To ask what your holiday plans are this year

[BonV0yage]

DH and I own a restaurant and accommodation in a touristy area in the UK. Obviously, the last few years have been a rollercoaster financially and emotionally and we're considering whether DH or I go back to a previous career to guarantee an income - this would involve some commuting and overnight stays so would be a big upheaval.

It's really hard to know what business will be like this year - I know lots of people will be desperate to get abroad for the first time in a few years, I now don't know what to expect with rising electricity and fuel costs and interest rate and rent rises not to mention the situation in the Ukraine. Our own costs are rising massively, all suppliers are raising their prices and minimum wage is going up by 6.6%. We're going to have to increase all our prices just to cover the increases.

So - does any of that change your holiday plans this year - whether you go abroad, holiday in the UK, a mix of both or don't go away at all?
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I was going to book a week in the same UK location as last year in August, but the cost for a midrange hotel had more than doubled, nearly tripled for some nights.
So I've booked for October in a totally different location in the hope of having a different type of summer instead.
Abroad was out because of the covid situation and being cev it felt too risky. Though am glad given the Ukraine situation.
A lot of people i know have booked uk. One family have double booked themselves with UK and abroad expecting to lose a very large deposit for one. And I imagine those that can afford will also do the same.

I'm more wary if petrol costs re holidays tbh as we've had shortages (again) in the last 10 days and it's been priced at 165 in places! That makes the 700 miles round trip incredibly expensive.

But I also think that utility changes won't be so felt as we're moving towards warmer weather. Whereas possibly next year people will be very reluctant to commit to holidays after a year of the cost and inflationary prices.

Uk all the way for us, this year.

Lots of our plans last year got cancelled so this year we are packing in a lot. We’ve recently come back from skiing in Colarado which was amazing. Plans are a few European breaks, then lots of State hopping in the US so that we don’t have to take lots of time off.

We have a second home (we'll, technically it was our first home, we moved away and kept it) and are going for a week in March, a week in August and probably again in October/November. It's rented out the rest of the time.

We have our main holiday there every second year, and every other year we usually go abroad, but haven't been away asa family since 2018. Dh and I had a long weekend away in winter 2019 for our silver wedding.

This year we are going, along with our 3 young adult children and partners, to Croatia.

When we're in the uk we tend to buy fancier food and eat in (and drink more!). Our house is in the middle of nowhere, so we tend not to eat out as it's a long drive home. There are some good restaurants, but maybe a one off treat. We did go to Cornwall one year, and eating out was expensive and uninspiring at the same time!

Abroad we eat out about half the time. We all really like going shopping and buying and cooking local stuff - dh especially loves foreign supermarkets. But eating out abroad is much cheaper we find, and it's the best way to sample lots of local stuff.

We're going abroad partly for a change, to see somewhere new, for the heat and the sun (we live in Glasgow so don't see a whole lot of it!). And it's better value for money.

We are going to the US, re-scheduled from last year. Just under 2wks in Florida and 2-3 nights in NYC. DC will be 18 (days before we go) and 14 so feels like it could be a last family holiday (hoping not) so glad it’s a big one. Costs have gone up hugely since we last went so it’s costing a lot, I’m doing a lot of overtime to pay for it

Yorkshire part tent part hotel for a week. South Wales for a week with the touring caravan. We eat out a fair bit. Also do weekends away. We always do UK holidays… except one long weekend in Paris just before covid.

Hoping to do 2 weeks in Florida in November as we have friends & relatives there & it will be 3 years since we've seen them there. DH paid in dollars, so exchange rate is immaterial. I'm also doing a long weekend in St Andrews, a festival & a 3 day walking break with relatives in the Malverns. All God- willing!

We go both.
Got a bit holiday in a couple of weeks long haul and planning a week in the UK in September.
We plan to continue although won’t be long haul every year (never have). I love going away to see other parts of the world and I love exploring places in the UK as very into hiking. Don’t spend much on our UK breaks (tends to be a few nights camping then few nights air b&b) to reduce the cost. Might have a couple of lunches out and a pub dinner or two but our main focus on UK breaks is hiking/climbing mountains.

We’re side hustling to cover price increases instead of cutting costs too much and travel is a priority to me so I’d rather have less personal spends day to day and continue to get away.

I hate leaving the dogs so we always holiday in the UK though we're going away next week and it's the 1st time since just before lockdown.

Mind you I'm slightly pissed off that we've had to pay 3 times what we did 2 years ago for a similar let........

Oh also planning a 4 day hike in June in UK. Will be camping but will go to cafe’s and pubs for meals where we can.

@BonV0yage Anecdotally we live in England in a very very touristy town-from our dog walk today it was absolutely heaving with British tourists-the overseas ones not so much but it was very busy with walking tours and big groups so think ppl def enjoying UK breaks

DH and I are doing a European city break for a few nights over Easter and we're going to Spain as a family for 2 weeks in the summer. We have had UK holidays for the last 5 years (due to covid and before that not wanting the hassle of flying with a baby or toddler) and to us it often feels like less value for money. That's not the main reason we're going abroad this year though. I think we're craving a proper change of scenery and guaranteed decent weather after a few years of holidays where you're lucky if you get 2 or 3 sunny days.

@BoodleBug51we do too-has had great success in driving to france and dog friendly accommodation-worth a look

Quite a few! 2 European city breaks just dh and I, a UK coach tour with dm then 2 weeks in Greece with dh and dc. Would never risk our main family holiday in UK, we need to guarantee the weather, its all about sun, sand, sea.

San Francisco last month (first time overseas since 2017)

New York later this month

Possibly Boston in early April (if I can get time off work)

Lancashire (AirBNB) for Easter - UK trip means the pets can come too

Currently looking for a English AirBNB for the bank holiday week in June - some are very good value, some are extortionate (yet aren't offering anything particularly amazing) and once the increased petrol costs are added, the more expensive ones are pricing themselves out of my decision. For the prices they want, I might as well go overseas (only thinking stopping me is I'd like the pets to come too so UK would be better if possible...but then it may be bank holiday road gridlock and a stupid idea!)

Already UK cottage for Christmas this year

Between July and November, there will be more trips, probably overseas. At the moment I'm just keeping an eye on flight prices and weighing options up.

We’ve got France, Spain, New York, Indonesia and Northumberland (fingers crossed on all of these). A very unusual blow out year.

I expect we will only go with one meal out on the 3 night Northumberland break, however last year we spent 12 nights in Scotland at ate out 11 out of 12 nights to support the local economy. We wouldn’t usually spend so much on food on a uk break. One thing which would attract us to somewhere is a good quality childrens’ menu alongside quality other food. It’s nice to eat somewhere special, but for children to be welcome. For me value for money and not getting something I could make at home are key.

I’m going to Paris for a friend for a couple of days later in the month, and Lanzarote with DH at the end of May. We will also probably go to Dubai in September or October.

Apart from the odd night away, we don’t tend to holiday in the UK. Reasons being, that’s it’s so expensive, it’s usually cheaper to go abroad! And usually I want a guarantee (or near enough) of good weather, and I enjoy experiencing different cultures. The UK doesn’t seem like a holiday to me IYSWIM.

We are going to Northern Spain in our campervan.

I’m impressed at the ample of trips some of you are having. I’m terrible at just sitting down and trying to find something and having gotten put of the habit due to the pandemic, I’m even worse. The war is worrying me too as I’d love to go to Croatia but now not so sure as this thing seems to be escalating. We are also at a tricky stage DC wise. 21 and finishing uni and 18 and starting uni.

Oh and DD has a levels this May and June so can’t go away at Easter due to revision.

UK break coming up this month, in a log cabin so we mostly self cater, perhaps we’ll eat out once or twice that week. Hopefully we’ll go to Portugal in July and Singapore in October, all world events permitting. Would like to get back to NZ this year but likely won’t make it, maybe in 2023.

Currently in Egypt.
August in Greece.
October in Egypt.
December in Egypt.

Might do a few seaside weekends or theatre breaks in England.

We normally holiday in the UK. This year we have booked two weeks overseas. I inherited some money and we decided to use it for this trip which is somewhere we’ve always wanted to go but it won’t be cheap. It’s not a pool holiday- there’s stuff we want to see and do.

6nts away to Paris for Disneyland.
10nts in Spain in the summer holidays.
A few nts in London
Probably the odd day away/overnight in the UK for days out. Blackpool at half term to see the Illuminations.

I'd say that more people than in a normal year will holiday in the UK again this year, because there is still a lot of worry about Covid among older/vulnerable people, plus the possibility of expensive of tests and complicated forms for overseas travel. My older relatives haven't been abroad since 2019 and adding in the Ukraine situation I think many will decide that staying in the UK is the safest and easiest option for now. Rising cost of living is bound to have an impact too on whether many can afford any kind of holiday at the moment.

We and our middle-aged friends with kids are mainly planning overseas, to make up for lost time. We've got 2 trips to France planned and US at Christmas, but we're also doing a week in Cornwall with my parents in July. In a normal year, we'd do either a week or a long weekend in the UK, so we're reverting to our normal pattern of holidays this year and hoping for the best.