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A savvy Brit bagged a return flight to Romania for just £32 to enjoy a 24 hour spa break - which she says was £100 cheaper than in the UK.

Rebecca Kellet, 37, and her best friend, Sam Martin, 34, flew from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Henri Coandă International Airport in Bucharest, Romania, at 10am on November 19, 2023.

The pair then headed to their hotel - which cost them £40 each - and visited a few bars before their spa visit.

The following day Rebecca and Sam visited the Therme Spa in Bucharest, Romania - which set them back £25.85 each.

In total, for flights, accommodation and the spa, the trip cost the pair £97.85 each - which they say is £100 cheaper than their usual spa day in the UK.

Rebecca, a gift company business owner, from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, said: "Every year for Sam's birthday I always arrange a spa day.

"I usually take her to a place in Preston but their prices have gone up recently and they have changed the rules so you don't get as long in the spa.

"I saw the spa in Romania and found cheap flights.

"As it fell on a Sunday you can get away with only taking one-day annual leave."

The pair flew from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Henri Coandă International Airport on Sunday (19/11).

Once they arrived in Bucharest, the pals went to a few bars for a few drinks and walked around the old town.

On Monday, Rebecca and Sam went to the spa where they spent the entire day - got a facial and massage - before travelling back to the UK on Tuesday morning.

Rebecca said: "The cost was incredible and the fact that it is a full one-day holiday.

"You check in the spa at 10am and you can stay until 11pm.

"Usually when you go to a spa you can only get a few hours and here you have the whole day."

Rebecca is known for her cost-cutting holidays and has gone viral in the past for her solo travelling on a budget with her vlog "NorthernBlondeAbroad".

Before she's managed to snag £15 return flights to Portugal, £11 flights to Italy and a family holiday to Center Parcs in Belgium saving £600.

Breakdown of costs -
Flight to and from Romania - £32 each
Arrival at the hotel - £40 each for two nights
Spa day - £25.85 each

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00:00 okay so you like spas don't you Sam? I do. Is it one of your favourite things in the world?
00:04 absolutely top. So I thought what better spa to go to than the largest spa in
00:12 Europe? Yeah do you know where it is? No. The largest spa in Europe is in...
00:24 it's in Romania. I've got your passport in my bag! No you don't! I do! I've got your passport!
00:49 you'll never guess who got me this passport! Alessia! She found it! Dean doesn't even know you're going on the plane!
00:58 You trusted my daughter over my husband! I can't believe you got me! I was panicking a bit about it to be honest.
01:09 I've been sat here thinking where do you need not a passport to go? Well that was the lie.
01:14 Oh my god, we're off to Romania!
01:19 so this is our hotel room and it's just I just love it when you walk in you know
01:28 it's clean don't you? It's so cute. We've got three beds and then we've got
01:35 this is what I always look at in a hotel is the bathroom clean and if it is then
01:41 good to go. Do you think we can see planes taking off from here? I think we can!
01:49 Oh exciting! Nice view!
01:53 ahhh!
01:55 I'm so excited!
01:57 I'm so excited!
01:59 I'm so excited!
02:01 I'm so excited!
02:03 I'm so excited!
02:05 I'm so excited!
02:07 I'm so excited!
02:09 I'm so excited!
02:11 I'm so excited!
02:13 I'm so excited!
02:15 I'm so excited!

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