buggy or quad bike.
31:11That's cool.
31:12I've never done that before.
31:14And water sport thrills.
31:15That sounds good.
31:17Water sport and buggy driving are definitely up my street.
31:22Have you ever done any water sports before?
31:24Yeah, I've done swimming in a pool.
31:25On our holidays, a lot of the time we sit down
31:27and we just relax and sunbathe, don't we?
31:29But I think now, because they've never done a five-star holiday before,
31:34I want Sharon and Jordan to just make the most of it.
31:38Dining at the chef's table.
31:40Most fine dining meals are tasty.
31:42Yeah.
31:43You've got a menu.
31:44There's no prices.
31:45If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it.
31:48I always have to ask the price, because I can't afford it.
31:51All these activities actually are right out of my comfort zone.
31:55A buggy ride in the dunes.
31:57A bit apprehensive about that,
31:58because that brought to mind something fast and furious,
32:03and it does worry me a bit.
32:08Sharon will have to get comfortable quickly
32:11as the foursome are heading for the fast lane
32:13with an off-road buggy trip.
32:16Are you nervous or are you excited?
32:18Absolutely petrified.
32:19It's something I've never ever considered on my holiday.
32:22Don't go too fast, please.
32:24Yeah.
32:24This is how the Jetset enjoy Fuerteventura's volcanic landscape.
32:30It's three eights.
32:32But at €250 for the two buggies,
32:35the trip costs more than Jordan and Sharon
32:38usually spend on transport in a whole month.
32:44You just farted.
32:48Disgusting.
32:50Sharon and Jordan aren't the only ones with wind.
32:52In their hair.
32:55This is the bit you like, isn't it?
32:57I love anything with an engine and a motor.
33:00Woo-hoo!
33:02Yay!
33:05No, no, no, no, no.
33:07This is cool.
33:08It is, isn't it?
33:09I'm quite enjoying it, actually.
33:11Oh, wow.
33:12Oh, that's lovely, that, isn't it?
33:17Oh.
33:19Well, that was fun.
33:20I wouldn't have done that if I'd had a choice.
33:23Are you enjoying it?
33:23I have, yeah.
33:25I thoroughly enjoyed the buggy ride.
33:27It's absolutely amazing to feel that we don't have to worry about money
33:30because normally I'm counting the pennies at home.
33:33After an adventurous first day,
33:36Sharon and Jordan are getting up to speed with holidaying like the rich.
33:45It's day three in beautiful Costa Karma.
33:48Close your eyes.
33:50Breathe in.
33:51First up, Nigel's determined to continue his newfound passion,
33:57exertion on his excursion, with a yoga class.
34:00Ready for some downward dog?
34:02I certainly am.
34:04Pfft.
34:06Me and Nigel, we've had some great laughs.
34:08I'm getting a sweaty moustache.
34:10We're quite mischievous.
34:14There's no packed, sweaty gym class when you're loaded.
34:17Try to get inside of the nature that is around us.
34:22You get your own private instructor and ocean views.
34:27Bless you.
34:28Excuse me.
34:29I breathed in a fly.
34:31I think pretty much we all enjoyed the yoga.
34:35Make the angry cat's position.
34:37Let your bottom belly with your eyes.
34:38You're good at it.
34:39I could get used to this.
34:40I feel like Kim Kardashian.
34:42Jordan loved the yoga and doesn't ever want to go on holiday again
34:45without doing yoga.
34:46It was something that I have never done before.
34:50I had fun doing it.
34:51And out.
34:57Now they've worked up an appetite.
34:59Time for Sharon and Jordan to get a proper taste
35:02of Nigel and Mandy's millionaire lifestyle.
35:05One for you, sir.
35:06Thank you very much.
35:08With a tasting menu curated by the hotel's Michelin-trained chef.
35:13Have you had a tasting menu before?
35:15No.
35:16No.
35:17We're lucky to get a burger and chips.
35:20First up, avocado butter with squid ink jellies
35:24filled with goat's cheese and green olives in pepper sauce.
35:28I'm afraid I will not be touching the olives
35:30because I don't like olives, I'm sorry.
35:31Big foodies Nigel and Mandy regularly drop £400 a head
35:36on their meals out.
35:37I'm actually really scared.
35:39But for Jordan and Sharon, that's over three months of groceries
35:42and it's a whole new world.
35:44We had olives.
35:47It took me three attempts to try and even pierce the skin.
35:52Nah, I'm not doing it.
35:54Next, a potato cone with aubergine cream and raw shrimp.
35:59What is that?
36:01That is unbelievable.
36:02Would you have avocado at the bottom?
36:04It looks like green poo.
36:05Just put it in your mouth and don't think about it.
36:07I still prefer going and having a pub meal.
36:10I know what's on the menu.
36:14What is the most expensive meal you've gone for?
36:17It actually is a double-mitch in the star restaurant
36:19we go to in Wales and it's £420 a head.
36:23£420 on a meal?
36:25A head.
36:26I was gobsmacked.
36:28I can't believe that someone would spend that amount.
36:32That's just over half of the rent for one month
36:36and you're spending that in one night.
36:37Jesus.
36:38It's worth every penny.
36:41The fact that we spend half a month of Sharon and Jordan's rent
36:46on a meal, it doesn't make me feel bad in the slightest.
36:49What is the average price of a meal you pay?
36:52If I can afford to go out for a meal, I'd budget about £20.
36:57The posh nosh is causing beef.
36:59So what's the verdict?
37:01Food heaven or a non-starter?
37:04I was quite shocked about the number,
37:05but it was definitely an insight into one of the main things
37:09that Nigel and Marendy do.
37:10It was definitely something that will stick with me.
37:15Coming up...
37:19More rich thrills for Jordan.
37:21It's so good.
37:23Stuff I would never dream of doing.
37:25Before he and his mum...
37:26Shall I do it?
37:27...see the bill.
37:29I don't feel bad that we spend that amount
37:31because we have worked for it.
37:34That's what makes me angry.
37:39Come on, Jordan.
37:43Day four of the luxury break
37:45and Jordan and Nigel are spending some quality time,
37:49mano a mano.
37:51Three, two, one, go.
37:52See ya!
37:54Me and Nigel.
37:55I would definitely say we've got a good friendship.
37:57Three, two, one, go.
37:58He does look out for me.
37:59It would be nice to have just a bit of lads time.
38:02And they aren't just taking to the pool.
38:04They're hitting the waves.
38:06I've never been as excited in my life.
38:08Jet skiing with Jordan.
38:10But with a couple of hours jet skiing
38:12costing more than Jordan earns in a week,
38:14the boys' toys better be worth it.
38:17Stuff I would never dream of doing.
38:19I would never go,
38:20do you know what?
38:21I fancy jet skiing today.
38:23Sharon and Mandy are also spending
38:25some quality time together.
38:27Today we're talking about aloe vera,
38:30this amazing plant.
38:31The hotel is putting on a private lesson
38:34on the botanical benefits of aloe vera,
38:37one of the island's most versatile plants.
38:39This is for drink.
38:41It's very good for stomach problems.
38:43You can put it in the skin.
38:46The aloe vera is very good for sun brown.
38:48Look how gooey it is.
38:50This is nice.
38:51You just need a bit of time out.
38:56And it's a chance for Mandy and Sharon to open up.
38:59You've been the mum and the dad, haven't you, really?
39:01I split from Jordan's dad when Jordan was three.
39:03I've brought him up on my own
39:05and we've got a very tight bond.
39:07Actually, when we came here
39:08and I went into my own room,
39:09I was a bit sort of lost.
39:11It was a bit like, oh, where's Jordan?
39:12What's he doing?
39:13You know, is he all right?
39:14Shall I go and check he's OK?
39:15It's difficult to learn to step back a bit, isn't it?
39:17Jordan going to Australia,
39:19it's not a pipe dream.
39:20He's serious with it.
39:22Yes, definitely.
39:23I think I find it very difficult when he goes,
39:25but I'm not prepared to let him know that
39:27because I don't want to stop him going off
39:29and enjoying himself.
39:30Our lifestyle and what we do,
39:31do you think that's given him a bit of inspiration?
39:33Yeah, I think it has.
39:34I think he can see what you've done
39:35to get to these nice hotels
39:37and he's determined to get there himself.
39:48Living in Nigel's shoes on this holiday,
39:53it's definitely inspired me.
39:54It's definitely motivated me to work even harder
39:58because if I can get to the stage where Mandy and Nigel are,
40:01I would love my life.
40:03It's great.
40:04Me and Jordan,
40:04we've had some really, really great fun laugh times,
40:08which is nice.
40:09I think Jordan looks at you like a dad.
40:11Oh, there's all big waves.
40:14Nigel and Jordan are having a great time together
40:16and I'm really pleased.
40:17It's doing Jordan good to relate to somebody older.
40:20Oh, f***ing hell.
40:22Sorry.
40:26The luxury holiday is almost at an end.
40:30Cheers.
40:32But there's one key question left.
40:35Who wants to do it?
40:37Shall I do it?
40:38How much did the five-star break cost?
40:45£9,104.94.
40:48Wow.
40:49Yeah.
40:50I am shocked about how much it is because...
40:52Yeah, because we'd never afford to pay that.
40:53...we'd ever spend that amount.
40:54I am shocked at the amount somebody would spell on a holiday,
40:57but I can see where that money has gone.
41:00Yeah.
41:00But I don't feel bad that we spend that amount of money
41:03because we have worked for it.
41:05That's what makes me angry, in a way.
41:07Not you two, but the cards have fell into your hands
41:10and you've worked as hard as you can.
41:12You can't get this.
41:13You work so much.
41:15The cards haven't fell into our hands for that.
41:18My mum, she's worked hard all her life,
41:20but she hasn't had the luck to get luxury.
41:24Now that we're at the end,
41:26I'm glad that everything I did I enjoyed,
41:28but I would say the budget one was more fun
41:31in the terms of us being together.
41:33We had more laughs.
41:34Agree, the best activity we did was the pub quiz.
41:37The cheapest activity was your favourite.
41:41You made that quiz.
41:42It was the company.
41:44Yeah.
41:44Without a doubt.
41:45I just remember being a bit more silly
41:47on the budget holiday, weren't we?
41:50Because there's more connection with people.
41:52When me and Nigel go on holiday,
41:54we don't overly socialise.
41:56Actually, we're quite boring, don't we?
41:58But being with you two,
42:00you brought us out of a shallow.
42:03I will miss you guys.
42:04Even though we've known each other six days,
42:06I think, God, where are they?
42:08They've made a certain impact on our life, haven't they?
42:10So, thank you both.
42:12Thank you, Sharon.
42:14Thank you as well.
42:18It's the final morning in Fuerteventura,
42:21and all that's left to do is pack.
42:25Home, James.
42:26Back to reality.
42:27And bid farewell.
42:29We've got you a couple of little gifts, haven't we, Mandy?
42:32We've got you a lovely hat, Sharon,
42:33because I know you love your hats.
42:35As a reminder...
42:36Jordan!
42:36Jordan, of course.
42:38Look what we've got you.
42:39Thank you very much.
42:40Just one little thing extra that we'd like to do.
42:43So, Sharon, we'd like to give you £1,000
42:46for a luxury relaxing spa weekend.
42:49Oh, that's very kind of you.
42:51Thank you so much.
42:52Our pleasure.
42:53That's very nice.
42:53I don't want to get emotional, obviously, as I do,
42:56but, Jordan, you're a fantastic bloke.
42:59I absolutely love you to bits.
43:01And we're also going to give you £2,000 to get to Australia.
43:05Yeah, thank you very much.
43:07Oh, that's very kind. Thank you so much.
43:10I can't be more grateful to my dear Nigel.
43:12You deserve it.
43:14You're an amazing man.
43:18It's OK. Thank you very much.
43:22Back in the UK...
43:24I'm very glad to be home. It's so nice.
43:26It's very funny, isn't it?
43:27Yes, just like we left it behind.
43:29..both pairs are reflecting on their trip.
43:32All in all, what an experience.
43:35The biggest learning was activities,
43:37that we need to do activities more.
43:39Yeah, very much so.
43:41They did genuinely make me think different about rich people.
43:45I think money stops you having to worry about the little things.
43:48I don't think it buys happiness.
43:50Our happiness came from the company.
43:52It didn't come from the money.
43:53Does money buy happiness?
43:55I would say absolutely, 100%, it buys happiness.
44:00What it doesn't do is guarantee it.
44:03We enjoyed ourselves on the budget holiday,
44:05probably as much as the luxury holiday.
44:08Oh, what am I doing?
44:09Next time.
44:10Are we getting group tattoos?
44:11Most disgusting, most grim.
44:14Hello, room service. It's Lady Karen.
44:17Leave your mouth.
44:19Do we have any council houses here?
44:21I might move over.
44:22That'd be a good one.
44:23Ha, ha, ha, ha.
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