Mum-of-22 Sue Radford flies family back to Disney Florida weeks after spending £50k on the same trip for her birthday

The Sun

3 days ago

JUST months after parents-of-22 Sue and Noel Radford flew to Florida for Sue's £50,000 bumper 50th birthday trip - the family is back at Disney once more.
The Morecambe-based brood has shared snaps from the popular holiday resort, including watching fireworks and enjoying giant slushies.
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Sue, who is mum to Britain's biggest family, showed how her kids had been enjoying Disney's Boardwalk in Orlando and how they had visited a cake shop with some delicious treats.
After walking away with some bites, they then caught some fireworks going off in the nearby theme park.
The kids then seemed thrilled as they got super-sized slushy drinks to enjoy.
This follows the Radfords having a sun-soaked extravaganza in Florida in April, which is estimated to cost them £52,000.
Despite telling The Daily Mirror they have been "feeling the pinch" financially, they said they planned to spare no expense on the holiday of a lifetime.
Sue and Noel star in Channel 5's 22 Kids and Counting and also earn money from their business Radford's Pie Company.
£26,000 flights
Sue and her husband Noel not only took their own children to Florida in April, but all of their grandchildren with them too - making the most of the Easter break from school.
Sue, 50, and Noel, 54, are parents to Chris, 36, Sophie, 31, Chloe, 29, Jack, 28, Daniel, 26, Luke, 24, Millie, 23, Katie, 22, James, 21, Ellie, 20, Aimee, 19, Josh, 17, Max, 16, Tillie, 15, Oscar, 13, Casper, 12, Haillie, 10, Phoebe, 8, Archie, 7, Bonnie, 6, and Heidie, 5.
Sadly the couple's 17th child Alfie was still born on July 6, 2014.
All in, the family are thought to have sent a jaw-dropping £26,228 on flights - and that's before the excess charges or any extra baggage.
It's not known if the whole family is back out for their second visit.
£20k park tickets
Based on the cost of a seven-day Disney visit, which would require each guest to hold a 7-Day Magic Ticket for entrance, Sue and Noel could have forked out £20,065 for each of their Florida trips this year.
Luckily for Sue and Noel, children under the age of three go free. So some of the children on the trip won't cost a penny to get into the park.
The tickets include access to the park and water parks with the eligibility to enter multiple parks per day.
Holders will also have the 'memory maker' package which includes unlimited Disney photopass downloads - pictures taken by photographers around the park, on rides and in restaurants.
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£6k accommodation
Sue and Noel have spoken about their approach to holiday accommodation previously, while appearing on the This Morning show - they revealed they usually opt for a villa to save costs and ensure the bunch can bunk close together.
Last September, they shared an Orlando Villa Tour on their Facebook page to their 944,000 followers.
One eagle-eyed viewer recognised the accommodation as similar to a property listed on rental site, Vrbo.
The glam Vrbo house sleeps 15 - so Sue and Noel will need to book 3 to comfortably house all 39 travellers.
The accommodation costs £300 per night, working out at £2,100 per villa for a week and £6,300 in total for all three.
And that's without any food in the villa or out in the parks.
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How does family-of-22 the Radfords afford to live?
AS Britain's biggest family, it may come as no surprise that Sue and Noel Radford must have some hefty bills.
Between them, they have a whopping 22 children and seven dogs, which often has some people wonder how they manage their money.
The Radfords support themselves with the proceeds of Noel's bakery, The Radford Pie Company, which is located near their home.
On their website, it says: 'We have owned our own lovely bakery since 1999 which is how we manage to provide for (and feed) our huge and expanding family as well as for the local people of Heysham and Morecambe.'
The family expanded their business to cater to online orders placed across the UK.
The business is a family affair, with Noel at the helm, and some of their children helping out.
The older kids, who are working at least part-time, don't get a free ride as they're made to pay a small amount of rent to their parents.
"Us older ones do pay a little bit of board. Granted it's not a lot but I'm also trying to save up for my own house at the moment.' their daughter Chloe said in a video on the YouTube channel.
Sue added: "We've always said if you want to buy somewhere, renting is a bit of dead money, so we'd rather you saved that money up and stayed at home a bit longer.
'I also do believe they should pay board if they are earning. We've always been brought up by our parents that we had to pay board.'
Noel and Sue famously don't rely on benefits for their bumper brood and live off their pie shop for income.
They also revealed they make money from brand partnerships on social media.
The Radford family stars in their own reality TV show 22 Kids and Counting - which has run for four series.
Brand expert Andy Barr believes Noel and Sue have been paid less than £10,000 for each show.
He told the Daily Mail: "The typical fee per episode is going to be in the thousands rather than the tens or hundreds of thousands that people often think is the case with TV shows of this nature.
"If they continue to get commissioned for a fourth or fifth season, then they are going to be able to command a higher fee."
He estimates that the Radfords make £ 5,000 an episode.