What is your summer holiday budget?

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I know people on here find it crass to talk about money and holidays… let alone both in one thread!

But I’ve just booked accom abroad for the first time in 5 yrs and I’m having a freak out when looking at costings for everything else!… Fuel for driving to the alps mainly!

I have a £3000 budget for 2 weeks, but I’m struggling!

All in, probably 10k for a family of 5 for three weeks (long haul, multi-centre, really nice hotels). I know it’s a lot, but I’ve self-planned and gotten deals as they’ve come up, so actually feel it’s really good value for money considering how much some people pay for a single week at a European all inclusive in August!

We always used to book flights straight away when they were released when we had to stick to school holidays.
We had loads of decent value flights even for peak summer holidays when we did this.

I’ve noticed that lots of people complaining about costs on these type of threads are completely disorganised and don’t even start thinking about their summer holiday till the prices of flights have soared, and all the good accommodation is gone!

It’s mainly just me and dh now, and we do a variety of different types of holidays/breaks.

Typically we spend around £800 on a European city break, for 2. That’s flights hotel/Airbnb, and meals out and activities.
We would spend around £1500- £1800 for a week/10 days in greece Spain, Portugal.
Because we can be flexible when we can travel , we can take advantage of off peak times, and last minute, or fairly last minute holidays.

some examples are a tui holiday to Bulgaria for a week for £700. flights to Crete for £200 and the Airbnb for £300. I’ve just got return flights to Milan for £70 each for me and dd.
Currently waiting on easyJet to release flights for June next year so I can book Portugal. I will book them on the day they come out.

Thete are definitely some holiday destinations that you cannot scrimp on though! Spent a bloody fortune on five nights in new three years ago.
Everything was just so expensive and there was just no getting away from it. Had a fab time though and it was a special occasion so worth it.

We generally manage a week away self catering. 200 accommodation, a couple of meals out and 2 or 3 activities. Probably 6-700ish. We try to get one or 2 weekends away in a YHA which are probably 300ish. So 3 breaks a year, under 1500. But we work in health and education so not high earners.

I'm in NI so the flights are always more than expensive. For various reasons were probably not going to get away this summer so I'm determined to save to get something amazing next year.

We did a week in the Cotswolds at Easter and including ferry (£600) and cottage rental and spending money it was probably £3000!!

My sister goes on loads of holidays I'm so

Flights around £1750, acc around £600, eating out for every meal and activities around £2k, taxi to airport and home uk £280 ( cheaper than parking and fuel), taxi in Greece to apartments £ 80 return, car hire £300. That's for 5 of us last year, this year only 4 going so reduction in some costs but flights were more me I expect cost of eating out will have increased too.
2 weeks in august is main priority so we save the money.
Very cheap apartments, really basic but with tons of local soul. Perfect.

9 days in Hisaronu Turkey.
£700 including spending money

Just me, on my own.

This year about 10k, and that doesn’t include flights which we didn’t pay for. We are going to Disneyworld, and New York. Not been away for 3yrs, plus been working 6 days a week for well over a year now, plus just got a promotion. But even so I can’t believe how much it’s going to cost us. Still it’s a big celebration, DS is 18, A level results and about to go to Uni. It will be worth it.

For me villas are more luxurious... because of the privacy

We’re in a villa with a private pool - but splitting cost with family

We've just spent 4K (hotel and flights) and another 4K (spending) on 10 days in the US. We go back in October - 8k (hotel and flights) probably another 5k on spends. We don't do holiday budgets when we're there though, it's whatever we want spent on whatever we fancy - makes it feel more holiday ish! Two adults only.

This makes total sense, and it depends what you want from a holiday. You want the privacy, and the added extra space of a villa which I can completely understand. I'd prefer a smaller hotel room, but one that means I can get away with doing bugger all whilst in it it. Depending on where we go, we in the past chosen hotels that offer rooms with private pools - in Thailand / Asia this is fairly easy to find without spending ludicrous amounts of money, it's slightly more difficult in Europe as the premiums for private pools are often (IMO) not worth it.

This year, it’s about £13/14K all together for 1 week in Turkey over Easter and 2 weeks in Dubai in August (we love heat!). We are limited to school holidays.

Even pre covid, our budget was similar and often more as we’re a WDW family and try to go every other year if poss. We do save some money on Disney hotels as DVC owners but we also like to do Universal and Discovery Cove most visits. We don’t travel economy long haul so that adds to costs.

I’m with those that prefer hotels over villas and other self catering options- for me a holiday is break from my normal routine at home and being pampered looked after by someone else- no cooking, cleaning, tidying or entertaining others. Where we stay also has be nicer than our house, we developed a taste for luxury hotels and there is no going back!

How we afford it- it helps that we earn very well and have decent savings. We prioritise holidays. We are not into ‘things’. The kids are teens and have friends obsessed with the latest expensive gadgets, trainers or designer clothes. Thankfully, my lot love a good experience and would rather spend their money on days out or experiences on holidays.

Turkey seems popular

I was amazed how much car hire is costing now. 2 weeks car hire in greece in the school holidays was £2k. Holiday this year is almost £12k for 5 people but we have not been abroad since 2019.

We've booked with canvas holidays for 2 adults & 2 children for 5 nights in France for £590, £291 in Paris for 2 nights & 3 nights in Disneyland Paris for £2500 with meals etc included. This is expensive for us though. We use Yelloh, Canvas or Huttopia & manage 10 days in one or more campsites in France &/or Holland for about £1200 including eurotunnel & petrol. Food is obviously extra but it's not too much.

We normal do Disney at a much cheaper price but we've booked too late this year.

We worked out that last year we spent around £10.5k on holidays.

3 nights in Latvia for DHs 40th. AirBnB accommodation. April. Flying.

4 nights at Les Ormes Eurocamp site in Brittany. Booked last minute. Cost approx. £1000 all in (£185 ferry/accommodation, everything else the rest). May half term. Driving.

6 nights at La Croix du Vieux Pont Eurocamp near Paris. Approx £2000 all in. End of August for my 40th. Driving.

3 nights in Budapest. Just DH with some friends for a 40th. Hotel accommodation. October. Flying.

3 nights in Munich. Just me and my best friend. Hotel accommodation. End of November (Christmas markets). Flying.

7 nights skiing in Austria. Luxurious aparthotel, ski in ski out. £5,500 all in. Over Christmas week. Flying.

Not sure what the short trips cost off ths top of my head. Somewhere in the region of £300-£500 apiece all in.

This year's holiday lineup will be significantly less.

We have already booked France for the summer. That will be around £2000 as usual.

We are debating whether to ski at Christmas or the following Easter. Waiting to see what Christmas prices are when they're released in June time. We want to spend less than our Austria trip. We splurged on the accommodation at Christmas, but it's not something we want to do every year. Most likely about £3.5 to £4k. Skiing is generally the most expensive because of all of the elements on top of travel and accommodation (lift passes, ski school, equipment hire).

No plans for those short breaks this year as no big birthdays this year.

Well last year we couldn't fly anywhere for medical reasons so spent about 10 days on holiday in the travelling around the UK and spent about £5k.
This year we are spending 3 weeks in Asia in August and budgeting around 15k - 10k for flights and accommodation and 5k for food and spending.

This is an anonymous forum so I will openly admit, we are holiday snobs. I won't stay somewhere unless its nicer than my own house,
Luckily my house isn't that nice which leaves me a lot more choice budget-wise. 😀We have just got back from a week in the Dolomites for five:
700 euros 2 bed apartment
500 euros eating out
150 euros 2 days skiing for the kids
100 euros day at the spa/pools
Travel - I'm not sure but it's about a 3 hour drive for us.

We probably spend around 3k per year, we do a week at eurocamp in France which is around 2k including accommodation, transport and spends then a few haven breaks dotted throughout the year - the haven breaks are always under 200quid accommodation as we book as soon as we get back for the next year and we don't spend much more than we would spend at home during the school hols. We have 3 kids and our eldest is 5 so these types of holidays just work for us, once our kids are a bit bigger (and we have no childcare costs!) we will likely venture further afield.

Disagree completely about the luxury element to holidays though, they just need to be fun and a change of scenery for us.