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.

@Curlyhairedassassin it's not just me then 😂

Between £300-1500 per year.
I’m not hugely bothered about exciting holidays- I’m happy in a caravan in the rain! Will prob go to more exotic places when the kids are older

stubbornstains I do look for bargains but I fly first class and book luxury villas with butlers if possible. At full price that's a hell of a lot more than my max £10k budget but I search around to get them cheaper and use air miles etc

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@PinkGinFreak, but £70K is the salary a couple of teachers or nurses or police officers would earn between them. Although £35K isn't a bad salary, it's not massive.

HollowTalk, it takes a good number of years before a teacher earns 35k

Lost What kind of benefits are you receiving with a post-tax income of £45k? I’m in the US and can’t imagine anyone earning approx. $60k getting any government support.

This year about 5k..... week in Norfolk at Easter and a week European AI in the summer, weekend at Alton Towers and a weekend camping. Earn 130 ish.

Next year around 10k planned.... week at Easter in U.K, camping in May, two weeks AI in summer, long weekend UK in October and Lapland for a couple of nights in Dec.

60% of people earn less than £30k . £35k is a far from average wage.

If someone's household income is 150k+, they don't need to hunt for bargains. They may want luxury, the best etc. and why not? Booking the holiday you want without spending days trawling websites for the best price is great if you don't need to be penny pinching.

HollowTalk most nurses earn nothing like 35k.

This year we stayed in a villa in Spain for a week £3400 including flights for 4. Three nights in a UK hotel £740 and in October two nights in a U.K. Hotel £600.

Last year we had a few 4 night breaks in the UK around £600- £1000 each.

We earn less than you.

@blue25

Wrong
Pre divorce our income was £152k plus v large bonus

We wanted 2 weeks Holiday in Greece. Ten days in Sani (google, silly prices) and four days in the mountains. I spent hours researching and managed to get for £11k for two adults and two children

If I’d gone through a travel agent, that wouldn’t have been far off the price for one week at Sani alone.

Normally have 1 abroad holiday £3,500 1 Butlins weekend £700 and 1 caravan Mon-Fri £500-£700 so £4,900 ish
Last year Florida so £8,000

We love holidays in our house (2 adults, 1 kid). We ski 1-2 times per year, then usually go on a beach holiday in Europe somewhere in August, usually in a campsite but sometimes a villa. We also do a few smaller trips each year like city breaks, haven/centre parcs, camping or weekends in Wales. Every few years we go to Asia which pushes the budget up a lot. We don’t really have a budget but probably spend about 8-12k. We might go to USA next year but generally avoid long haul because it’s too expensive.
We earn about £50k each. We spend a lot of money on holidays, because we like them and we can afford to. If we earned more we’d spend more on holidays.
I can’t believe dogs cost that much! How do people afford them!?

£720 on a week away, including accommodation, trips out, food (s/c), and petrol. ''Twas bloody lovely too ☺️

most nurses earn nothing like 35k

I would think it’s about average for a nurse. It’s a band 6 salary.

OP our household income was 90K about 10 years ago - we couldn't afford a holiday - we stayed with the inlaws which wasn't too bad. We have a huge mortgage, with lots of insurance, car loans etc - we just didn't have a pile of money left over and i know that sounds crazy!
We now spend around 6k on a 2 week break and every few years we spend at least 10k going a bit further afield - we still have a hideous mortgage, I like going on holiday but I certainly don't want to live in misery for a year for the sake of two weeks holiday - that just reminds me of all those people who suffer misery for an extravagant xmas morning - it's just not worth it !

@Isentthesignal see though, for me personally I would never take out a huge mortgage as that would make me miserable. I'd hate to have no money left over because I had such huge outgoings.

I'd rather have a smaller mortgage, a simple lifestyle and extra money to enjoy holidays. Horses for courses isn't it.

Verybad: I wouldn’t think 35k is an average salary for a standard nurse. Experienced team leader type position, maybe.

What’s a standard nurse?? A senior nurse is still a nurse. A director of nursing is still a nurse.

“According to PayScale.com, the median salary for a registered nurse (RN) in the UK is £23,000. With bonuses, and other compensation, an RN with less than 20 years of experience may earn up to £34,105. Nurses with more than 20 years of experience can expect to make 15% more than these average amounts.”

23k is the median salary for a band 5, (or it was a couple of years ago, it’s a bit higher now) which is the starting band for a nurse in the UK. There’s plenty of nurses on bands 7 +, earning much more than £35k. Assuming you work as a nurse for your whole career, 20 years would be around the mid point, so £34k would be about average for a nurses salary a couple of years ago, so probably a bit higher now.
So you are agreeing with me, but I’m not sure if you know that 😂
I’m a senior nurse btw and I earn just under £50k. I’m definitely still a nurse despite being paid above an average salary.

Our income is about 180k after tax.

It's more than my brothers but less than my sister's.

I've said this before on MN.

I think it's a bit repulsive that we earn so much.

As a family.