How much do you spend each year on holidays?

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We're pricing up for next year, haven't been since 2015 as we "can't afford" it, yet our household income is ok - about £90k gross. There never seems to be spare money though.

Curious to know how much other people spend on their holidays each year as a proportion of their income.

I find some of these numbers amazing! I earn about £125k plus bonus and couldn’t imagine spending 10k a year on holidays. I think I’m probably too far the other way we’re really tight about holidays. Most we ever did was £2k on a trip to New York usually it’s less than half that.

I think I need to unclench a bit!

1.2k for 2019 holiday (total cost double that as half funded by parents). Household Income is 37k

We’ve spent about £10k this year (excluding school trips which probably add another £5k). We’ve been on 5 holidays (Spain, Netherlands, Greece, Wales/Ireland and Cyprus). There are 4 of us (DC are 12 and 14) and our household income is around £170k.

We do a week camping in the UK for about £100/£150, a festival for about £500, a couple of weekends away for around £300 each and the we alternate a more basic main holiday for around £1000 with a more adventurous one for around £4000.

So about 5k a year. Family income is variable between 35k and 65k, obviously we don't book stuff if we can't afford it!

It's a how long is a piece of string question isn't it?

Household income v outgoings?
Priorities?

You've seen from the thread that people with much lower incomes spend a proportionately higher percentage of their income on holidays because they a) prioritise them above other luxuries and they b) have lower outgoings proportional to income.

And other people spend a lower percentage of their income on holidays but more overall because they have a higher income.

It's not really quantifiable!

You have a healthy income, theoretically you could afford a nice holiday, but only you know where your cash is going OP!

We have a comfortable income, but with private school fees and University subs, we haven't had a holiday for two years. During that time a redundancy also threw a spanner in the works. Previously we did spent about 7K per year but only on one holiday. Frankly I don't particularly like going away, I am one of those odd people who prefers to be at home, so really I am not that fussed.

We spend £1k + on flights back to my home town every year the cost of that and the time off work really dents our ability to have many holidays.

We prob do 3 or 4 weekends away every year usually in Devon some years a holiday on top but now Ds2 is turning 2 the thought of spending £3k on a weeks self catering in Tenerife or somewhere similar is horrifying. I'm such a tight arse I'd rather just not go

This year £3k so far. Still looking for october halfterm.
Next year probably more like £10K as want to go to australia.

Fuck me, this thread. 🤣🤣🤣 I'd probably be able to "prioritise travel" if I was (or rather, my husband was) pulling home £150k a year. All those poor plebs on £18k who have to prioritise rent and bills - how narrow their minds must be. 🤣🤣

I'd probably be able to "prioritise travel" if I was (or rather, my husband was) pulling home £150k a year.

Are you suggesting that only men earn that type of money HaroldsSocalledBluetits? I can assure you that this isn’t how it works in our household. In fact I’m the one that earns £100k+, not DH.

This year we spent about £800 on 5 days in Butlins with the dining plan for 4 of us. Our eldest is now in school but don't think we'll stretch to the prices in the holidays. We are going to do camping next year and I'm picking up equipment month by month and by selling on EBay to spread cost.

Household income about £50k but with nursery fees and we prioritise an expensive family gym membership as well.

We have a similar income to the OP and had our first holiday abroad since the kids were born (eldest is 11) this year and spent £3-4K going to Paris (not Disney!) for a week. We usually spend much less than that visiting family in the UK for our holidays but think it's time we started exposing the kids to a bit of foreign culture.

Whatever, Hainault. There are loads of sahms on here. My point about how it is being presented that the only reason people can spend £10k a year on holidays (a sum only a little less than the entire take home pay for minimum wage employees) is because they "prioritise" them remains the same.

Oh yes, and we spent £500 going to a festival. Had good holidays this year!

@NerrSnerr i paid under £500 for a room for
Four and three on a dining plan for butlins in the summer holidays this year. To add another person to the dining plan wouldnt have been much extra. i now always book last minute and phone them to get a much better price than online.

Also age has a bearing....I never went abroad till 22, the dcs only went abroad 3 or 4 times ...but now at nearly 60 I can throw money at travel as the mortgage is paid and I am retired.

Erm, my mortgage and bills are paid thanks, I also earn significantly more than my husband 😂

Even we we first met and earned about £17k a year we were still able to get away. Some people like fancy cars and handbags, I like holidays. Not that hard to fathom surely?

Harold while I don't earn the vast sums mentioned on here (good on them, I strive for it!) I am one of the ones that said I prioritise our money that way, we both work full time as we prioritise experiences like holidays (obviously it's a wider decision than just holidays! But is one of the many reasons) I assume you prioritise being home, so I don't see why you are taking offence at people using the term prioritise.

About 4k a year, household income about £65k, we do use our own touring caravan for uk hols though so will factor in about £2k a year additional for that as obviously we had to buy and maintain and insure the caravan so probably total £6k of which £3k is holiday abroad somewhere for 2 people. When we both retire we expect to up this to about £10k-15k a year, we have budgeted for this already.

I'm chuffed that I've got business class seats on air miles this year for very little 🤗🤗🤗. Dh earns very well but I love a bargain .

You assume wrongly, kit. I'm just amused at the thought that the reason, say, a cleaner doesn't go to the Maldives twice a year is because he doesn't "prioritise" holidays.

In the last 12 months we’ve spent £5k on holidays roughly. 1x 10 day Europe beach, 1x7 day Europe beach, 1x 3 day city break Household income the last 12 months about 40k but no childcare so we splurged what we would’ve spent on that!
Now I’m back to paying childcare so 3 years until the next one I suppose 😭

I'd think Harold that a cleaner doesn't go to the Maldives twice a year because it would be boring as fuck.

The 'cleaner' may have paid off her mortgage, have no dependents, minimal outgoings, flexible employment and the ability to spend 10k a year on travel if she so chose!

... or, conversely, that simply "prioritising" holidays will enable one to spend £10k on them a year. As though the £150k salary has no bearing on doing so whatsoever.

My cleaner spent 3 months in SE Asia last year...

(He's a bloke btw).