Meet the mum jetting off on 48-hour adventures by bagging flights for as little as £16 – making it back in time for her nightshifts.<br /><br />Anne-Marie Moss, 45, has taken EIGHT short trips over the last two years – spending just £994 on all her return flights and accommodation.<br /><br />The mum-of-three got the bug to travel after finding a cheap steal to take her daughter, Trinity, 20, and her friends, Imogen, 24 and Tianna, 23 to Kraków, Poland, for the Christmas markets in December 2022 on £16 return flights.<br /><br />Realising how easy it was to find quick getaways at bargain prices she set off a month later back to Kraków – this time reuniting with an old school friend of 30 years, Rachel, 44.<br /><br />Since she’s travelled back to the same city taking new friends along the way – getting stuck in with activities such as kayaking, quad biking and cycling around the national park.<br /><br />Anne-Marie recently spent 48-hours in Palma, Spain, having foot massages and watching a boat race in March 2023 - which cost £110 each - and already has her next trip planned for May.<br /><br />The mum makes sure to rigorously plan the jam-packed holidays – and always ensures she is back in time for her night shift as a receptionist at a mental health hospital.<br /><br />Anne-Marie, from Accrington, Greater Manchester, said: “I’m often hopping off the flight and heading straight to my shift.<br /><br />“I sleep on the plane home.<br /><br />“It started off when I found £16 return flights to go to Kraków, Poland.<br /><br />“I fell in love with it.<br /><br />“After we came back home, I wanted to travel again.<br /><br />“We just came back from 24 hour in Palma, Spain.<br /><br />“It was about £110 each in total.<br /><br />“It’s cheaper than going round Manchester.”<br /><br />Anne-Marie fell in love with short holidays after taking her daughter, Trinity, and her friends to Kraków, Poland in December 2021 – visiting the Christmas markets, Auschwitz and the salt mines.<br /><br />She said: “We got an apartment for £100 for two nights and it was right in the city centre.<br /><br />“The snow was picturesque.”<br /><br />Desperate to go back, Anne-Marie invited her pal, Rachel, along with her in March 2022 after seeing a Facebook post about her wanting to travel.<br /><br />She said: “I hadn’t seen her in 30 years but I said, ‘shall we go for it?’<br /><br />“It was last minute, and we got £35 return flight.”<br /><br />The pair went to the Tantra Mountains, Poland, and visited the thermal spa.<br /><br />They loved it so much they returned less than a month later and went kayaking, quad biking and cycling – packed all into 48 hours and spending just £120.<br /><br />Anne-Marie has been three times since – taking school mum, Jill, 50, and her family in May and June 2022 and her twin sister, Donna, 45, and their daughters, Trinity, and Jasmine, 21, in December last year.<br /><br />She said: “Jill couldn’t come the first time we had planned to as her passport had expired.<br /><br />“So, I still took her family.<br /><br />“I booked a surprise visit in June so she could go.<br /><br />Anne-Marie spends two nights in Bucharest, Romania, in February 2023 with Jill, and Elisabeth, 50.<br /><br />She said: “We went to the castles and thermae spa.<br /><br />“It cost us £116 each in total.”
