Top 10 holiday tips & energy switches are back
The Martin Lewis Podcast
BBC
4.4 • 929 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Martin Lewis gives you some top tips on how to save money when going on holiday. Energy switches are back - Martin talks you through all you need to know.
Plus, you 'tell us' your experiences of living abroad and how it compares to life in the UK.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Every forehand, every backhand, every young star, every rock star. |
| 0:07.2 | Wimbledon, 2023. |
| 0:10.2 | Don't miss a thing from Wimbledon on BBC Radio 5 live. |
| 0:14.8 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:17.4 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:20.7 | Hello, I'm Martin Lewis and this is the cunningly named The Martin Lewis Podcast. |
| 0:25.8 | I do wonder what that's going to be about. |
| 0:27.7 | Now, usually much of it comes from my BBC Radio 5 live show with Nihal Arthur Nairka. |
| 0:32.0 | However, this episode is a podcast-only exclusive, as Nihal's show is off-air for Wimbledon. That's not because they |
| 0:39.4 | want to play Wimbledon, it's because Nihal is a volunteer spit boy. Yes, when the players need to |
| 0:44.3 | flam up, he's there to catch it. We thank you for your service, Nihal. And in this week's pod, |
| 0:51.2 | my top 10 overseas holiday tips, how to keep costs down for yourself and your family |
| 0:56.5 | and to keep yourself safe as well when you go away. Cheapest currency, cheapest overseas travel cards. |
| 1:02.1 | EHix is your passport valid, sun cream and more. Energy switching is back. Two firms now offer new as well as |
| 1:09.7 | existing customers fixes. And our tellers |
| 1:13.2 | is all about whether you've preferred living abroad or in the UK. Play the theme tune, producer |
| 1:19.7 | Shore. The summer's going to make So I'm going to work, work, work and work every |
| 1:29.3 | I got to play. |
| 1:45.0 | I'll be riding shotgun underneath the heart song, feeling like a someone. |
| 1:51.1 | That was nice, wasn't it? Or at least I hope it was. It was added in post-production. I don't |
| 1:54.6 | really know. Look, around 50% of people are still planning to go abroad this year, |
| 2:01.0 | according to the nearly 100,000 people who voted in my Twitter poll on it. |
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