To ask how much you spend on a UK holiday

[Maryofscots]

I've not been on holiday in the UK for many years as I find it much cheaper to go abroad. We are considering it this year due to the way things are. So if we are allowed to, say in August, for a week, how much would you expect to spend? I know there are loads of variables here but still curious/hoping to find some form of average or idea. Thanks in advance

Lovely house slept 6 or 8 in Clacton, May half term 2015, £400 ? for 4 nights.

Cottage in Lake District in August 2017, slept 8: £700 for 6 nights.

AirBnB terrace house in Skipton in August 2020, slept 6+, think it was £800 for 6 nights

I don't think those are "very expensive", actually. They aren't as good value as £200 for a week in a caravan that sleeps 6 in Hemsby/Yarmouth which is more than some can afford, tbf, but they aren't crazy numbers. I don't like restaurant food much so self-catering is my first choice, anyway.

ps: none of those were booked far in advance, the Skipton one was 2 nights before, the Lake District cottage was ? 4-6 weeks before. I would never want to book many months ahead if I could delay instead.

Depends what you want to do. We have done various things at varying costs - we have a family caravan in Norfolk so only have to take spending money when we go there. 5 days at Butlins, £200 (we are a family of 2, me and DS so we only need a twin room). Few days in London, £500. A lodge in the forest has set me back £2k.

Here's a top top...if you want a UK holiday in August and you're going from England, Wales or NI, go to Scotland and go in the last two weeks of August.

Scottish schools resume by about the 10th August and we've had some real bargains in the past by going once Scottish kids are back. I suppose it's kind of the equivalent of going somewhere in England or Wales in the first week of September, prices come down a fair bit ime.

We usually pay around £800 to £1,400 a week for either a nice self catering cottage or glamping during school holidays. There are five of us which is a bit more limiting than for four.

In terms of what we spend when we are there, it varies depending on where we are and what we are doing, but typically not a huge amount. We typically hike most days (making it fun for the children with ice cream/cake stops, camping stove brew-ups etc) or go to the beach, if we are by the coast. We might have one or two 'days out' at more expensive attractions, if we fancy it. Maybe one or two meals out. We also have membership to NT and EH, so will make use of that.

And obviously it works both ways...i have Scottish family that always holiday in Wales in early July as prices are so much cheaper and their schools have broken up already.

I had 4 lovely nights in Devon last year in a hotel. I think it was 4 star or maybe 4.5 if that’s a thing. The hotel was £1200 dinner, bed and breakfast, for a room with massive veranda facing the sea. We had breakfast in the sea facing terrace everyday and it was things like fresh fruit and then eggs royals and smoked salmon etc. Spending money was low for what we did. A cave tour, paddle boarding, 2 mammoth walks, a boat trip, 4 really nice pub lunches and one cafe lunch. So about £1600 all in plus petrol.
As a comparison we also had a week in Turkey in a 5 star hotel which was an extremely late booking (36 hours before we flew) and that costs for £1500 for the holiday with all food and drink. We spent about £300 on three amazing trips and a had three big sessions in the spa with a treatment each time. That price includes flights so there were no travel costs apart from a few pound train fair to the airport.

Holiday let for 3 in Gower bank holiday week in August £1100.

Normally we don't bother but I had to reschedule from October half term so we moved it to August and will pay the difference.

@FredaFlintstone

Here's a top top...if you want a UK holiday in August and you're going from England, Wales or NI, go to Scotland and go in the last two weeks of August.

Scottish schools resume by about the 10th August and we've had some real bargains in the past by going once Scottish kids are back. I suppose it's kind of the equivalent of going somewhere in England or Wales in the first week of September, prices come down a fair bit ime.

Great tip!! Thank you.

£6,000 for a fortnight, 4/5 bed cottage, self-catering. This is Cornwall peak season and includes food, fuel, activities and a few nights out. Did caravans many years ago but these used to be as expensive as cottages.

Cornwall and Devon are generally wetter in July /August than the East Coast though, but if going earlier in the year the weather is better and outside school holidays about 35% cheaper.

We usually holiday in Spain as we have access to an apartment there.

This summer we have 6 days in Cornwall for 4 self catering for £1300 in May half term.

In August we have 2 weeks booked in Devon £1200 for first week, £1500 second week.

Top line caravan on a given site in say Dorset/Wales/Cornwall for a 3 bed in august £1,500 up.

Park desk up north we did a week for &600 before and that was 3 bed decking en-suite etc

Camping in Norfolk again august for a week with ehu can be £200 a week to £450 a week. Non ehu could be down to £80 a week.

I try and get 2 bed self catering for max £600, ideally £500. Usually in august but have gone last week of july or whitsun week. If you have dc and they are not at school June is much cheaper.

Petrol will cost £100-200 depending on distance and days out when there. Eg we might only go 100 miles but if we go to Cornwall we are looking at over 300.

Food will take some staples with us like bag pasta, cereal, crisps and stock cubes etc
Do a small food shop there as dont want to be taking loads home. Buy extra when needed.
Dont usually eat dinner out but will eat a couple of light lunches or cream tea etc out, and most days coffees etc rough guess for all food £100

Days out try to do cheap or free most days with a pay to get in once (unless weather dire everyday then you end up spending more). Allow £100 for this. This includes souvenir or treat for dc.

So probably about £800- £1k altogether.

Nice but not super-luxury three bedroom cottage by the seaside for a week, I normally have a benchmark price of one thousand pounds, between 800 and 1,200.

We’ll eat simple meals in the cottage for four or possibly five nights, which I don’t count in the budget because it costs the same as it would at home, if not less (because we’ll be shopping at a mega Tesco rather than our normal Ocado). We might have a fish and chip takeaway one night but again that’s something we’d do at home.

That leaves two evenings out and six lunches.

Because we like to go for walks and to the beach, which are free, our entertainment spends are relatively low. For our next holiday we’re planning one day trip which will cost us 100 quid (older DC pay adult prices) and another which will cost twenty.

I always do airbnb in the uk.

This year I have two cottages booked in Wales, totalling 7 nights for the second to last week in August.

For 3 bedrooms, it's costing just over £800. There were more expensive ones, some up to £1000 for four nights, and some caravan ones that came in at about 650.( if totalled for the week)

Spending money on top- I'd guess around £100 per day, probably? Depends on whether we do any of the payable attractions.

One thing I did notice- the choices were nowhere near as plentiful as usual.

It obviously depends what kind and quality of accommodation but if you compare with what you get abroad be prepared to pay a lot more.
I don't cook on holidays, eating out is part of the treat .

Because of the risk of bad weather I prefer several short breaks rather than risk a solid fortnight of rain which I once had in Cornwall.

I have booked a 3 bed 3 bathroom apartment on the sea front for 4 nights and its costing £1300. Another short break 3 nights in a luxury lakeside lodge £800. I have two more similar breaks booked this year, all UK. May not get the first one in May if restrictions still apply.
These are not in school holidays and obviously don't include food or travel.

We did 10 days camping holiday for around 1k last year. It was raining for most of those 10 days so there are lots of indoor activities in that price and a few lunches but mostly cooked in the van.
If we don’t have my DSC we “wild camp” a bit (legally) and that costs us next to nothing.

We’ve just booked a self-catering holiday apartment for 5 people for 7 nights, in Pembrokeshire. It’s a top floor flat overlooking the beach. Cost £950. I’ll budget about £400 spending money when we’re there. We’ll mainly eat in but have a couple of meals out. The main cost will be for activities, adventure park, boat trip, zoo etc.

We've just booked our first UK holiday for this summer but are going at the end of June after Scottish schools break up so it seems a bit cheaper than July/August. £1,500 for a week at centre parcs (3 bedroom for 2 adults and 2 kids) plus bike hire for adults. We'll likely have easy lunches in the lodge and will bbq or use the restaurants for dinner.

If one compares like with like , then England/UK is very expensive.

A 4* hotel "abroad" will be far less than the equivalent in UK - even including flight costs.
And the food & weather will almost certainly be better.

Spent £1k on a mid week break at a lodge with a hot tub with Forest Holidays 2 yrs ago.

Also spent £350 on an ensuite family room at the YHA Ambleside in the Lake District. We paid for breakfast but self catered for lunch & dinner. 2019 pre covid prices.

£500 for a late booking haven caravan at Wild Duck Norfolk. 2019 again.

£500

It all depends on what sort of accommodation you want and for how many people.

Last summer I managed to book a lovely beachfront apartment sleeping 6 for £730 for a week in late august which was a bargain. There was an outdoor pool but not much else around, it suited us though.

£80 mid week October in static caravan, not during school holiday at seaside

Hotels are more expensive

Anything outside of school holidays is cheaper

£800 - £1.5k for accommodation for a family of four
The rest is the same as you would pay abroad petrol is cheaper than flights, you still need to eat and drink and the entertainment and days out are about the same cost.

Nothing, I refuse to spend money on unpredictable weather.. I’ve been to Spain 5 times in the last year for less than it would have cost for one UK holiday, especially with flights being so cheap recently.