To ask how much you’d expect to pay for a holiday

Oh try Lanzarote I’m sure you could get cheaper there or P. Mogan in Granaria lovely beach, marina etc

Minimum £4k for somewhere genuinely nice for a week all inclusive. I'd expect £6-7k for somewhere 5*

Also, I'd consider whether AI is really the best value, as a PP has said.
Half board is often much cheaper-seeming at the outset, but unless you drink gallons of booze which seems unlikely with a very young child, or eat 3x 3 course meals every day, you are paying for the convenience and packaging. AI is basically the Ikea of holidays - I'm not denying it can be attractive with tween or teen kids, but there is usually better value to be had for most other demographics!

You also have a much wider choice of hotels if you opt for half board, and can use those which aren't solely serving the package market.

All inclusive bumps the price up dramatically and imo is not worth it unless a) you have teenagers or b) you drink like a fish.
Chech the half board price and consider paying for lunch and drinks separately. DH and I go HB and the extra cist of drinks is far less than AI even if you put everything on the tab at the hotel.
We usually go 4* minimum at a cost of £1400 each roughly.

We’ve done 1 week at 4/5star AI with water parks, unlimited snacks and food in early July for 2 adults and 2 children for £4k for last 3 years

I would expect it to be max £3k for 2 adults and baby if you’re flexible on dates and it’s in term time

Europe

4* £900-1200pp
5* £1500 plus

£3-4K I would say

Wait for black Friday, paid under 2K for family of 4. Hotel was branded 5 stars but more 4 star. Decent food and cleanliness

We're paying £3700 for a similar holiday with a 2 year old rather than a baby. But that's the top end of hotels we'd consider, which people we know have raved about. And it's our first holiday in 5 years so we're splashing out.

For an average place, I'd be looking at around £1-1200 per adult and a free child place.

We’ve just returned from Greece. Two adults, one infant, 7 nights. 4 star all-inclusive package including flights and transfers. We booked it in February with Jet2 and it cost us £1400 total. We did shop around a lot and waited for their sale.

5 of us going to Spain in summer school holidays. £4700. Nice 4 star hotel all inclusive with On the Beach.

I'm doing canaries all inclusive 3 star for 2.5k total for 2 adults and 1 teenage for 11 days in Easter holidays next year but booked in March this year. I have stayed in 3 stars which have been better than 5 stars in the past.

We only do 5 star All Inclusive “Plus” in Greece and/or Canaries and have never spent more than £3.3k on two adults + under 5. We are going as a family of four this year for the first time and it’s costing us £3k for 5 star Tenerife. You could easily do it for less. Depends on what your wish list is like for facilities, location etc. We are quite particular.

Short haul europe is going to limit your dates presumably. April-September?
That doesn't give much scope for "outside school holidays" in England.
Easter falls funny next year so Easter hols could cover most of April. Then you have the early May Bank hol, and then two weeks of half term for late May Bank hol. Then some schools break up as early as 11 July.

Again depends what you class as 4/5star but I can find holidays sold as 4 star rating for 900 pp in June

Unless your wanting a sea hut in the Maldives, some of the posts are ridiculous!

We done 10 nights in a 4/5* Hotel in Egypt over Xmas (so in school holidays) for £3.5k. 2 adults 2 teens.

Alot also depends on where you actually want to go.

We cruise and generally don’t pay more than £3k for a week for 2 of us and that’s with a balcony cabin for a fly cruise, can be much cheaper with inside or sea view and they are basically all inclusive except drinks.

We paid £1300 each for 2 weeks cruise in the Canaries next January in a balcony cabin😎

I know cruising isn’t for everyone but I love it.

Also, avoid package companies and brokers like the plague. Build your own, it will be much better value.

do you need a nursery/ crèche? If so that will massively limit your choices and push up the likely costs.

Also you could easily do a cruise for that price - it would certainly meet your all in and buffet needs!

When do you want to travel?

£2.5k max for the 3 of you for 5 star AI out of holidays.

Which dates? Let the mumsnet massive find you something actually reasonable and high quality ;)

What?? That’s insane. I’d never pay more than £1000 per adult out of school holiday time for a short haul all inclusive holiday. There is absolutely no need.

Lots of places to look, but British Airways Holidays might be a good starting point - surprisingly they have good value all inclusive options that include seats, hold luggage and a big range of hotels, especially in the main European cities, but other places too. We did three nights in Vienna this year for less thann £600! (Not what you are looking for, I know!)

Lots of lovely places in Greece. Try north Africa too.

1500-1900pp for a nice 4 or 5 star is great.