{"id":5366,"date":"2021-11-11T17:06:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T16:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&#038;p=5366"},"modified":"2021-11-11T17:08:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T16:08:45","slug":"aghmel-budget-ghall-btala","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/aghmel-budget-ghall-btala\/","title":{"rendered":"Going abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1153000917-1024x736.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5367\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1153000917-1024x736.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1153000917-300x216.jpg 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1153000917-768x552.jpg 768w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1153000917-1536x1104.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1153000917-2048x1471.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of the videos we produced with the Central Bank of Malta in our budgeting series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Download the Central Bank of Malta and \u0120EMMA Video on \u2018Going Abroad\u2019 by clicking <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JKejOzjMoyI\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me introduce the \u0120EMMA family.&nbsp; I am Tony.&nbsp; I am Maria\u2019s husband.&nbsp; I work as a manager in a large business in the services industry.&nbsp; My wife, Maria is 40 years old and works in her father\u2019s family business.&nbsp; We have two kids:&nbsp; Matthias, our son who is 11 years old, and is now in secondary school, and Angele, our daughter who is 17 years old and is finishing upper secondary school this scholastic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Download the \u0120EMMA Travel Budget Planner by clicking <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/gemma.gov.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GEMMA-Travel-Budget-Planner-1.xlsx\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, all the family is now COVID-19 vaccinated.&nbsp; We are planning a family holiday this Christmas.&nbsp; Funny, really \u2013 having spent all this time together was initially a great bonding experience but in the long run we were getting in each other\u2019s way and tensions started to build all around.&nbsp; A holiday will give us the shot in the arm that we all need. We are planning for a low budget holiday.&nbsp; We are doing our planning online \u2013 there are excellent prices for \u2018green listed\u2019 countries at the moment vis-a-vis flights, renting of apartments, restaurants, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are planning to go to a Euro country destination.&nbsp; This will avoid a drain on our travel budget that results from foreign exchange conversion fees.&nbsp; Also, this will make sure that we will not get caught out by massive mobile bills because of roaming charges.&nbsp; We are also aware of the potential of Internet scams \u2013 particularly relating to false rental of accommodation.&nbsp; So, we will be following all the \u0120EMMA tips on how to protect ourselves against travel scams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Download the \u0120EMMA Travel Scam Infographic by clicking <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/gemma.gov.mt\/holiday-fraud\/\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View this \u0120EMMA video by clicking on the above \u2013 and learn more on how you should plan and budget for your holiday and more.&nbsp; &nbsp;Let us know your thoughts.&nbsp; We look forward to hearing from you.&nbsp; We look forward to hearing from you.&nbsp; And we at \u0120EMMA encourage you to share this link or the video or the calculator or all of them with your friends or publicly on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the \u0120EMMA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gemma.know.plan.act\">Facebook page<\/a> and give us a like!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"235\" height=\"125\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4832\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"843\" height=\"285\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GEMMA-150dpi.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4830\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GEMMA-150dpi.png 843w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GEMMA-150dpi-300x101.png 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GEMMA-150dpi-768x260.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of the videos we produced with the Central Bank of Malta in our budgeting series. 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