to ask how much you spend on a summer holiday abroad?

Last year we had two “summer” holidays but one was May half term and one October, both sunny holidays,
first one was a cruise around the med 1 week, 3 of us- 3.5k
second was a week in Turkey all inclusive again just 3 people 2 adults 1 child, 3.5k
7k a year is about average for us,

Yes I’m using Eurocamp as a bit of a catch all term to mean that style of holiday. We’ve stayed with a few different providers (although Roan, Marilla etc are all EC anyway), but if you just say camping holidays people automatically think of tents, whereas if you say Eurocamp people seem to know what that is! That said the Eurocamps we have stayed in have had decent mobile homes and all the homes across the sites have been pretty much identical style, just owned by diff operators.

We just don’t do it any more because of the eye-watering cost.

We have booked two weeks on France, staying in 3-bedroom gites. One of them has its own pool. The ferry and accommodation has cost just under £2000. We will need probably another £1000 for food, petrol, tolls, days out etc so around £3000 in total. It's self-catering and we don't eat out every day so probably not the sort of holiday you would enjoy if you are looking at all-inclusive.

How long is a piece of string? The cost of a holiday varies wildly depending on what you're doing.

Last summer we (2A+2C) spent under £1000 on a fortnight in France - we drove and stayed with relatives in their rural house with a pool.

Then we went and spoiled it all by spending £6000 on a five night trip to a (really nice) all inclusive in Mallorca.

I thought most people are aware of this , I don't think eurocamp own even one site.

If you book with canvas it wouldn't be any better than eurocamp they are the same company. The websites I think are pretty much identical. The group that owns them both have loads of different brands/companies like this Roan Marvilla etc.

We used to do expensive holidays and spend about £10k a year. DS are now at uni and don't come on holiday with us anymore.

We now have a micro caravan for DH and I and we can go away so cheaply 3 or 4 times a year.

A 2 week summer holiday in the UK including really good campsites in great locations, food and petrol costs about £1k. We are planning to go to France for 2 weeks next year which will be more like £1.5k to pay for Le Shuttle and extra insurance, although campsites there are cheaper

The caravan costs about £800 a year to insure/service, but as it is so small we store it in our garage so have no storage costs.

Also we love the freedom and being in nature. It's great being able to make our own food and make a packed lunch before going out for the day. We bring a lot of food with us do we don't have to worry about shopping and can spend time going out every day.

AI holidays are more expensive than ones you organise yourself (book own flights, arrange own accommodation). You’re paying for facilities, activities and the convenience of someone else preparing all your meals.
The only AI holiday I’ve done was last year when my son finished his GCSEs so we could go outside of school holidays.

You can get it cheaper. Can you go outwith school
holidays if your kids are young enough? Can you fly from say Scotland if you live in Newcastle or Vince versa? For example summer holidays are slightly different north and south and you can grab a bargain that way.
can you look for free child places?
what about flights only, uber, then booking the hotel direct, or using booking.com/air bnb.
we would have done euro camp holidays a bit when our kids were younger.
cheaper flights at more unsociable hours. Booking on a Tuesday.

4 of us - 2 adults 2 kids - about 5 - 6k

We're spending similar. Pretty shocking really when I compare to our pre-kids holidays which were usually outdoorsy with wild camping and an occasional night in a boutique hotel somewhere, or weekend city breaks.

I would never have imagined us staying in a big resort but with a toddler and a baby it just feels like too much hassle to do anything else.

Cost of holidays is now ridiculous at a time when col means that discretionary spending is reduced. We did 10 days in a nice enough 3 bed villa on a Greek island in the summer. We spent about £9k all in and ate out 6 of our nights (but not excessively as we don’t really drink). I think your quotes are sadly normal for all inclusive. There may be some deals closer to departure time but you can’t rely on that. If you go for euro camp I would book asap as the good accomodation goes quickly. If you don’t want a package find your flights first then accommodation as a days difference in the flight time can really add up if there are 5 of you.

We go camping all the time and I have no idea how you can go camping by plane. Our car is completely full even for a couple of dayss camping.

For 4800 I could find somewhere luxurious!

Also have 3 DC and we would never do AI. We drive and Eurocamp mostly. May half term is really cheap for this as other European countries mostly don't have a school holiday then.

@DesLynamsMoustache eurocamp are an operator who have caravans on someone elses campsite
So the owners have mobile homes (usually in a better situation and quality that other renters ).then you have eurocamp caravans (usually more cramped in and not as nice ) then canvas and other operators

Sorry if you already realise this it's just eurocamp did an amazing marketing job on everyone as though they are the owners and only choice.

I much prefer a French campsite type holiday but all inclusive will be cheaper .

What I found was that with all inclusive you could have ‘nice’ campsites at a reasonable price but with resorts if you go lower end it really shows.

@chickpea1982 it depends what you class a a proper holiday
For us a proper holiday probably means a week away ,done DIY never a package and always done as cheaply as possible

We tend to go abroad in the winter and do a UK holiday in the summer - in 2025 our UK holiday was about £1700 for a week, and our foreign holiday was £2700 for 5 nights. That's for 2 adults and 2 children. We usually spend somewhere around £3-4k on our week of winter sun, and our UK holiday is usually cheaper as we often stay with relatives or find other ways to reduce the cost. We could afford to spend more if we wanted to, but we have other priorities at the moment (mainly saving/investing like mad with the aim of retiring early).

5k for a week B and B in early July last summer (Scottish holidays) family of four. Probably spent around 1.5k while we were there making it the most expensive holiday we have ever been on per night!

We just booked for four of us AI in Canary Islands, £4800 for a week in July, a two bedroom with separate lounge as we didn’t want to all be in one room. We could have got cheaper if we wanted to go to Egypt or Turkey or somewhere though.

We love a Eurocamp too though! Although last summer we did Eurocamp and Disney and probably spent £4K+ then too.

What about a cruise? We’re doing a 7 day fly one to Tenerife next month and never pay more than £100 a night each. That includes flights transfer and great food. The newer P&O ships are fabulous and loads to do for kids

We tend to do big group holidays to europe or extended family holidays to Orlando and ends up being around £10k for each holiday

This year determined to have a cheaper one so having an active couple of weeks in Scotland. Looking at the Alps next summer which I've hesrd you can do pretty cheaply

No, we spend more. Our main holiday is usually two weeks 'self catering' which might be a similar cost up your holiday. We then have our meals and drinks to pay (2 adults, 2 teens, one of whom is another adult really). It's so expensive in school holidays.

Yes family of 6 and always need two bedrooms and I think a good AI price would be £5-5.5k.

However that said- I don't think we get our money's worth as my husband doesn't drink (other than the odd red wine) and the kids don't like fizzy drinks so I often find paying £3k for self catering works out cheaper as we don't spend £2k. We are doing 3 nights in an air b&b in Milan this year followed by a week in a Eurocamp lodge at Lake Guarda area and it was £3k all in. I can only travel in the school holidays so it's always expensive time. Good luck 🍀