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

We tend to do similar holidays here to those we would do abroad - caravan or Eurocamp type. Price tends to be very similar except you need ferry or Eurotunnel to get to France and maybe an overnight stop too. I'd say between £800 & £1200 for a week's accommodation in either.

We also do short breaks here cheaply by staying in Premier Inns. £60 a night so 3 nights = £180. Obviously you need to eat out and pay to visit places.

It depends what type of holiday you want imo.

Thank you everyone for all the responses. I was expecting a very wide range of figures but these have been very workable!

We have Cornwall booked for two weeks in august. The accommodation is converted barns, complex of perhaps 30, pool on site etc and that’s £2200 per week for accommodation only. It is pricey but it is lovely too.

If you are a family of 4 wanting a cottage house for English school hols for 7 nights expect to pay between £600-£800 for something fairly basic if you want to stay somewhere nicer probably £800 to £2,500.

Spending money varies depends on what you do whether you self cater some of the time, eat out, how far you travel etc etc.

We went somewhere quiet in Scotland last year for 5 nights I think it cost somewhere between £600-700. It was lovely to escape the house and the same local walks. The first day was sunny and it was fabulous and like being abroad but after that it rained very heavily every single day and night. We were still glad we went and escaped the house in spite of the rain. We will probably do something similar this year. I wouldn’t thank you for a busy week in Cornwall or Devon with covid still around.

Great thread, we’re going for Scotland in august, 3 nights in a family room (b and b) 2 nights in a premier inn in Oban (sharing a room with the kids...) and 5 nights in a 2 bedroom retreat at Auchrannie resort on Arran. Ferries and accommodation £2,100 in total. Not intending to cook, but may mix between takeaways and meals out.

I’ve just booked a week in Northumbria for Easter (fingers crossed). Nice 3 bedroom cottage for £1200

Self catering cottages are your best bet but they're booking up fast and August you're looking at over £1000 just for accomodation.

We've had some fantastic holidays in some lovely houses across the UK but it's a very different type of holiday.

I'd avoid Devon or Cornwall for a summer holiday, especially this year. It will be unbearably busy.

@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.

When do it the opposite way.

We are in Scotland and go to England or Wales in either the first two week of our school holidays as their school holidays haven’t started yet so is cheaper for us.

@AdultierAdult we would need new clothes to go abroad as we don’t own many summer clothes, swimwear etc as we live in Scotland and I don’t wear shorts here. Can’t exactly go for some summer sun with jeans and woolly jumpers! We’d be getting some strange looks,

We've booked a fortnight in July in a stunning house in Highlands (accessible to both East and West Coast), sleeps 10, £5k. Hopefully rules will mean that my sister's family will join us (9 people), if not will be just the 5 of us and a lot of space and quite an expensive stay! I reckon the fortnight is about £1500 more expensive than same property last year though.

House is proper posh, with several acres of garden - it is more luxury than home!

We will mostly eat in, go walking & go to rural beaches. There's not really 'entertainment' to pay for. Hopefully some coffee & cake, but that's about it. I think there's a chip shop about half and hour away too.

@2pinkginsplease we're also in Scotland and usually holiday up north. We would also need new clothes to go to Spain or similar.

We usually spend between £15-20 a night on a campsite (that's me and 2 DC). We have a fantastic Cabanon canvas tent that was an eBay bargain at £30. I'd say we get a takeaway or have a cafe lunch/ pub dinner every other day, so that's about £15-30 a shout, otherwise we self cater.

But to be honest, we usually have our main holiday in France, where pitch prices are about the same, eating out is about the same, supermarket food is more expensive, but there is the stingingly expensive ferry fare to take into consideration (Plymouth- Roscoff, about £500 return).

Last year, obviously, we stayed in the UK, and the great thing about camping is that you don't necessarily have to book that much in advance (although last year was more difficult what with half the campsites closed and everyone having the same idea), just keep an eye on the weather forecast, and when it's looking good, pick a destination and head off (I'm self employed, and as a single mum work is fucked in the school holidays anyway).

I've booked quite a few sun holidays. I've got a young DD so it suits me.

If you pick one near a local attraction it saves a fortune. I've been to Tenby and been able to visit Folly Farm Anna's Zoo. Hetherington.

You can book a 6 person caravan and upgrade very cheaply.

Depends. If I book one of the Sun promotion holidays it starts at £48 then I usually pay for an upgraded caravan so usually an extra £30 or so (there is only me and DS but you have to pay for a minimum of 4). Often if you go out of school holidays you can get a really nice caravan or lodge for under £200 booking direct, DS is an adult so we don't have to worry about school hols (not that we ever did). I did once pay £1k for a week in a top of the range caravan on a beautiful site in July, but it pained me that we could have probably gone abroad for a little bit more money. I usually have two or three UK holidays a year, and one foreign holiday every couple of years.

I have a touring caravan. It’s a really modern one with proper central heating, large shower and wash room, big beds etc.. the original outlay was £14k but now it costs us £20 - £30 / night normally and we use it for weekends and summer holidays. We have a week booked in August with direct beach access in a small site (5 caravans only) for ) £130. I prefer to self cater for breakfast and lunch but will eat out for dinner a bit. We are also taking our caravan to Haven, a forest site and other places between May and Sep. It’s insulated and heated well enough that we use it throughout the winter when Covid allows.

I've booked a lovely cottage for a week in August for £475 which is the most I've ever paid for a UK holiday. Usually pay £200-350 for a week in a decent caravan, lodge or cottage.

800 for a week in Cornwall. It's on a little farm complex which we won't have to leave if we don't want to. Lots for the children to do and a relatively quiet beach nearby (although we'll see this year). The attractions around heavily limited visitors last year which was perfect for me.

We discovered it a couple of years ago when inset days allowed us to book just outside school holidays. The holidays get booked up nearly a year in advance.

We usually rent a place which immediately brings down the food costs, even eating out a lot you’ll still have breakfast at the place and can organise snacks or picnics. We also mix doing attractions that cost money with beach/walks/nat trust/ exploring local towns or villages.
Accommodation varies but anywhere between £60/70 a night to about £120 a night for four of us and that includes parking usually. Then a supermarket run which would be the same as a home, some petrol and factor having a lunch or dinner out each day.
I say it’s usually around £1k-£1300 for a week for us and that’s been in Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, North of England, Kent, Dorset.

We often rent a cottage in one of those little farm stays where there’s a few cottages and they’ll have lots of outdoor space or a beach nearby and a few facilities like a little indoor pool, a games room with a pool table, loads of games, darts, maybe an old arcade game, and a basic play area with swings etc

Around £2000 altogether. Up to £1000 for accommodation then we budget around £150 a day on food/eating out/activities/entrance fees. Plus petrol on top of course.

@Hoppinggreen

I’ve just booked a week in Northumbria for Easter (fingers crossed). Nice 3 bedroom cottage for £1200

But it looks like we probably won’t be able to go now. Oh well, at least we get a full refund

We bought a beautiful huge tent a couple of years ago for £50. We've been away in it twice - 1 3nighter, 1 10nighter. The 10nighter cost us around £240. Including d dog. Petrol - £40 max return. We were lucky to have fabulous weather. Most days - on beach, out and about with ddog. Hanging around site. Couple of visits from friends. I love campsite cooking. A great Lidl and Aldi down the road. So a few treat teas - fish and chips, pizza etc. East coast - very cheap compared to Eg Norfolk coast. So all in all 10 days UK seaside - I reckon £600 max 🙂 and we had a lovely time. Didn't go away last year. Ds is now 18 and doing an apprenticeship. So not sure what I'll do now. Don't think he'll want to waste his annual leave on time away with mum 😟 Tent is way too big for just me and ddog. I can't erect it on my own!!

We usually spend a good thousand pound for accommodation for 7 nights. Spending money I’ve no idea! It depends if we do some big attraction type days out with the children.

We have a week in Wales in a house booked for early July, postponed from last year. Just under £900. ( just 2 adults)
We would usually eat out 3-4 times, so budget about £600 for food/ drink.