Preparing your Easter budget
If you're planning on going away for the Easter weekend, think about what it might do to your finances.
The Easter break is always a welcome holiday early in the year.
However, with many people still cash-strapped from the festive season debt, paying school fees and rising interest rates starting to take a hold, this small break needs careful financial planning.
“Most South Africans tend to forget that Easter needs to be budgeted for otherwise it can easily add to mounting debt,” says Eunice Sibiya, head of consumer education at FNB.
In many cases travel is involved. This year there is not only the long weekend, but a public holiday in the same week — an opportunity to take time off.
Children will be at home and many people will be visiting their families. All of these factors mean extra expenses and more pressure on an already stretched income.
Consider these tips provided by Sibiya on what to consider when planning your Easter weekend trip.
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