To ask how much you spend on your holiday?

"ohthejoys21
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!

About $4k this yr plus spending money, but that's just visiting family so won't be too much. Might spend a bit more on a few day rd trip. After tax income around $145k in Canada, but that's fairly new for us. I think people in NA take less trips, less vacay time and not as close to Europe.

and you never talk holidays with family, friends and colleagues?

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

you say “hell yeah!”?

Household income £210ish. Spent 10%ish for the past couple of years on a week/10 days beach hol in Europe and 2 weeks in America each year.

A lot.
Three weeks in summer usually budget around 10k
A week in May 6-8k
Sometimes a week in October 4k
A couple of weekends away I. The uk maybe 2k

Earnings around 150k and a family of 5 sometimes 6 if older dd comes.

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

Wow, this thread has been really eye-opening!

Our take home pay is about 100k.

We probably spend about £800 on holidays per year. So about 0.8%

We usually stay in a static caravan somewhere, and go out of season. The last time we went abroad we did Eurocamp. I genuinely didn't know it was normal to spend like 10% of your income on holidays.

Main holiday is £200 for accommodation plus some petrol to get there and spends once there. We'd eat anyway so I don't really count food other than eating out. Then a camp for around £60. Plus fuel and food. We had a trip booked earlier in the year but had to cancel as DS was ill. That was when the train company had a sale on and I got the return journey for under £10 so decided to treat us all to a night at a holiday inn rather than a day trip. I'm 🤯 at all these expensive holidays on here but I know everyone's budget is different. I'd travel loads if i could afford it.

did you see my post in response to your post?

I would love to know how you spent £90k on a holiday!!!!!

We've travelled all over and stayed in some top hotels but £90k is a ridiculous figure

Had to work it out, but about 7% of take home pay. I put aside £160 per month and my budget for two weeks as our main holiday is £2,000 (me + two teens). Camping.

I got a small bonus this year, which I have spent on flights to visit a family member who lives abroad. So we're actually getting two holidays this year.

It's a challenge to save that - especially when lots of other costs are rising- but I do prioritise our summer holiday over other things. We camp because it can be really cheap in France and that leaves most of our budget for activities. Have had a couple of high outgoings on house maintenance recently, and I may have to raid the holiday fund to help cover them. But first I'm eating my way through the freezer, just in case I can get to the end of the month that way rather than 'steal' from our holiday.

Holidays are so subjective, though. We love camping, so it works for us. I have friends who spend (and earn) a lot more than I do, but I just don't fancy their holidays.

I'm now trying to make room in my budget for £25/month to go into another pot, with the aim of having enough to top us to something a bit further afield after eldest's A-levels.

it’s your money too @ohthejoys21 so why aren’t you asserting yourself?

what a knob
not ever listening to you and your preferences

"ohthejoys21
We spend a lot as dh insists on taking our adult kids with partners. Most we've ever spent on one was 90k but that was for our joint 50th's taking everyone away. Depends what kind of trip it is- obvs a long wkend city break going to be less than a week's skiing. I guess it varies

do you enjoy the holidays?"

To be honest I find the family holidays really stressful. Unfortunately it's dh's ideal.

We're around 10% (4k) . Most years slightly less and stay in Europe or with relatives, and every so often, so maybe every 4ish years spend more to go long haul.

We are definitely in the "budget style holiday in further afield destinations" camp though. I know some people prefer to stay in accommodation which is a step up from home, but we aren't really bothered about that so choose accordingly.

Beyond the 3 yearly holiday to florida… no holiday whatsoever? no weekend away? no UK break?

do you enjoy the holidays?

£120k take home between us. As our mortgage reduced we spend more on holidays - usually 2x big hols a year and a few weekends. £10-20k per year but we cut back in other areas to afford it.

This is a really interesting thread!

Our take home pay is 115k, and this year we will probably spend about 18k on trips. Some U.K., some abroad, and a couple separately with friends

20 years ago holidays were 1 week in Pontins and 1 week visiting my Mum.

Now my sons have flown the nest and mortgage paid off I can take it up a notch or six.

This year I did a few days in Malaga, I've got a 5 day canoe trip in summer and a bucket list type cruise in autumn. 6 or 7% of salary.

My pension when I take it in a few years won't be huge, so I'm doing some of the expensive trips now

We earn around £70k and spend around £5k on two week long European holidays a year. Family of three (two adults one pre schooler).

This will likely change next year though as our 1.4% mortgage term ends 😭

I know this is shocking but I am disabled, I receive PIP and I work and go on holiday

“Feel the need to comment” 🙄Sure. The cost of living crisis is real, or do you not believe in it? Or maybe you don’t believe in the concept of “hardworking families”? Or is it that you don’t think parents juggling two full time jobs deserve to go on holiday?

People are allowed to go on holiday. Our budget this year is five days in France and a week in the UK. A few years ago, people on the same income would have been able to afford a hell of a lot more than that.

There’s been a few posters who said they spend £100-500 on a holiday or can’t afford any at all, but otherwise it’s pretty obvious that those who can’t afford much won’t post on this thread.

2k - 1 week in Majorca x 4 of us - I always book flights and hotel separate as I get a better deal that way. 4 star hotel. I’d never go to a hotel that is a cheap AI as they can attract certain sorts. We spend about 2k for the week. There’ll be no restrictions on what we want to eat and drink/do. We can increase that if we want.

5k Mexico - great deal in the BA Sale!

Trip to London - got flights and hotels for three nights for £550 for DH and myself

Easter hols - U.K. holiday park trip

I have been seeing lots of hotels with swim up rooms and these are really beginning to grab my interest but for the privilege it’s an extra £400/500. Can’t decide if it’s worth it!

I will hold off posting our income!