I really hope this doesn't piss anyone off given the current financial crisis... and I'm sorry if it does. Please don't jammie dodger me! Trust me, money aside nobody would want the last two years I've had mentally and now I'm genuinely in between "go for it" and "don't be an irresponsible twat". I am 38 and live alone, no kids. Just me. The past two Christmases have been absolutely shit. I spent the last one trying to cheer both myself and someone else up from a really depressing situation and the one before that was at the start of a very ugly breakdown. I lost almost 3 stone in weight. Details irrelevant but I wouldn't want to go through it again for all the tea in China. This year I have started to feel better but I really don't want to be at home for Christmas, I know I'll just get depressed again. I'm already dreading it and it's not even Halloween. Yes people will say "please come and spend it with us" but I don't want to be the spare prick in someone else's home despite how welcome I will be. So I just want to jump on a plane and go somewhere new and escape it all. It's going to cost probably just shy of £2k for what I'm aiming for including spending money, everything, even the airport taxi. This will be around 15% of my savings, which I do try to increase each month. My total bills at the moment (obviously this will increase) come to around 40% of my take home pay. The rest goes on food, petrol, living and then saving whatever is left. I'm really not wealthy by any means (especially compared to some of the high earners on here) but I have a relatively small mortgage and I don't usually live a very expensive lifestyle. Of course deciding not to have children has impacted this. Spending this much on a solo getaway is NEVER something I have previously contemplated. But this year I want to just forget the festivities and lie on a warm beach with a good book and a few cocktails. I'm also starting a new job next month so there's always the worry they will hate me and give me the sack! If you were in my position would you go for it? It would be cheaper to stay in the UK of course but this is the point - I want nice weather, a positive environment and to just turn my back on December altogether.