To ask how much you spend on your holiday?

We don't go on holiday every year, we're not tied to school holidays either.

@ColonelMustardEatingCustard sorry yes I know what it means but a lot of the comments read like people were talking about their gross salary

Take home pay means what you take home, i.e. what you get in your account after tax, pension, NI, student loan repayment (any other deductions from your salary before it you're paid) if you're on PAYE.

@3WildOnes I don’t really know what the average mortgage is, as it’s so location dependent but know a lot of my friends have seen theirs increase big time. We just got lucky with the timing of our last fix & as a result are overpaying as dont want to pay a load more in interest when that ends.

my dc are younger than yours & im already panicking about uni costs for them etc. And we are not planning to work till 68 (or whatever it will be) so save for that too.

Gorgeous!! This is how I wanted my life to be. Have an amazing time in Bali

Average mortgage I think? 3 kids. Aged 4, 8 & 12. We do have saving but we haven't added to them for years.

i am guessing a fair few are camping trips

@3WildOnes do you have high housing costs though? Kids? If so are they young? I would be less bothered about savings if my dc were adults for example.

I assume you don't enjoy holidays very much so don't prioritise them?
We earn similar to you and spend about 10-15% of our take home salary.
We don't currently put any money into savings, we have some savings to tide us over in an emergency and would rather enjoy ourselves now.

Joint income of £115k.
DH and I. No kids.

We would spend around £1.5k max on a sun holiday - never in the school summer holidays - plus spending money.

We have a campervan and go on a few long weekends a year, paying £25-£40 a night for a pitch.

We're going on a holiday of a lifetime shortly. It's 2 weeks and we've only actually spent about £4.5k all in for our accommodation and flights.

We could spend way more I guess, but it wouldn't add additional value for us.

@MrBouc I said previously myself and my peers have similar incomes but we couldn’t justify 12k on holidays every single year but obviously high housing and childcare costs eat into that budget, some pay school fees etc. And I was bought up with happy holidays & value them. We do something every school break but just spend less than 12k.

About 2% of our income. Our income is £95k but we have a house that needs work so we're staying in a UK holiday park this year for £900 with about £1k for spending money (which unless it rains I don't think we'll spend)

Next year about £4k for an all inclusive abroad

We used to spend a couple of grand a year, now we are spending upwards of 10k for 2 of us. Dses are grown.

DH is retired, I’m still working, we are mortgage free and save monthly for our holidays. We have no debt.

£200k+ a year and we probably spend £10k a year for a family of four.
That's
February half term for a weekend
Easter for a week (UK - family second home)
May Bank half term holiday (UK)
May half term for a week (UK)
June weekend
July weekend
July week (Europe)
August week (Europe)
September weekend
October half term (Europe)
December Christmas weekend (UK)

We go away a lot. Our July break is usually France (£1.5k), August "beach holiday" (£3.5k), May half term UK (£1.2k)

We probably will up the budget as the kids get older and we go further afield. Plans to visit Jordan, USA, India, Vietnam and South Africa in next few years.

I feel like we prioritise holidays but I'm not a fan of an all inclusive.

It's the same proportion, so I can easily believe that those who have 120k can spend 12k on holidays in the same way a family on 40k like us can spend 4k.

If you don't particularly enjoy holidays, or weren't brought up with them and don't have happy memories from time spent in that way as a family then it's possible that you feel that it's extravagant in the same way someone who doesn't drink alcohol may be slightly surprised if someone were to calculate a family's alcohol budget for the whole year.

Joint income is about £52k. This year we will be spending about 5k. Last year was more. We are ok off as we are mortgage free and the kids are working and less expensive. I would like to do more travel and holidays but I dont think we would comfortably afford it.

oh so it’s a mix and sometimes they don’t come

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Dh is so good to everyone.. including me.. I just wanted to make him happy!

so when he asks “do you want adult
kids
to join us?”

you say “hell yeah!”?"

No I'll say only if we also go somewhere I want eg Safari!

just the two of you?"

Either with friends or just two of us

Same as this!

Single parent and usually one holiday with the kids, plus several on my own.

Only earn £30k, but low outgoings. Usually £500 for a holiday with kids (plus meals out etc) and another £2500 for additional breaks (not including meals etc), so about £3k overall and about 10% of my budget.

Not sure what take home is (self employed and fluctuates per month) but gross taxable is about 140k. I must be extremely tight as I'd estimate that I've spent/will spend once spends accounted for around £1500 so far this year which covers 4 caravan and Butlins breaks. Will have a summer break too but probably will do another caravan or lodge type of break. I don't fancy going abroad with little kids and they love the kids entertainment at places like butlins and parks so I'm happy to oblige.

By take home do people mean after tax/pensions etc or just what they earn?

I genuinely didn't know it was normal to spend like 10% of your income on holidays

I don’t think it is? Do most people earning 120k ish have 12k spare a year?

just the two of you?

Agree.