#video #Rich Holiday Poor Holiday S06E03
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00:00Woohoo!
00:02Rich holidays...
00:03Look at that!
00:04I can't imagine waking up to that every morning!
00:06...are the stuff of dreams...
00:08Oh my God!
00:09We've got our own plunge pool size!
00:12...but can cheap getaways...
00:14...be just as fun?
00:16I'm having a good time!
00:18I'm not getting in that!
00:19...for the first time, wealthy jet-setters...
00:22This is the life!
00:23...and hard-up holiday-makers...
00:26They do look really pussed.
00:28...travel together...
00:29...on two wildly different trips...
00:32Do you guys drink alcohol?
00:33No.
00:34At all?
00:34No.
00:35...to experience each other's idea of the perfect break...
00:39The universe is really powerful!
00:40If only positivity could pay the bills!
00:42...can the rich rough it...
00:44There is no way on God's green earth...
00:46...that you or me are going in this!
00:48...can the less wealthy stomach lavish luxury...
00:51I'm gonna be sick!
00:52I hate that you made me touch seafood, how about that?
00:55...and at the end...
00:56...a hundred and thirty-four thousand!
00:59You 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!
01:06...be another's holiday hell?
01:08Let's get mashed up!
01:09Absolutely not!
01:10This is possibly gonna be the worst holiday I've ever been on!
01:18Grotherham, home to self-made millionaires Nigel and Mandy!
01:23Give 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, but 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 60, these high rollers love to splash their cash!
01:48So this is my bit of a weakness!
01:51I love my bags, I really do!
01:53This is Louis 1, this is Louis 2, this one here, this is a little cheeky mulberry!
01:59We've got a little Gucci one here!
02:01The Chanel bag like this, I think this one was £6,500!
02:04It's probably around £60,000 with our bags there!
02:07Oh wow!
02:09That sounds a lot, doesn't it?
02:10Might be a bit of a problem there!
02:15Nigel's splurge are supercars!
02:18We've got the Porsche GT2 RS, the Lamborghini STO, the Ferrari convertible!
02:25My runaround car is a Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series 2 black bag!
02:29It's a half a million pound car!
02:34They've developed a taste for the finer things in life!
02:36We've been to 28 different Michelin-starred restaurants!
02:41Our favourite is a 30 course menu, is £420 per head!
02:47And the food is mind-blowing!
02:49Holidays are also top-notch!
02:52Minimum 5 star, has to be 5 star!
02:55We don't want our sunbed to be within 20 foot of anybody else!
03:00They rack up 60 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 5 star R&R for a budget break with strangers?
03:20I like to think that most 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!
03:32We're hoping that the budget holiday will show us that we can still be the same people we were 30
03:37years ago!
03:40230 miles away in Blandford Forum, Dorset, at 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, Sharon and Jordan!
03:51We tend to do a lot together and 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!
04:03It's only been me and mum!
04:05Did you put salt and pepper on the table?
04:06Yeah.
04:07Jordan's dad and I split up when he was three and 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, in 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.
04:30Mum's in remission and we're back to normal so 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.
04:44OK, so we've got five, we've got £11 there.
04:48Sharon does payroll for a small company and 19-year-old Jordan works in the local pub.
04:53There you go.
04:55Together, they bring home two and a half grand a month
04:58and after rent and bills are lucky to have 70 quid 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 and build my life skills,
05:14then start at one degree.
05:16But 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.
05:27I usually try to climb.
05:28There's, like, a nearby mountain.
05:30So it's usually, like, long walks or...
05:33Yeah, long walks to the pub.
05:34It's normally a pub at the end of the walk.
05:36Yeah.
05:36We do that quite a bit.
05:37And, like, quizzes.
05:39Luxury breaks are well beyond reach, but son and mum can dream.
05:43I would like to go somewhere where I didn't have to think about the money.
05:47I want that bottle of champagne.
05:49I want that to eat.
05:51Just let loose.
05:52Yeah, I think you deserve a really nice holiday in the most out of anyone, like...
05:56But how do they feel about going away with wealthy strangers?
06:01Some of the people that have made money and become wealthy
06:04do tend to be a little bit more materialistic about things.
06:08Talking 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.
06:19He's here.
06:20He's here.
06:21The envelope.
06:22Excited.
06:22You can go fast.
06:24They'll be spending a week together on two very different trips.
06:28That's good.
06:29Go on, then.
06:30The first holiday to be put to the test.
06:32The budget break.
06:33Oh, my gosh.
06:35You are off to Fuerteventura.
06:37First up, a 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.
06:49You'll be staying in a great value apartment around a communal pool.
06:54Uh-oh.
06:55Just 60 miles off the North African coast, Fuerteventura
06:59is the second largest of the Spanish Canary Islands.
07:03With year-round sunshine, volcanic terrain, and miles of white sands, the island is gaining
07:09a reputation for high-end adventure tourism.
07:13But 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, where they'll
07:23be staying in La Pyramide self-catering apartments, which are less ancient wonder of the world and more packed in
07:31pods around the pool.
07:34Volcanic landscape sounds really nice, actually.
07:37It does, doesn't it?
07:38It does.
07:38Value apartment.
07:40Mmm.
07:41Not really like a cup of tea.
07:42Well, if the bed's small.
07:43Oh, gosh.
07:44Right.
07:45Okay.
07:45Let's do it.
07:50It's day one.
07:52How many clothes do you have?
07:53We're only going for a week.
07:54Used to UK camping, Sharon is packing for every eventuality.
08:00For 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.
08:11Yeah, because normally when we go at our resorts, they give you a beach bag.
08:15Otherwise, I'll be carrying around my sun cream in my 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?
08:32And there could be rumblings.
08:35Hi.
08:35I've got butterflies in my tummy.
08:37I am nervous first about where we're going.
08:40Oh, here we go.
08:42Put them in.
08:43Oh, that's scary.
08:45The pairs are meeting for the first time at the budget apartments
08:49once they've checked in.
08:51Is there baggy's man?
08:52The baggy's handler.
08:52It'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.
09:06Oh, my God.
09:07You're not used to this, are you?
09:08With no bellhop, it's not the exertion-free holiday
09:11Nigel's accustomed to.
09:14Oh, mandeg, isn't it?
09:18Look.
09:18Don't break door.
09:20We've got it open.
09:21God, that is theatre.
09:23Mandate's all right in here.
09:25It's just like there.
09:26Oh, my God.
09:27Smells nice.
09:27It smells...
09:30Disinfected.
09:30It's like going back in time.
09:32Oh, my God, no.
09:33No, don't see it like that.
09:35What's wrong with it?
09:36It smells well.
09:37It smells clean.
09:38It's got disinfectant and...
09:40Oh, my God.
09:43I told you.
09:45Uh-oh.
09:47OK.
09:48OK, OK, OK, OK, OK.
09:50Oh, my God.
09:53Oh.
09:54Oh, my God.
09:58Oh.
09:58But it is actually as bad as I was thinking.
10:03Do you know anything as bad as you thought?
10:04It is as bad.
10:04The beds are worse than I thought.
10:07Mandy 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?
10:15A nice little kitchen.
10:16As for Sharon and Jordan...
10:18This 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.
10:27No, it's very, very, very basic.
10:31As 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.
10:40I'm Sharon.
10:42Hi, Sharon. I'm Monday.
10:43Hello.
10:43I'm Jordan.
10:44Nice to meet you.
10:45Have you been here before?
10:47No, we haven't.
10:48No, no, no.
10:49It'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,
10:56I 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 star.
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.
11:15What do you do for your job then?
11:18Fireworks.
11:19Yeah, there you go.
11:21And 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, okay.
11:29I just work in a pub.
11:31Have you finished your education then?
11:32Yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:33And how old are you with Jordan?
11:34Nineteen.
11:34Okay.
11:35Jordan still wants to go on holiday with his mum,
11:38which is quite a rarity, isn't it?
11:40Yeah.
11:40It's great.
11:41Niceties 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.
11:49Let's have a look then.
11:50Let's have a look.
11:51Are you ready?
11:53What have we got?
11:54What 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.
12:10Okay.
12:10Oh, really?
12:11Oh, okay.
12:13That's going to be quite challenging.
12:14Interesting.
12:15How do you manage your life on that sort of a budget?
12:20I think we should set you a rule that 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 that they might blow the 300 in one day.
12:38Okay, then.
12:39We will do it.
12:40Challenge accepted.
12:42This is hell.
12:42Get me out of here.
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?
13:01How can I see them again up there?
13:04Or 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?
13:18We're only going for a week.
13:18Are showing a couple of pyrotechnic entrepreneurs.
13:22With a taste for luxury.
13:24Oh, my God.
13:26It is actually as bad as I was thinking.
13:30How to holiday on the cheap.
13:33That should be plenty.
13:34Really?
13:36But so far, it's been an uphill struggle.
13:39This is hell.
13:41Get 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.
13:57Really.
13:59Awful.
14:01In a word.
14:03Reconnecting with their roots might be harder
14:05than Nigel and Mandy think.
14:06I nearly cried at one bit because of...
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.
14:15It 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.
14:28Can't even manage on a mattress.
14:30It's not just bargain basement beds
14:32they'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
14:45and a nice sun lounger.
14:47Not on the beach where sand's getting everywhere.
14:49No.
14:51It says beach day, so food-wise...
14:54Oh, we'll take a packed lunch.
14:55Okay.
14:56Volcano adventure.
14:57Sounds fantastic.
14:58We'll quite easily walk ten miles on a holiday.
15:00We're not walking up a volcano.
15:02Yeah.
15:02Mmm.
15:04I'm not very keen on walking up hills.
15:08Pump quiz!
15:10Well, we've never done that many activities in any holidays,
15:12so it's crazy.
15:13If it's sort of like a sunny holiday like this,
15:17we would just relax and go in the spa most of the day.
15:21Mm-hmm.
15:22When do we get to relax?
15:25Not yet, Mandy.
15:27Let's hit the road.
15:28Entrusted with the €300 budget for four days,
15:31first up, a food shop.
15:33Oh, Cheerios.
15:35Oh, they're expensive.
15:36If I do go shopping on Aldi, it isn't for food.
15:39Oh, my God, this is hard work, isn't it?
15:41And it isn't on a budget.
15:4353 euros and a sixth of the budget gone,
15:46Mandy 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 a workload.
15:52Why would you go sell catering?
15:55Are you going on holiday?
15:56You know, might as well stop at home.
15:59Oh, hello.
16:00Do you have a good shopping trip?
16:02We're back.
16:02Are you excited?
16:04I'm a bit nervous.
16:05Have we got any money left?
16:06Yeah.
16:07Loads of money.
16:08We had a little cheat because I decided that Jordan needed a treat.
16:13So, I got him...
16:15Oh!
16:16..12 cans and I can.
16:18I think Nigel has a bit of a problem
16:20trying to get into the mindset of 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, a 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 Fulste, Fioraventura.
16:41Popular with Brits and a camel or two.
16:44Crikey.
16:45Oh, can you smell them camels?
16:47Oh, my God.
16:49That got right whiff from there.
16:52It's not the exclusive luxury relaxation
16:56sand 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.
17:05You 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 a tan.
17:13Right.
17:16Because it's so luxurious at the hotels we do stay at,
17:19around the pool there, obviously we have a really comfy sunbed,
17:23you've got service, people coming looking after you.
17:26We don't even come to a beach, do we?
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 quid
18:08on one Michelin-starred meal, it's a culinary come-down.
18:13It's been a chore, hasn't it, today?
18:16So, normally, we just relax and chill.
18:19Good.
18:19Well, it was like 2 o'clock and we're not even...
18:22We're not even at the start of the day, are we?
18:25No, no.
18:25We had to go shopping, which was stressful
18:28because you can't just pick anything up.
18:30And 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 braid, this is how you do it.
18:37It 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 like a fish out of water.
18:56It's day three in Caleta di Fuste.
18:59Hit the road?
19:01Today, the foursome are venturing further afield.
19:05They're off on an unguided hike up 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.
19:27Standing 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, and I think we can do it.
19:39Do you, Nigel?
19:40Obviously, it's not something we do, but 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 and 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'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 you've got about ten minutes left to find me, if that.
20:15I just presumed I would not walk up 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, one, two.
20:25Look at Nigel, he's like a bloody mountain goat.
20:29Yeah, gotcha.
20:31King of the world!
20:32You've got a sense of accomplishment for me getting up there.
20:35Well done, well done.
20:37Look at that view, you can't beat that.
20:39Oh, wow.
20:40Formed around 100,000 years ago, the crater is 229 feet deep.
20:45It might be extinct, but it's woken something in Nigel.
20:51If I wasn't with you, I wouldn't have done this last little bit.
20:53I wouldn't have done.
20:55So you've pushed us to come up here, which is great.
20:57It's been real worth it.
20:59Already the budget holiday is proving an experience Mandy and Nigel didn't see coming.
21:05What is that island over there, then, guys?
21:06That is right.
21:07Is it London?
21:08Yeah, because it's only five miles away.
21:10Is it really there?
21:11Yeah, it's a five-mile ferry ride.
21:12Well, you're a good tour guide.
21:14I try, I do try.
21:15Absolutely.
21:15So you like all this, Jordan, like the sightseeing, so how far do you want to go?
21:20You're quite excited to go into Australia, don't you, for a year?
21:23Yeah.
21:23What, just travelling round?
21:25Yeah, like trying to work and sightseeing at the same time.
21:28Yeah.
21:29Backpacking!
21:29Yeah.
21:30Jordan's a positive guy and I just hope whatever he wants to do, he succeeds.
21:34Get a selfie?
21:35Yeah.
21:36Yay!
21:36Yay!
21:37The volcano hike has erupted into a roaring success.
21:43Back down at sea level, and to round off the day, a Sharon and Jordan holiday favourite.
21:50We have four main rounds of ten questions.
21:52A British pub quiz.
21:54Pub quiz?
21:55Oh, just be full of people, drunks and all that.
21:57I don't want to do that.
21:58Nigel and Mandy are more at home with posh nosh than a picture round.
22:03Hiya, could I get two Coke Zeroes, one Fanta Lemon and a Red Bull, please?
22:08Having kept a tight rein on the cash so far, they can at least push the boat out a little.
22:14Nine euros for drinks and four euros to enter the quiz.
22:18A drop in the ocean compared to Mandy and Nigel's normal 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, but we don't do any sexes.
22:35We don't know what.
22:36Name the German military strategy of rapid, overwhelming attacks.
22:43Blitzkrieg.
22:43Oh, I don't know.
22:44I'll do that.
22:45One point.
22:46Blitzkrieg.
22:49Sorry, I'm so happy.
22:50Today for the shot round is things you might find in your garden.
22:54Possibly a Peds bitch.
22:58So happy.
22:59Do you know what?
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 Sharon and Jordan.
23:12I've got my new 19-year-old pal in Jordan.
23:15Fueled on by their winning shot, Nigel 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.
23:27The Richard.
23:27They're the posher.
23:29This is a couple.
23:29This is a couple.
23:30Okay.
23:31Yeah, one's got more money than the other one, Sam.
23:33Sorry, guys.
23:34I've put you as a poorer couple.
23:36Oh!
23:37Why is that then?
23:38No idea.
23:39Since being with Mandy and Nigel, my perspective on rich people has changed because even though
23:45they have money, they're no different, really.
23:48They just have a different lifestyle.
23:50Like, they just live differently, but they're the same people.
23:52They're still as genuine as us.
23:54Game's first.
23:55We're 54.
23:56We have our RHPH.
23:58Yay!
23:59We've had one of the most fun, enjoyable days we've ever had on holiday today.
24:04Champions!
24:06Unbelievable.
24:07What a great day for so little money.
24:16It'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, there'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, this has been one of the most funniest holidays we've had.
24:42No, no, no.
24:42That's probably due to the due to the shadow of that.
24:44Yeah.
24:45Oh, we've enjoyed it, haven't we?
24:47It's been good fun.
24:48Yeah.
24:48And I've enjoyed the activity, seeing you push yourself out of your comfort zone.
24:52Yeah.
24:52Well, we've had an amazing time.
24:54We are so grateful that you have shown us this experience.
24:57Yeah.
24:57Well, we said that, didn't we?
24:58We've been matched with the perfect couple because we've enjoyed it as much as you.
25:01Yeah.
25:01It has been so much fun.
25:03I have really enjoyed this side of the holiday because this is what we would do anyway.
25:06But I think mainly because we've got Mandy and Nigel, I 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.
25:17It was all a bit grim, isn't it?
25:20Yeah, but that's what we can afford, isn't it?
25:22I 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, what's the budget break cost?
25:34936 pounds, 84p.
25:37That's for four people.
25:39Four nights.
25:41Four nights, including spending money.
25:43Nearly 470 pounds, isn't it?
25:44Two people.
25:45Well, you know, we spend that a night.
25:47Wow.
25:47Nice flights as well.
25:49Yeah.
25:50Oh, my.
25:52That is just...
25:54I don't know.
25:55Wow.
25:55Totally blown away.
25:56We thought we'd been on budget holidays in the past, but our budget holidays were a three-star hotel,
26:04probably costing £1,200 to £1,500 for a week.
26:07And I'm talking that price 25 years ago.
26:11To think a couple can come on holiday abroad for under £500 blows my brains.
26:19We knew how lucky we were beforehand, but doing it really does teach you how lucky you are.
26:24Time to turn the tables.
26:27This is where we are going next.
26:29It's a golden envelope.
26:30On our luxury holiday.
26:32Right.
26:32Let's find out.
26:33You are moving to a fabulous five-star hotel where everything is paid for,
26:37positioned on a spectacular beachfront in Southern Futuroventura.
26:41Prepare for a blissful relaxation.
26:43World-class dining and exceptional service will be at your fingertips.
26:47Oh, that sounds good.
26:48We can all do it together.
26:49We can all do it together.
26:52The foursome will be diving into the ultimate all-expenses-paid luxury holiday,
26:57with meals cooked up by a Michelin-trained chef.
27:01And Seaview Suites, where the price of one night stay is just short of the entire budget break for four.
27:09Oh, I can't wait.
27:10That's going to be so good.
27:11We've never stayed in a five-star hotel.
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, but 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.
27:34This is cool.
27:35But will their first taste of luxury...
27:38Looks like green poo.
27:39...come her cost?
27:40That's just over half of the rent for one month, and 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!
27:58Sandpit is correct.
27:59What a great day for so little money.
28:01Now, it's their turn to show their cash-strapped companions how to holiday in style.
28:07You are moving to a fabulous five-star hotel where everything is paid for.
28:13We'll give it a go.
28:16For the second half of the break, the foursome are heading south
28:20to the sun-drenched shores of Costa Calma and the five-star Paradisus Bamelia.
28:26Wow, that does look nice.
28:29For 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 Cogsurge 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, people doing things for me.
28:49On their holidays, Jordan 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, one night's accommodation here is the same as mom 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 than our previous hotel.
29:21This is the bed.
29:23This is the bed.
29:23This is the bed.
29:24Oh, gosh.
29:25For Mandy and Nigel, it's home turf.
29:28Oh, the turf.
29:30I didn't realise what I'm missing.
29:33Let's test out this bed.
29:35Oh, by myself as well.
29:38No twin room little minibar.
29:41Oh, my.
29:44The minibar 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, fair to say the luxury lifestyle is already ahead.
30:03Day 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.
30:12Just 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, we're on different floors.
30:27I don't know if it will be as fun with Nigel and Mandy.
30:31But there is one part of life in a posh hotel that Jordan's getting right into.
30:37Look at this.
30:38Cookies.
30:39Sandwiches.
30:40The unlimited breakfast spread.
30:43Tomato bread and a chocolat.
30:46Back home, he and Sharon have just 150 quid for a monthly food shop.
30:52Donut.
30:54Jordan'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.
31:13And 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?
31:24No.
31:24Yeah, I've done swimming in a pool.
31:25On our holidays, a lot of the time we sit down and 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.
31:52All these activities actually are right out of my comfort zone.
31:54A buggy ride in the dunes.
31:57Bit apprehensive about that because that brought to mind something fast and furious.
32:03And it does worry me a bit.
32:08Sharon will have to get comfortable quickly as 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.
32:25This is how the jet set enjoy Fuerteventura's volcanic landscape.
32:30Sweet.
32:32But at €250 for the two buggies, the trip costs more than Jordan and Sharon usually spend on transport in
32:40a whole month.
32:53It's just a bit you like, innit?
32:56It's just a bit you like, innit?
32:58I 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, innit?
33:09I'm quite enjoying it, actually.
33:11Oh, wow.
33:12Oh, that's warm with that, innit?
33:17Oh.
33:19Well, that was fun.
33:20I wouldn't have done that if I had a choice.
33:23Are you enjoying it?
33:24I have, yeah.
33:24I thoroughly enjoyed the buggy ride.
33:27It's absolutely amazing to feel that we don't have to worry about money because normally I'm counting the pennies at
33:32home.
33:33After an adventurous first day, Sharon 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, breathe in.
33:52First up, Nigel's determined to continue his newfound passion, exertion on his excursion, with a yoga class.
34:00Ready for some downward dog?
34:02I certainly am.
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 pack 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 position.
34:37Lift your bottom belly with your eyes.
34:39You're good at it.
34:39I can 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 without doing yoga.
34:46It was something that I have never done before.
34:49I had fun doing it.
34:51And out.
34:57Now they've worked up an appetite, time for Sharon and Jordan to get a proper taste of Nigel and Monday's
35:03millionaire lifestyle.
35:05One for you, sir.
35:06Thank you very much.
35:07With 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 filled with goat's cheese and green olives in pepper sauce.
35:28I'm afraid I will not be touching the olives because I don't like olives at all.
35:31Big foodies Nigel and Mandy regularly drop £400 a head on their meals out.
35:37I'm actually really scared.
35:39But for Jordan and Sharon, that's over three months of groceries and it's a whole new world.
35:45We had olives.
35:47Took 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 pear.
36:05Just put it in your mouth and don't think about it.
36:08I 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 which of the star restaurant we go to in Wales.
36:21And it's £420 a head.
36:24£420 on a meal?
36:25A head.
36:25I 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 and 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 Jordan's rent on a meal, it doesn't make me feel
36:47bad 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.
37:00So what's the verdict?
37:01Food heaven or a non-starter?
37:03I was quite shocked about the number, but it was definitely an insight into one of the main things that
37:09Nigel and Mandy 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...
37:26It's like that.
37:27...see the bill.
37:29I don't feel bad that we spend that amount because we have worked for it.
37:34That's what makes me angry.
37:39Come on, Jordan.
37:43Day four of the luxury break and Jordan and Nigel are spending some quality time mano a mano.
37:51Three, two, one, go!
37:54Me and Nigel, I would definitely say we've got a good friendship.
37:58He does look out for me.
37:59It would be nice to have just a bit of lad's time.
38:02And they aren't just taking to the pool, they're hitting the waves.
38:06I've never been as excited in my life, jet skiing with Jordan.
38:09But with a couple of hours jet skiing costing 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, do you know what, I fancy jet skiing today.
38:23Sharon and Mandy are also spending some quality time together.
38:27Today we're talking about aloe vera, this amazing plant.
38:31The hotel is putting on a private lesson on 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 on in the skin.
38:46The aloe vera is very good for sun brown.
38:48Look how gooey it is.
38:50This is nice. You 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?
39:01Yes. I split from Jordan's dad when Jordan was three.
39:04I've brought him up on my own and we've got a very tight bond.
39:07Actually, when we came here and I went into my own room, I was a bit sort of lost.
39:11It was a bit like, oh, where's Jordan? What's he doing?
39:13You know, is he alright? Shall I go and check if he's okay?
39:15It's difficult to learn to step back a bit, isn't it?
39:17Jordan going to Australia, it's not a pipe dream.
39:20He's serious with it and he's going to...
39:23I think I find it very difficult when he goes, but I'm not prepared to let him know that
39:27because I don't want to stop him going off and enjoying himself.
39:30Our lifestyle and what we do, do you think that's given him a bit of inspiration?
39:33Yeah, I think it has. I think you can see what you've done to get to these nice hotels
39:37and he's determined to get there himself.
39:48Living in Nigel's shoes on this holiday, it'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, I would love my life.
40:03It's great. Me and Jordan, we've had some really, really great un-laugh times, which is nice.
40:09I think Jordan looks at you there like a dad.
40:12Oh, there's all big waves.
40:14Nigel and Jordan are having a great time together and I'm really pleased.
40:17It's doing Jordan good to relate to somebody older.
40:20Oh, f***ing hell. Sorry.
40:26The luxury holiday is almost at an end.
40:29Cheers.
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?
40:41Ooh!
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.
40:53We'd never spend that amount.
40:55I am shocked at the amount somebody would spend on a holiday, but I can see where that money has
41:00gone.
41:00Yeah, but I don't feel bad that we spend that amount of money because 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 and you've worked as hard as you can.
41:12You can't get this. You work so much. The cards haven't fell into our hands for that.
41:18No.
41:19My mum, she's worked hard all her life, but she hasn't had the luck to get luxury.
41:24Now that we're at the end, I'm glad that everything I did I enjoyed.
41:28But I would say the budget one was more fun in the terms of us being together, we had more
41:34laughs.
41:34I agree. 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 on the budget holiday, weren't we?
41:50Because there's more connection with people.
41:52Yeah.
41:52When me and Nigel go on holiday, we don't overly socialise.
41:56Actually, we're quite boring, don't we?
41:58But being with you two, you brought us out of a shower.
42:03I will miss you guys.
42:04Even though we've known each other six days, I think...
42:07God, where are they?
42:08They've made a certain impact on our life, haven't they?
42:11Thank you both.
42:12Thank you, Sharon.
42:14Thank you as well.
42:18It's the final morning in Fuerteventura, and 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?
42:31Yep.
42:31We've got you a lovely hat, Sharon, because 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 for a luxury, relaxing spa weekend.
42:49Oh, that's very kind of you.
42:51De-stress.
42:51Thank you so much.
42:52Our pleasure.
42:53That's very nice.
42:53I don't want to get emotional, obviously 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.
43:08Thank you so much.
43:09I can't be more grateful to Mandy and Nigel.
43:12You deserve it.
43:14You're an amazing bloke.
43:18Okay, thank you very much.
43:22Back in the UK.
43:24I'm very glad to be home.
43:25It's so nice.
43:26It's very funny, isn't it?
43:27Yes, just like we left it behind.
43:29Both pairs are reflecting on their trip.
43:32All in all, what an experience.
43:35The biggest learning was activities, that 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?
43:56I would say absolutely 100% it buys happiness.
44:00What it doesn't do is guarantee it.
44:03We enjoyed ourselves on the budget holiday probably as much as the luxury holiday.
44:08Oh, what am I doing?
44:09Next time.
44:10Are we getting group tattoos?
44:11Most disgusting, it's most grim.
44:14Hello, room service, it's Lady Karen.
44:17Leave your mouth.
44:19If you have any council houses here, I might move over.
44:22Let's go.
44:22You just gave us a 100% emblem.
44:24Oh.
44:24Okay.
44:24Look, we can go.
44:24Oh.
44:25Oh.
44:27Oh.
44:29Oh.
44:30Oh.
44:39Oh.
44:42Oh.
44:44Oh.
44:45Oh.
44:46Oh.
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