To spend almost 1k on a UK holiday cottage in September?

[Smallpaw]

Is this too much? We're a family of 5, no school hol requirements.

It seems a lot when there's no 'going abroad' involved - we did go somewhere £200 cheaper last year but there was no wifi which rather put a downer on things!

I think it’s pretty average really. Everyone is booking U.K. holidays as going abroad is so uncertain. We are paying £5k for 2 weeks in a (albeit lovely) cottage in st Ives in July - and I struggled to find that! I’ve also just booked a caravan in the lakes for 3 nights at Easter for £400.

£140ish per night seems about right for a family of 5, but you can only say of its reasonable for you or not. But all does depend on where you are going, size of cottage and amenities

Well bearing in mind you'd pay 100 A night per room in a hotel,seems ok to me. I paid for 2 bed cottage in Yorkshire last but one week of summer school hols, nearly 1000 And Tuesday to Monday(bizarrely).

Depends on the area and property but I would expect to pay £700+ for most in the summer holidays, or £1000 for a static in a nice area, so if its a nice one then it's about right.

Pretty normal, the house i clean is more then that per week, and its booked up solidly every year (does sleep 8 though)

I was scrolling around earlier for summer half term, and found a possible in Devon, enough bedrooms (three) and accepted dogs... it was a bit under-equipped in several other ways though. Nevertheless I wanted to find out how much, and only when I got to the booking page that I discovered they wanted £3771 for the week!!! WTAF!

Gosh £5k for 2 weeks! That makes me feel a bit better. We can afford it but I'm naturally frugal and my comfort point is about £700-800 usually. I think I'm still also remembering caravan hols from 10 years ago when I managed to get cheap last minute weeks for £300-400!

The same property is available in July but for a fair bit more (£1400) and that just felt too much. Hence looking at September instead...

I suppose whether it's too much would depend on where you're going?

Depends on size and quality
We have paid same but its a top end one on the site and biggest as we wanted lots of room as sharing with another couple ( if allowed by then )

We have paid just under £1500 for a week in a three bed cabin in a forest. We should have been there this half term, but has been pushed to May half term instead. Cost a touch more and does seem expensive with it being UK based. However, I do think we do need to move away from that perspective of holidays at home should be cheap/cheaper than abroad. Not sure if it’s because we equate a holiday with guaranteed sun, sea and sand? Anyway I’m really looking forward to it - anything for a change of walls!

We’ve booked a cottage first week of September when schools are back for £550 family of four in Cornwall.

@Loopyloututu2

I think it’s pretty average really. Everyone is booking U.K. holidays as going abroad is so uncertain. We are paying £5k for 2 weeks in a (albeit lovely) cottage in st Ives in July - and I struggled to find that! I’ve also just booked a caravan in the lakes for 3 nights at Easter for £400.

Are you me? I'm off to St Ives (1 week not 2) but have also got a 3 night stay in the Lake District!

It's standard for a house in UK during peak season.

@Loopyloututu2 I didn’t think we could book anything until 12th April at the earliest or have I got that wrong?

Depends what level of comfort you are after. Standards will vary greatly. We have done many uk cottage holidays and I always think that if I'm on holiday it should be a better standard than my own house to make it feel worth it.

I've paid nearly £900 for a 4 bedroomed, 4 bathrooms property for a week in Wales. There's just the 2 of us 😀 but I wanted this particular house. Can't wait.

Depends where?
And how many beds? Style? Seaside, sea view or countryside?
Sounds ok to me though.

weve booked a cottage in the highlands for first week of september and thats £800 for 2 of us so for 5 people isnt too bad a price

Saying we shouldn't think of them as cheaper than overseas you are paying for a flight too obvs.

Its fairly standard during peak season, the cottage we have booked for August is a little more, but it does have a swimming pool.

£200 per person for 7 nights seems to me to be the way to think of it.

BigSandyBalls2015
They’ve said self catering from 12th - I’ve booked 3 nights from 16th so should be ok (sorry I meant Easter holidays not Easter weekend)

• no idea whether anything will be open but they said museums zoos etc will be from 12th so I’m hoping that means other attractions will be too? If not I guess we’ll be doing some hill-walking

God no I wouldn’t - I’d rather keep the money and do something better next year

I am paying (well, have reserved and fingers crossed) £600 for a two bed small apartment in N. Wales in August and tbh I was surprised it wasnt more!

So a whole cottage for £1000 would be about right.

That said, the price of holiday accomodation in the UK is why we started doing Eurocamp, we could have a longer holiday with better weather and the same (and sometimes nicer) accomodation for the same price or very little more as a week in Devon (say).