What is your summer holiday budget versus household income?

Is there something uncomfortable or feels like waste op? In many ways the holiday feels like there is a general difference (not a serious one) about the approach to money.

Austria is great value in the summer for an adventurous holiday.

We couldn’t continue with our jobs without a proper break, so we do invest in ourselves and our energy levels. If we didn’t need it as much as we do we wouldn’t bother spending so much, as you can see the world in lots of different ways. I think it depends what your holidays are for op, the kind of jobs you both have and how much you need them to be relaxing/recharging etc - and it might be different for your dh, so worth factoring in.

There are loads of sub £5k AI holidays available but, as you say, they’re not something some people would want.

We will spend around 3k travelling around in our Motorhome for a month over summer hols, the initial outlay for the vehicle was 70k though.

We have always spent a lot on holidays as a % of income I would ascertain around 8.5% of income most years. This was when children were small as well. Last time an adult child came along on holiday with us was 2 year ago, we also generously paid for their partner, they split up a few months later, not doing that again.

We prioritise holidays. Prob spend 10-12% on our household income which includes skiing trip, canaries/ morrocco at Easter, 1 wk AI in July (turkey/ Greece), a few European city breaks and CP for a week at NY. I do a lot of research and check between sites for good deals and child free places.
paid 2.8k for this years summer holiday in turkey. Two adults 1 teen.

This year is likely to be our last family holiday for a while as our dd’s are at the age they will want to go with friends next year. We are doing 3 weeks in America and all in will costs around £15k, on a usual year we do 2 weeks AI and the cost is between 7-9k depending on what country we visit.
I would say 5k will be tight

To be fair there always holiday options cheaper than the ones I book, but they are not locations or hotels I would want to stay in.

This! I mentioned something similar above! You won’t find a decent cross section on a thread like this.

So am I

I’m really surprised by this thread, last year we went on a 5 AI holiday for a week and that cost £5k for 2a & 2c (1 free child place) that was a “treat” holiday and this year we’re going to a 4 AI holiday for a week and that has cost £4k. Our household income is £120k. There were loads of cheaper AI holidays available so I’m surprised everyone seems to be spending so much!

We've got a pretty decent household income. I wouldn't dream of blowing the sort of money being bandied about on this thread every year on holidays. I'm quite shocked actually - although this is clearly one of the most skewed mumsnet threads I've seen in a while....

OP, a thought, those that spend less on holidays might not pop up and share as easily as those that spend an arm and a leg?!

Our household income is £140k and we are mortgage free. We prioritise holidays (ie just share one second hand car, bought outright) and spend £12-13k for 2.5 weeks in summer, another £2-3 for a week at Easter or Whitsun, for overseas hols, then another 2 or
3 weekends (hotel or cottage) in UK. We probably spend £18-20k per year which includes all food and other spends.

Combined gross income £181k. One child. School fees. We save £500 pm so a budget of £6,000. We tend to spend £5,000+ on ten days in Europe in the summer. Plus £8-900 for Centre Parcs. Then often use additional income/savings for a city break as well. So real budget more like £6,750 probably. 3.7% of earnings. 4% if you take school fees off first.

£3k is our summer budget this year, first year of going away in the school holidays so feels like a lot! We earn less that you though, about 85k between us.

For a week? Or all year?

you can definitely get wdw for 10 days for around that btw xx

Your budget of 5k is about right. That’s what I aim to spend for a normal family holiday for four. There might be years when you want to spend more on a special holiday - Disney USA, safari - but I’d save those for when kids are older.

i think I’d like to venture maybe out of France, not sure but the self drive option does make it a nice cost saving!

thanks I’ll take a look on fb!

We’ve only done one and it was nice but I wouldn’t recommend it - I think there are better!

Theres a euro camps FB group which is helpful to see the pros and cons.

We drove which saved £££ and allowed us to take more, but it was a long drive.

Look at different options and you can get a great holiday for 5K. Try Baltic Coast in Lithuania or Poland for beaches. Try Solvenia or North Macedonia if you want activities. Montenegro or Albania instead of Croatia. Some great value around lakes in central Europe. Flights better value and accommodation half the price of traditional holiday venues. The future is not Spain or Italy😁

Can you recommend any Eurocamps?

it’s another one that’s on my list