– A holiday abroad would cost us around 50-60 thousand. It’s a lot of money for a family with young children. That’s what 38-year-old May Liss Tollefsen Akselsen says. This year she, together with her husband and three children, will spend a few days on the Hardangervidda, a few days in Molde with friends and take the rest as it comes. – We have equipment that we have bought before, and which we have used for several years. Then we take trains, which are not so expensive, she says. Akselsen hopes parents lower their expectations of what a good holiday is. Going abroad does not have to be better than being at home, she believes. TOO BIG AND SMALL: “We are all left with the feeling that this has been a fantastic trip,” the stepmother wrote in a post on Facebook last summer. They spent the days in Norway with only backpacks on their backs with the most necessary things. Photo: @ friluftsfamilie_5 FOR BIG AND SMALL: “We are all left with the feeling that this has been a fantastic trip”, the mother of three wrote in a post on Facebook last summer. They spent the days in Norway with only backpacks on their backs with the most necessary things. Photo: @ friluftsfamilie_5 FOR BIG AND SMALL: “We are all left with the feeling that this has been a fantastic trip”, the mother of three wrote in a post on Facebook last summer. They spent the days in Norway with only backpacks on their backs with the most necessary things. Photo: @ friluftsfamilie_5 FOR BIG AND SMALL: “We are all left with the feeling that this has been a fantastic trip”, the mother of three wrote in a post on Facebook last summer. They spent the days in Norway with only backpacks on their backs with the most necessary things. Photo: @ friluftsfamilie_5 Sandmæl: – One compares oneself A recent survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of DNB shows that almost half of those with children feel pressure to go away on holiday. – Parents have never felt more pressure than this year, says Silje Sandmæl, consumer economist and financial adviser at DNB. Sandmæl says that it is especially those who have received worse advice who feel the holiday pressure. – If you have been used to going abroad, many feel that they have to do the same now. It is very sad. You compare yourself, but it is not the case that you get a worse holiday because you do not go abroad. USE MONEY YOU DON’T HAVE: Sandmæl says that many parents like to go on expensive holidays, even if the finances are not really enough. – There are extremely many, and especially those who can not afford it, because you want the children to experience much of the same as those who can afford it. Photo: DnB Ga mersmak May Liss Tollefsen Akselsen has for several summers taken the family on «cheap trips». In 2020, they left the car at home, took the backpack on their backs and used their legs, bus, train and ferry as a means of transport to the various places. PARADISE: «We left the car at home, took the backpack on our backs and the train from Lillestrøm to Bodø. Took a ferry from Bodø to Moskenes and from there the trip went by local bus and boat. A walk of a few km made us find a little piece of paradise “, the stepmother wrote on Facebook in 2020. Photo: @ friluftsfamilie_5 Photo: @ friluftsfamilie_5” A walk of a few kilometers made us find a little piece of paradise. Chalk-white beaches, high mountains and crystal clear water. We have seen sea eagles sailing along the steep mountains and fished our own supper. The trip has given more taste, the kids want more trips and Norway delivers again. Now we are in the autumn in the face of many nice summer memories “, wrote the mother of three in a post on Facebook. – Maybe you can go for a walk, take an evening bath or eat ice cream on the pier. We as parents have to say such things, she says. Five tips for a cheaper summer holiday Sandmæl believes the way parents present their holiday is important. She encourages parents not to talk down the holidays for their children. – I have heard of parents who have taken their children to countless amusement parks, but then the most fun has been the car ride. If you do not have the money to go on holiday, it can also be an adventure. But it depends on how you present it. In Norway, we live in a wonderland. Holidays in Norway can also be expensive. Sandmæl has five tips on how to plan a cheap home holiday for the family: Take advantage of free offers. For example, you can borrow equipment for sports and outdoor life at BUA. Go on a pole hunt, bike ride, tent trip, fishing trip, canoe trip and discovery trip. Download competition apps. For example, you can find the right animal tracks or bird sounds. The Norwegian Tourist Association has many offers for young and old, many offers are free. Post a loan request on a Facebook group, or ask a friend if you can borrow their cabin this summer. – Do not do something that your wallet can not stand, just because the children should have something to talk about. They can also have a lot to talk about, if you fill your holiday with free activities. It is the content of the holiday that matters, says Sandmæl.
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Silje Sandmæl hopes the trend reverses – NRK Innlandet – Local news, TV and radio
