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Originally Posted by Ashley from UK
Hi Tilley Bear from a fellow Brit. Tea’s good - but hope you’ve packed the scons, Jam, clotted cream, marmite, and gravy. They are either hard to get (impossible) or damn expensive. Gravy is 400% more expensive than UK so make sure you pack it when you fly ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿ ½ï¿½
We bought back in 2019, but covid happened so we had to wait till end of last year to see our place slightly south of you. PM me if you have any questions - especially around being a Brit in the US.
If you run - there’s a couple of us in the area that originate from Blighty. Welcome to TV. We love it - best decision we made, and with FX finally heading back to realistic its getting better all the time.
NB. Airfares are a big thing when flying out. An advantage of owning is Basic Economy. Book the cheapest flight it’ll safe you around £100. Don’t waste money on standard economy as you can still take a small underseat bag and case fir overhead with BA. Norse charge. United tell you that you need standard economy (£100 extra), but the small print states you can still take a bag with basic in transatlantic flights and therefore internals as well.
This is good for taking over a suitecase of tea, gravy and pasta ! Yep spagetti is a lot more expensive in US than UK ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿ ½ï¿½
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And the teabags are Marks and Spencers 'Gold', best teabags ever lol!.Ive sussed out the flying charges I think, and you do have to factor in the luggage as you have said , and then the cheap flight isn't so cheap anymore! Coming out this time and in our peak season as well, I found Tui to be the best. I could bring 25kg, (in 3 bags if you wanted)for 92.00 quid. Ive used fold away holdalls, that will fit in hand luggage on the return journey so I don't have to pay it coming back .(I thought that was quite clever of me lol), as Tui will give you carry on luggage as part of the flight price. Furnishing the house from scratch I had loads of kitchen stuff here that I could use out there! So hence the excess luggage.Looking forward to meeting lots of people when I come out. Thanks for your input.