'I'm a mum – one travel hack can save you more than £100 at the airport' (original) (raw)

Mum-of-four Lisa has revealed her genius travel hack which saves her more than £100 when travelling with her family of four and husband Neil, with the group no longer splashing out on airport food

A mum-of-four has revealed her airport food hack which saves the family over £100

A mum-of-four has revealed the genius hack which saves her more than £100 when travelling.

Lisa usually needs to fork out eye-watering amounts of cash to feed her family of six while they wait in the airport. But the mum-of-four and husband Neil, 37, are now using a life-changing hack which means they can save themselves a fortune.

The 36-year-old mum, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, revealed she was using a plastic container with 10 compartments to keep costs down and make sure her family was fed. She spends just £8 on treats for her four children; Steven, 16, Jude, 12, Reuben, nine, and Caleb, six.

The food storage technique has made airport trips much cheaper for the family (

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Speaking to Luxury Travel Daily, Lisa said: "When we go on holiday, we get to the airport and we end up spending £150 before we're even on the plane. It would cost us a fortune just for drinks if we all had one. Everything is more expensive – often several pounds more than if you bought it on the high street – and you end up having to budget for the airport, as well as your holiday."

But thanks to a purchase made at B&M, the mum is no longer needing to worry about affording the hiked prices usually seen in airport restaurants around the UK. She added: "I was in B&M the other day getting lunch boxes when I spotted the container. Then I filled it up with some treats. A small tub of Pringles is about £2.99 at the airport but I got a big tub for £1.95. It kept the kids full and happy. You can put anything in it. If you don’t want to add sweets, you can put fruit in the box because it’s airtight."

The mum has since revealed reusable cups are easy to bring too, meaning the family can have plenty of drinks with their food. "We eat at the airport depending on flight times, but if we get there three hours early and we've got a long flight, even if we've had breakfast, the kids get hungry again," Lisa said. "When you've got four kids, you're always looking for ways to budget."

Her £13.99 snack container and snack budget turned out far cheaper than the average cost of food in a restaurant, with one airport trip costing Lisa a whopping £19.50. A sausage bap, bacon bap and coffee racked up the price, and since then Lisa has saved herself £116.51 on her usual spend.