All that fun in the sun comes at a high cost.
Summertime road trips, barbeques and parties can take a toll on your bank account with the BMO 2015 Summer Spending Survey revealing that overall monthly spending for families on things like social outings and entertainment, groceries and gas during the summer can more than double when compared to the rest of the year at just under $1300 jumping to about $2700.
Spending on social outings and entertainment triples during a summer month.
The online survey was conducted by Pollara and involved just over 1500 Canadians.