£12k for a year for holidays for a couple?

[Kitchenwitchery]

What would you spend it on? I'm thinking:

Two 3-day trips to London for theatre and museums - £2k
Skiing in the alps for a week - £4k
Visiting family in America for a week - £1.5k
Holiday cottage in Scotland for 1 week - £1.5k
5 days in Iceland - £1.5k
Long weekend in Venice - £1.5k

How about you?

Or maybe:

2 week cruise around Japan and Korea - £6k
1 week skiing in the alps for one member of the couple who loves to ski - £2k
1 week in Scotland with family for the non- skier - £500
1 week visiting family in America - £1.5k
1 week in London - £2k

Interesting.

I'd be more:

1 x Japan £10k
1 x UK probably Scotland break £2k

Quality over quantity. Especially hotels and restaurants.

Yes, I guess I'm more quantity over quality as I get restless. Plus a friend of mine went on her dream very expensive holiday a few weeks ago and was very ill the whole time she was away. I'd rather hedge my bets!

6k for the 2 weeks in Japan and Korea seems unrealistically cheap?!

It's roughly based on this one: https://www.celebritycruises.com/itinerary-details/12-night-south-korea-to-japan-from-seoul-incheon-south-korea'?packageID=ML12I135

What would be your holiday choices?

I wouldn't be going to Iceland, unless you fancy doing 5 days in the shop.

Your costs seem on the low side, a week in the USA for two people at 1.5k? I know you have free accommodation but buying food, attractions etc is still going to cost a fair amount on top of flights.
Do you have points for flights?

But to answer your question more broadly we have dc but do 1 cheap ski holiday, 1 cheaper theme park break, a short week in Mexico and ideally a longer road trip, with perhaps a child, parent long weekend.
So I am inclined to go for quantity over quality apart from the trip to Mexico.
We are in the USA so different places are cheaper for us.

We have points for flights and food is mostly free (we stay with parents who cook at home but we chip in), then attractions are mostly lying by the pool in their condo complex, going to the beach nearby, and going birdwatching so free. I know we're very lucky with this one!

In terms of Iceland, Reykjavik and the airport and most other tourist destinations aren't affected by the eruptions. I'd still be happy to go.

£12k is just about the State Pension. There are 11 million people aged over 65 - 18.6% of the population.

A single pensioner needs £12,800 min. That is more than the personal free tax amount. A couple need £19,900 a year.

One in five of employed people about middle age have no private pension. You need an income of £43K to retire comfortably.

If people are taking holidays at that rate, will they suffer for it when they retire?