To think my DH is a miser when it comes to holidays? How much do you spend?

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We are a relatively high earning household. We earn between £7k and £9k a month net. Have a small mortgage, no debts to pay off, monthly bills but essentially never spend over what we earn (we have saved for so long, we have kept up with this habit)

We both agreed that we needed a foreign holiday where we could relax, so I looked at options for an all inclusive 4/5 stars, pools, kids clubs etc. for 7 days. The quotes I got back were circa £5k to £6k (school holidays, family of 4).

My husband then says 'We can't spend like this every holiday - it will be a 1 off' - which is fair enough, I don't mind camping or hiring a cottage etc.

But then I got thinking - am I taking the mick with this holiday? What do other people spend when they go abroad?

I don't want to start a 'showing off' thread but genuinely How much do you approx earn as a household and how much do you approx spend for a week abroad? This holiday is slightly lower than a month's earnings - is that too much?

Thanks in advance.

Oooops the above was meant for another thread - apologies

I go to Tenerife every year as my family live there. Accommodation and flights are about 800 euro, spending about 1600, two weeks, family of four.

I have a holiday home in France. I spend about £3k on taxes and upkeep each year. I spend between 2 and 4 weeks there each year and lend it to family and close friends. I try to avoid flying so go on ferry in overnight cabin costing about £500 each way for 3 of us. I also like 3 long weekend breaks for 2 either in UK, Paris or Rome etc costing about £4k combined. I only spend what I can comfortably afford on holidays.

It’s all relative isn’t it? Less than one month’s income for a really nice family holiday sounds fine to me. If you’re earning an absolute fortune then the chances are you’ve worked pretty hard to get there and your job is going to be difficult. If all your bills are paid and you’ve got savings, what’s the point in having done all that work if you can’t enjoy it?

We don't personally usually take family holidays abroad (though dh and I do travel abroad individually and sometimes as a couple). With a combined income of probably around £100K give or take (dh is self-employed), so maybe £5-6K per month, I'd say we spend about £1-2K per holiday, maybe 1-2 times a year (we also do lots of short weekend trips and camping). We're more cheap and cheerful than big blowout holiday, just because I'm not sure we get more enjoyment out of things that would cost a lot of money and involve longer travel time. But I think with your income level, I wouldn't be too worried about costs as long as you aren't otherwise massively overspending.

2 adults and a teen.

Last time we travelled - 2019, we spent £4300 AI in Mexico.
This year, £6500 15 nights Florida (not including food, but including theme park tickets).
Before I got this life (post education and a change of career), in my previous marriage and job, I would spend £60 for a Monday to Friday Haven holiday off season.
My best holiday has to include a peaceful week on a borrowed canal barge - cost was nothing at all.

We bring in about £5.5k a month but I like a foreign holiday. In our BW campervan though.