My Budget Fritata

Advantages: Cheap and cheerful
Disadvantages: None

...Like most people at the moment money can be incredibly tight, especially with outgoings and prices rising it's becoming increasingly hard to appreciate money! When it comes to food I never really thought about the expense. Now don't get me wrong I very rarely shop in Waitrose or Marks and Spencers purely because I do think products are very overpriced considering you could go to a Tesco and pay a lot less! One of my new years resolutions was to start being a lot more cautious with my money and start using what I have. This includes food as this is always a weekly budget. I have come to the conclusion that I have so many things in my fridge and cupboards that instead of going out to buy food I should create dishes out of the food I already have! My recipe is for a frittata, incredibly easy and simple to make and you can pretty much put...

sweetpeas01 01.05.2009 · Read review
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Budget for a great deal!

Advantages: good site
Disadvantages: none

...Budget has a range of insurance products available. I will be concentrating on Budget Car Insurance as they are the insurers I have at the minute. When I bought my new car (a Porsche Boxster) I was worried about getting insurance as the car is group 17 and Im only 25. Although as a woman I thought I would get it a bit cheaper I found this wasn't the case. I used various online search sites to find the best cover but found confused.com to be the best. After putting in all my details Budget came out second cheapest - the 1st was a name I didn't recognise so didn't go for that. After deciding on Budget I put my partner on (thinking it would sent it shooting up - man aged 27) It didn't, it brought it down by £100. I was amazed! Budget sent the documents out very quickly and when they didn't recieve my no claims proof from my...

nigelcross 29.05.2009 · Read review
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WORST INSURANCE COMPANY-AVOID BUDGET

Advantages: NONE
Disadvantages: EVERYTHING- YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THEIR MISTAKES

...the small print. I told him i wanted to cancel the policy and was told it will cost me £30 to do so and had the check to say it was illegal to have another policy with another company while having one with them. Then to add insult to injury they wanted proof from me that i was insured with another company..surely its none of their business. Also they wanted a copy of my new policy with Budget which they claim was in the post...my insurance finished with them on 31 July so to date 9 Aug i have not received my policy with them (me thinks they have not put my door number down again) its so appalling as they are quick to take your cash and whats worse they keep your credit card details on line so can just take the cash out. But when it comes to problems or sending information out they are slow and you get charged for their mistakes. I am...

katty73 09.08.2008 · Read review
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Car hire on a Budget

Advantages: I know I will get a decent car
Disadvantages: None

...Ive hired several times from my Budget branch in Newcastle city centre and always came away with a feeling of contentment.I always know that before I pick up my vehicle I will be driving a quality Ford, that is a new model and it will only be a couple of months old. Ive hired several typres of car and on occasions Transit vans.All vehicles have been cleaner properly and are always ready at the time that I want the rental to start.Even the vans are spotless inside and out. Normally the car groups you will get are Group A is a Ford KA Group B is a Ford Fiesta Group C is a Ford Focus normally an 1800 Ghia Group D is a Ford Mondeo All vehicles Ive had have had PAS , elecric windows and air con as standard, which makes a refeshing change in the summer. The rates themselves are reasonable priced, but tend to...

bazza1603 30.01.2001 · Read review
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Budget car hire, budget prices & budget staff

Advantages: Prices, good cars, clean cars
Disadvantages: Counter staff, added charges

...I have used Budget car hire on a number of occasions from Belfast International Airport over the years. I usually book through an on-line agent called 'Auto Europe' who provide very competitive rates & discounts for regular use. The service provide by Budget staff is at best patchy. I normally book insurance in advance to protect my excess wavier of £600 which Budget charges anything up to £17.50 a day for. My on line charge works out at £3.80 a day for the same cover, when you decline it from the Budget staff they do get a bit tetchy, I guess they must get a percentage from the booking. One day I refused their excess protection & so then they added 'cross border' insurance for travelling to Dublin with. When I queried this charge, again they become very tetchy. I stated that each time I used Budget they ask me where I'm travelling...

ScottishWestie 28.10.2007 · Read review
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Three Quick And Easy To Make Budget Meals

Advantages: Great if you enjoy cooking!
Disadvantages: None that I can think of except ...you may not enjoy cooking!

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JohnGroom 24.02.2006 · Read review
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Budget Insurance ? - You get what you pay for

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: Expensive overall, absolutely no customer service, excessive charges, rude staff

...In September (sorry I lied to you earlier, it was not December - must have had a blonde moment) of last year, I got my renewal for my car insurance from the AA, guess what, it had gone up drastically. Now like everyone else, I find the average motorist is being hit hard enough with increases in tax and fuel without having to pay out over the top for car insurance. My renewal quote was for £467.00 this was for fully comp, curtesy car, protected no claims, legal cover and and excess of £100.00. I know it's always best to shop around and that companies give better deals to new customers, so I decided to hit the keyboard and see what I could save by checking out prices on the internet. Well I expected to save some money, but not as much as Budget were offering, they quoted me for the same deal as I was getting but...

AnnieB11 13.02.2008 (15.02.2008) · Read review
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A Reliable Publication for the Budget Traveller

Advantages: Practical. Authoritative. Inexpensive
Disadvantages: Only publiished bi monthly

...Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel Magazine is ,now owned and published by Newsweek. This publication is a long established,reliable,highly respected, magazine. The aim of this bi-monthly is to inform readers on the best forms of affordable travel.It is not the sort of publication loaded with articles describing trips made by the writer rather it is explicitly slated at the traveller who is both well informed and not interested in puffery. It is also not geared to the young backpacker nor the senior traveler per se,it is actually suited to the interests of readers of all age groups.Although published from the USA it is not in any way geographically biased-the world is its oyster ! This magazine gives the readers the sort of down-to-earth practical information they are likely to need- addresses,telephone numbers...

ashford 19.08.2001 · Read review
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Budget - Rent-a-Con

Advantages: Seemed cheap
Disadvantages: They weren't

...First the first time ever, I was thinking of submitting an opinion in the buyer beware section; but seeing as though budget have operations all over the world, I think it would be unfair to tarnish all of their rental locations with the same brush. I?ll start from the beginning, as this opinion is based on 2 rental experiences which produces an overall picture of a generally poor operation by Budget at Dublin Airport. The first car was booked with bmibaby extras, because I was booking the flights in rather a hurry, I didn?t have time to make a detailed internet search of all possible avenues of car hire; but they seemed fairly good value. I booked a ?Toyota Corolla (or similar)? at just over £100 for 4 days rental. I had also selected the excess waiver insurance at about 12 quid. We got to Dublin airport and made our way to...

robert_parnham 11.11.2003 · Read review
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Organise your food life to save your budget

Advantages: Teaches how to effectivly budget and shop basic
Disadvantages: Not all the recipes are applicable for everyones tastes or allergies

...Book title: Budget Meals Author: Kimberly Saunders Format, price, place to buy: Paperback, £5.99, Amazon UK PDF E-book, £4, download from http://budgetmeals.co.uk/cart/ Book Genre: Cooking, self help, budgeting Basic Premise: Saving money by meal planning, book contains menus, recipes and shopping lists for 8 weeks. Apparently exactly as the author does it. Reading the Book: As this is not really a typical reading or recipe book, the only real 'reading' was the first chapter. The first chapter felt as if it was written from the heart of the author, a bit of 'I did this, now I know you can too', very inspirational. It's also very influential, and really does drive you through the rest of the book. There is a Main meal plus a desert planned for every day, never repeating which I find rather clever. This means you...

SarahJohnston_greenmums 02.04.2007 · Read review
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