Thats true. Owning property is better, but you still have all the other costs. Holiday is very different. When I lived in Cairo previously, people would come to visit for Holiday. We'd spend a few days in Cairo and then go down to Hurghada or to ALexandria for a beach break. They thought I was awful the fact that I did not tip well (IE: not the tourist expected tip anyway), but by the time they had worked out how much they had tipped at the end of the end of the holiday, the average had tipped around £60 -£80 sterling over 2 weeks. Thats alot out of your holiday budget.