To ask how much you spend on holidays per year?

My late OH needed oxygen so we had to travel with tanks and that limited how long we could go away for. Usually just a long weekend and somewhere within a 3 hour journey as he'd struggle longer than that.

We'd spend about £500 per trip and go about once a year.

Before he got that unwell we'd do a week long trip for about £1k each time plus one or two weekend trips so about £2k a year.

Holidays are probably our biggest expenditure . This year it will total £100k.
Two lots of 2 week long haul for 4 (all adult price now)
One week short haul for 4
Two lots of 5 day long haul for 2 people
4x city breaks for 2

All the flights are business class which is where a lot of the cost is - be good when the kids don't want to come .. but showing no signs of that !

2022 we spent about £12,000
2023 £500
2024 £2000
2025 (already booked) £5000

So on average £4-£5k a year, some years more and some less.

Flights and 2 s/c appartments in Germany in August are £4K for three of us. No idea about costs for food as I don't really count this.

We will still need a rental car for one week.

Belgium/France in May half term are around £2K without food (Eurotunnel, hotel, s/c appartment and petrol)

This year is a particularly extravagant year.
Japan 2 weeks - £15k plus spends (approx £2.5k)
Tenerife week- £4.5k plus spends (approx £1.5k)
Uk 10 days - free accommodation so spends (approx £1.5k)
Norway long weekend just me and Dh - £800 plus spends (say £500)
Seville long weekend (just me) - £350 plus spends (approx £300)
So £27k.
Usually wouldn’t have the Japan trip so nearer £10k

We're spending a lot this year because we are doing a big trip to N. California for a family wedding. It's a one off and aspects of the trip are dictated by the event.
It's also the first long haul trip our kids will have been on, made more expensive by the fact that the eldest now pretty much counts as an adult for everything (probably fair enough as he's huge).
Finances are complicated as parts of it we are sharing accommodation/ car hire with family. We can comfortably afford it though by dipping into savings.

If we go. 5-6k (family of 5).

Tbf this year got off to a good start , but so far we have done ;
Australia / Singapore ( special holiday)
Northumberland 4 night cottage
london 2 nights hotel
amsterdam 4 nights hotel
wales 2 nights hotel

we will have a further 2 holidays in Europe and a few more U.K. short breaks
likely spend for year is 15k for 2 of us …but I’m late 50s …mortgage paid… car paid for..AC all grown and flown….and still earning ….so if I can’t do it now then I never will

It really varies. We have a ‘big’ holiday this year which will be around £15K including spending, but that’s the most we’ve ever spent on one holiday. Last year maybe £10k, between an AI summer holiday and a couple of city breaks. We both have decent paying jobs and that’s what we like to spend our money on. When we were younger and earned less we still tried to get away a few times a year, but it was just shorter and cheaper breaks!

We can blow an absolute fortune on one holiday to visit family in Oz as there’s five of us needing to travel in school hols. Airfares are crazy. Accom in Oz is pricey and bc there’s 5 of us we always need a big Airbnb or 2 hotel rooms. Plus a bigger hire car to fit 5 and luggage. Food is also pricey out there.
It really does depend on the size and age of the family, school holiday travel and where you travel to. I am finding it’s harder to go cheaply now the ‘kids’ are young adults not just bc things are dearer but bc we can’t squidge together and also bc I want more comfort and luxury than I did when they were little.

Ours vary if I go from now until this time next year so in the next 12 months

Junly 10 days all inclusive - Tenerife — 4k
10 days all inclusive august - greece - 5k
7 days Devon holiday park august - 1500
5 days butlins august - 800
4 nights febuary - Lapland - 2300
2 weeks April - Orlando - 6k
2 weeks may -Japan 6.5k

Paid 1500 for a week in Majorca in the Easter hols this year - villa, car hire and flights.
More expensive next year as we're off to USA so kept it cheap this year. Have just been amazed at the price of a 2w AI in Europe in the school hols so more than happy with the price we've got America for.

About £8-9k

Probably £20k or so for two adults. That would be for something like one two week holiday and one three week holiday, we would usually plan something where we would be staying in pretty nice hostels and travelling around a region/country. Plus we would usually have a couple of weekends away in the UK or Europe.

Pre our kid we used to do two Caribbean holidays. One winter one summer. A week in canneries a weekend break to a Christmas market and a few staycations so spent around £13/15 thousand 😭now we have one summer holiday and a few caravan breaks so probably around 8 thousand now.

We've always spent quite a lot on holiday except when we lived abroad. Now we're retired we have more holidays and stay away for a couple of months in the autumn. Don't do long haul anymore. Probably £8-12k.

Annual butlins trip, 2 young kids who adore the place. £1500 including spending money. A ridiculous amount of money but they love it so we just do it and try not to cry over the cost!!

Look at easy jet/ryan air for flights. Skyscanner is good to see where is cheap from a given airport

You can get return flights to Spain with likes of Ryanair/easyjet from as little as £50-70 if you look well in advance and at sales (maybe sometimes even cheaper).
Bed in a hostel for a week in centre of Alicante for September is currently round £150. Or if you go in a small group you can rent a 2 bed apartment that sleeps 4 from ~£300 (£75 each). Either of those would leave you with a reasonable budget to self cater, take airport bus transfers and just chill at the beach or wander around looking at the area.

I occasionally look for deals to take kids away and it’s amazing how little you can spend for essentially similar experience to spending a lot. As an example in school holidays we can get 2 nights in a travelodge near Leeds for £77. If we take the plug in cold bag and make breakfast in room/packed lunches we can have a day at one of the nearby national trust places, a day at Temple Newsam and a day at Leeds Armouries. It’s about £30 for entry to temple Newsam, Armouries are £10 or so parking and we are NT members. Takeaway pizza and something from a supermarket hot counter would sort teas for £30-40. Allow a bit for some ice creams for kids and £40 for petrol. It would certainly be very feasible to spend about £200 for 3 full days/2 nights for a family of 4 (in August). I’m always pleased to find a bargain & we tend to do lots of short breaks.

Can I ask where you search, please?

Those are great deals

Wow I am stunned by this thread! So to balance out the average a bit…~£2k for 2x week-long UK school hol breaks, 2 adults one primary aged child, plus spending money approx £400 per trip, as self-catered.

About £15,000 last year which is way more than usual for us. This year it's £4000 on one UK holiday as we need to budget for various reasons.

Go the end of August. It’s quiet as Danish schools are back and they have great discounts on the holiday homes in lalandia over the road from Legoland.

The cost of holidays has gone crazy recently.

We are mostly limited to a week/5 days at haven (£400-ish) or eurocamp/similar for £1500 (not including spends). Family of 4.

We know people who spend £15k upwards for 10-14 days somewhere posh, we don't have that kind of money sadly. But we have fun when we go.

Multiple European holidays used to cost a regular average of £500 / week but it’s now prices are more like £1500 per fortnight.

We often find good prices by monitoring departures week by week and then pick the best offering.

Currently doing up to 20 weeks a year, but with a caveat that it will only continue for a short while longer, for as long as health permits…

Finding it’s better value (and weather obvs) in Europe than holidaying in UK.