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Brit finds 28-day all-inclusive holiday to Turkey for £938 – which is ‘cheaper than rent and bills’

Is your rent more expensive than a 28-day stay at a five-star all-inclusive resort?

A BRIT has revealed how he found a bargain 28-day all-inclusive holiday - that would cost less that his rent and bills in the UK.

Josh Kerr, from Manchester, currently pays £950 a month for his flat.

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A Brit living in Manchester found a 28-day holiday to Turkey that would be cheaper than a month in the UKCredit: Getty

However, he recently found out it would cost him £938 to stay in an all-inclusive resort in Turkey for 28 nights, including flights and food.

In the , he found the cheap holiday via On The Beach where he showed his viewers the Xoria Deluxe Resort in Antalya.

He said: "I've just found out it's cheaper to live at a 5-star all-inclusive resort than it is to live in Manchester.

"Even looking at the gaff, it's a 5-star hotel. I mean, it looks pretty bog-standard to me, it's decent for £900 a month."

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Currently, the average rent in Manchester city centre is more than £1,000 a month, according to Zoopla's data.

Some tenants would have to shell out £1,312.99 for council tax band A or a whopping £3,282.50 for band G.

"And I'm living here in rainy Manchester," said Josh.

He added jokingly: "Look at this geezer he's got his umbrella out, won't need that in Turkey will I when I'm in a five-star resort."

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Josh couldn't believe that an all-inclusive resort more than 2,400 miles away could be cheaper than his apartment.

"I'm not being funny right, but I pay £950 for my rent, bills and council tax and that," he explained.

I went to the pretty winter sun island resort with prosecco hours and 35C summers

Josh added: "Here, you get breakfast, lunch, evening meals, drinks, snacks and a gaff.

"What are we doing in England?"

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Josh's TikTok video has gathered 1million views and over 70,000 likes and comments.

One of his followers wrote: "I work online.

"I could totally do that."

The holiday was 28 nights in Turkey, as well as return flights and mealsCredit: Getty
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Another added: "Remote working looking even more attractive...."

And a third commented: "Just typed this in for Ibiza, same dates -£890 happy days."

In 2022, easyJet launched month-long winter holidays to Egypt that were not only hotter than the UK, but cheaper.

The £650 package holiday was dubbed the "Escape the UK" break, and was around £277 cheaper than staying in the UK.

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Some of their other deals were even cheaper, with 28-night holidays in Turkey for just £298pp.

Last month, a pair of Brits said they swapped the UK for a holiday in Benidorm over the winter, and that they saved hundreds.

It comes after a woman revealed she travels to work by plane to save spending her entire salary on rent.

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And this couple revealed that they live in a van because it's so much cheaper than renting.

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