Do you think people ‘look down’ on UK holidays?

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Just a thought I was having today.

My partner and I have booked a UK cottage holiday in August for us and his kids which has not worked out much cheaper than a holiday abroad. However when his kids discussed it with their mum her reaction was ‘oh can’t they (my partner and I) afford to take you away anywhere nice this year?’.

To be honest, we could afford to go abroad if we wanted to but just fancied a UK holiday this year.

Do people really look down on UK holidays and assume that people who holiday in this country must be too poor to travel overseas? Sorry if this sounds silly but her reaction has made me feel slightly paranoid.

It's not just eating out that costs more in the UK than other places especially Spain, Greece, Malta, Croatia etc plus many other places. Transport and parking is often more expensive. Its rare that you have to pay to park at Spanish beaches, beauty spots etc or even in many towns.

I know we have the free national museums in the UK but most attractions where you pay such as castles, museums, theme parks etc are more expensive in the UK and you are much more likely to use them as something to do when it rains where abroad you often spend more time doing free things outside so spend less.

@MaisyPops absolutely, it depends where you go of course and your tastes. Our last 2 we budget just $100 a day for 2 of us and that's fuel, parking and 3 meals, usually 1 sit down and 2 x quick meals (or a decent sit down breakfast and dinner and skip lunch). You just have to remember tax and tip on top! Places like Vegas do lots of happy hours and the like. But we love American food- pancakes, burgers, Mexican street food etc so we are very happy to eat cheaply!

@BarbaraofSevillle absolutely, loooooove filling up a car with fuel in America, I do a happy dance 😂

We don't eat out every day, I don't mind cooking that much.

Our Easter holiday we are in the middle of nowhere, too much hassle to go out every evening.

We don't do many 'activities' ds has autism and pretty much screams his way round anywhere we go.

@MaisyPops which is about £80 by the way, was £50 back in the good old days 😭

Like so many things in Britain, class is a big factor. Many people would regard renting a naice cottage in a surfing village in Cornwall to be much posher than a package holiday in Benidorm. A week in a caravan in Skeggy, not so much....

That's pretty good for all that.

I quite like some typical American food, but is it easy enough to get reasonably healthy food with lots of veg? Sorry if that sounds ignorant, friends of mine said they found lota of the food over there quite carb and fat heavy and things like bread were rrally sweet.

@MaisyPops I lived out there for 4 months many moons ago and found myself craving vitamins! Without a car I found it difficult to source healthier options. I have to admit I can't really answer the question as I happily go for the carb options on holiday, but would say they're pretty good at providing fruit, a fruit cup is a common side.

I’ve never taken the kids on a beach holiday. Im not sorry neither. I dont want to go abroad. We’d all want something different and that would cause disagreement. So we have a couple of weekends in the UK. Wa have no one to look after the animals anyhow if we went longer than 4 nights!

We don't go on 'holiday' we tend to go to hobby related events as our 'holiday' so you can look down on us from great heights.

I do struggle to understand people who have zero interest in exploring the world and visiting new places. In my experience these people can be quite narrow minded

Thank you for making me laugh so hard on a day where I have had to come into work on a Sunday . Much appreciated.

👆🏻 And I couldn’t afford to take 5 to explore the world.

I like being narrow minded.

I think we are also dull

For short breaks uk holidays are best, who wants to waste time in an Airport. We are going on a caravan holiday to Wales this Easter for £200. I fully anticipate it will be pouring with rain but there is an indoor swimming pool and a kids club so the kids will be having more fun then at home in the pouring rain.
We went to Spain and Italy near to Easter before and it has been equally pouring with rain, we have no luck with the weather and it cost more. However the atmosphere in catholic countries at Easter is spectacular.
For the same price I’d definitely go abroad though.

I'd never look down on someone taking a UK holiday. If you get decent weather what's not to like? No travel hassles unless you are unlucky and if you are driving you can take everything bar the kitchen sink with you.

I am getting fed up with travel hassles, we had a nightmare journey back through France due to the Gilet Jaune protests so decided to give our usual post Christmas jaunt abroad a miss. I'm just not ready to put up with the potential delays so soon. I'm considering booking a cottage in Devon when the weather improves.
Holidays in the UK are expensive so why would you look down on people who don't want to go abroad.
Each to their own, just go where it suits you.

If they do, they are idiots. We go abroad a lot, but we also holiday in the U.K. and love it. Granted, you don't always get the best weather which is why we do both, but if we could guarantee the same weather we had last summer I wouldn't be bothering to go abroad. So many beautiful places here, rugged coastlines, pretty villages, cities full of culture and history. We are very lucky! Enjoy your holiday 😁

Even if you go to a tourist resort and don’t speak a word of another language there are different plants growing by the roadside, different birds, different roadsigns and all sorts of different things sold in shops

We can get all that in Wales

We don't need guaranteed sunny weather on holiday. In fact, we ended up in Tenby during the heatwave of 2017 and it was absolutely awful. We'd rather it was just nicely warm, and preferably dry on our days out but can plan around showers.

I'd love to holiday abroad but just can't afford it.

So we are going to the Isle of Wight. It's almost abroad isn't it?

I do laugh at those people who say it's just as expensive as going abroad.

Find me a holiday for 5 for £400 at Easter and we'll go! (Inc travel costs) I've got the passport forms waiting in anticipation.

I work with people who have holidays in Mexico, Cuba, Thailand and other far flung places. I've had people literally laugh at me for saying we were going to York for a week (we are in the SW).

We have been abroad in the past, and will probably do so again, but aside from Disneyworld most of our recent holidays have been to places like Newcastle (fabulous holiday), Durham, Sheffield, Cornwall and Suffolk (and that was a trek I won't be repeating!).

There is so much of the UK to see that I don't see why people are so sneery, but each to their own.

So we are going to the Isle of Wight. It's almost abroad isn't it?

We had a lovely holiday one Easter on IOW, it just got hotter and hotter as the week went on.
www.islandcottageholidays.com/cottages/the-indian-summer-house

This place was fab!

I like holidaying in the UK. I don't like travelling much.
Don't really give a shit if anyone judges me.

I think if it's your only holiday in the year they do!

Only working class people would look down on that. Middle class people love to summer in Cornwall, Scotland etc

I live abroad and hate spending my holidays in the UK. I do it so my DP can spend time with their GC (they love to take them in the caravan) but I do secretly resent leaving a country with great summers and lots of lake activity, to go to a country which has questionable summers and where a raincoat and wellies are as essential as buckets and spades. And thick socks for on a night when we are camping. Ugh. Also, as you say, it isn't cheap.

I do love to visit in the spring and autumn though.

I'd much rather holiday in the UK. I can't really afford the kind of holiday I would want abroad, I'd only be able to afford a beach/resort type affair and we'd all be bored shitless.