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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:04 pm
by workingonit
I am in an IVA. My wife is not. Can I go on a family holiday abroad with her and my daughter if she pays (obviously!).
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:07 pm
by kallis3
Yes you can. I have just come back from one myself.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:08 pm
by workingonit
Thanks for the reply. Did you have to tell your IP?
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:11 pm
by kallis3
Some people do but I didn't.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:17 pm
by workingonit
Would this come under my windfall/inheritance payment clause of £500 or more having to be paid to the IP. The reason I'm asking is my brother in law is getting married in Thailand and I basically have to go but worried about the situation. Thanks for your help.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:17 pm
by UpToMyNeck
I wouldnt have thought you would have to anyway, so I'm surprised that some people inform their IP - once your I&E has been established if you can afford to go for a small holiday away with your family from what is left over then thats your business surely? You would have to wonder where to draw the line if you had to think about whether to tell your IP everytime you spent something that wasnt considered essential - a couple of pints at the weekend? A birthday present for your mum or dad? I appreciate a holiday is more expensive but the principle is the same.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:47 pm
by footiemad
I wouldn't tell my IP - its not as if you are doing something which isn't allowed x
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:17 pm
by kallis3
It doesn't come under a windfall or inheritance as it is a gift. My parents paid for this last one and two years ago my daughter paid for us to go to Egypt.
I didn't tell my IP but I know of some posters that do.
Go and have a fab time!!!
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:20 pm
by workingonit
Thanks guys for your advice and support. Can't believe how something that is meant to relax you can get you so stressed!
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:36 pm
by kallis3
Go on your holidays and forget about the rest of it!!! I do when I'm away!!
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:55 pm
by ginger3232
Enjoy your holiday- where are you all planning to go??
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:26 pm
by Skippy
Go and enjoy yourself! If your wife isn't in an IVA it's up to her what she does with her money so there's no problem with her paying for a holiday.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:57 pm
by Struzzo39
Lucky you ... Enjoy x
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:59 pm
by Shining
Go on your holiday and have a well deserved break, I'm going in January courtesy of my children to Gran Canaria a present for my 50th, they've clubbed together, 2010 MIL paid for a week away x
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:04 pm
by orange
i wouldnt have dreamed of telling my IP .Been in an iva is/was stressfull and we all deserve the breaks.Its seams to me there should be better rules on what you need to tell your IP our iva company was hardly any help during our iva and some of the staff were down right rude!.so im afraid it got the point where we stopped tellin them alot of things we perhaps should have