How much would you be willing to spend for a week away in Dec?

What are your budgets?

Honestly it's sooooo area dependent. 4 beds in the middle of nowhere (literally nowhere, nit the lake district, cotswolds, peak district etx) I'd think you'd get a 4 bed from 1500 for a week but it wouldn't necessarily be nice. A nice 4 bed (as in decor, up to date kitchen, holiday feel) could be more like 2000-2500. If you want to actually go somewhere (e.g. nice countryside, like cotswolds, or near a nice town/city with pubs or things to do) I'd say you're looking more like 3000 plus. Air bnbs now are not much cheaper than hotels, sometimes more expensive, so imagine 4 hotel rooms for a week and the type of level you'd go for (premier inn vs fancy country 5 star) and that'll be your answer. Area is important, I have several 1 beds in the cotswolds area, they go for triple a 1 bed somewhere else and are really busy.
If you go cheap, you get cheap, inattentive hosts, broken appliances, less clean, bad reviews....

£1000

I would expect to spend around £1k on a basic but clean place and around £5k on a luxurious place:

It’s all relative isn’t it. Depends what type of property you want.

we stayed in a very nice holiday let last weekend with a group and it worked out at £250 per person for 3 nights. It was a big property though and we didn't quite hit full occupancy but it was very lovely (practically a castle). All apart from 2 rooms were ensuite or had their own bathroom.

In a nice place in Scotland u can be looking at 3-4 grand for somewhere exclusive, and this is not expensive compared to some of the beautiful lodgings up here.

This all varies on what u want, u can be glaming or a full lodge or manor. Need more specifics.

Is the problem that you're paying for eight so if "feels" very expensive?

I got caught out like this by offering to take DC and their partners on a trip. It cost much more for the extra adults than I'd imagined partly because needing the extra rooms moved the available accomodation into the luxury category.

I'd say £2-3k for a nice, basic property to sleep 8 adults comfortably.

Then extra for nice grounds, prime location, bbq, hot tub etc depending on the level of luxury you want.

A basic caravan or lodge £800 - £1,200 midrange. A cottage or apartment £1,500 - £2,000 again midrange.

Add hot tub an extra £200 ish. Then depending on location you could throw another £400 on. I like sea views or a good Forrest which tends to cost more.

This.

Is he angling for hot tubs and views?

I would say around 2.5k.

I'd say at least £2k for a week for 8 adults. But probably double that if you want something special.

5k

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Tbh, I'd work the other way. Decide where we want to go and find out what it costs to gat the kind of standard accomodation we want, that's available for the peak week.

Then think about if we're prepared to pay it. Cost varies so much depending on location and dates.

If it was a difficult decision because finances are tight, I wouldn't want to go at all.

Eight adults? Reasonably nice? Assuming that's four bedrooms...and you want decent facilities (not old cabinets, a washing machine that barely works). Okay...
it still massively depends on where you go and what you consider to be 'nice'

Lots of people are happy with, being honest, properties that are not even as nice as their home when they go on holiday. Me? If I'm on holiday in the UK I want state of the art. I don't get staying somewhere - when you're meant to relax - that isn't as nice as your own home! Why!?

FWIW, my second home is a holiday let. It's £2.2K for the first week of December and sleeps eight. North Norfolk Coast. There's a similar sized property in the same road with the same holiday cottage company as mine. It's up for £600 a week less - but it's nowhere near as nice.

£1500 ish for something nice, not over Christmas.

It’s Christmas it will cost more

If its about other people agreeing, I’d do a budget, medium and splurge costing. Remember its your dh’s birthday not theirs so spending might not be on the same scale.

For a really nice property I'd probably pay £2000 for a week. But you could get something for half that. I'm thinking Cornwall as that's where I am.

This isn’t personally an expense I’d be looking to take on right before Christmas. So I would say zero.

But realistically, I think you are looking at anything from £800 to £2000 depending on the sort of property you are after.

I’m on the Devon/Cornwall border and the holiday let next to us (detached cottage, 3 bedrooms but has a private woodland and an orchard with access to walking and 2 pubs) is about £650 a week. Otherwise locally, I’d expect to pay £150-180 a night, so a little over £1000 for the week. If you want something more posh than just a normal house, it would be closer to £200-250 a night.

More context required. Where is it? A 4 bed holiday let in Barbados would cost more than a 4 bed holiday let in Bognor 🤣

we have a holiday let in the lakes that sleeps 8, I just checked and for a week in early Dec it’s £885.

i think it totally depends on your budget. You could find places for a lot more and some places for less. Things like a hot tub will bump up the price.

I’d be looking at around £1200. Obviously you could pay a lot more for something really posh but you could find something really nice for that price in Wales (which is generally cheaper than Cornwall or the Lakes).