Too many holidays?

[HuntyGirl]

I love to holiday. DH does too but thinks we do too many abroad and staycations. I like to go abroad about 4 times a year and the same amount of staycations if not more.

AIBU to want to holiday so much?

I've been away 5 times this year with another 2 coming up. 30 days AL plus bank holidays.

4 weeks away and a few weekends thrown in.

I'm not usually one to give a toss about whether a thread is a stealth boast, in bad taste, etc. but Jesus H Christ OP, read the room.

Poor you having a squabble with your husband about whether you have five breaks a year or ten or whatever and all the while you're overpaying your mortgage and saving. Surely you've got a butler or something you can moan to about this kind of trivial shit.

It’s up to you! If you can genuinely afford it great.

However, don’t be like the family on here who rented throughout their lives, spent alot on holidays, saved nothing and then complained when their landlord ended their tenancy. In other words, don’t put holidays above security.

I love a holiday myself so can’t judge. I think you are taking well above average but it’s all done to personal finances.

I'm a bit taken aback that people would fly this often. I've feeling bad that dh mentioned the idea of flying somewhere this year, when I flew in 2016... Am coming at this from an environmental stand point.

Bizarre op. Who cares?

Yes - definitely. A staycation is when you literally stay at home and potter (which I've done frequently and can be great). A holiday in the UK is a HOLIDAY.

@Ducksinthebath i think this is likely the same person behind the ‘what do other high earners do with their oodles of disposable income’ thread.

Ah yes, that was an eye opener. Honestly, how do these people get to be earning such high salaries if they don't even have the wherewithal to decide how to spend their own money. Laughable.

It's meant to mean that in the UK too, but for some reason, people have started using it to mean going on holiday in the UK. It's very irritating.

Do what you want and can afford op, no need for a stealth brag.

A staycation is staying in your house. A holiday in the uk or wherever you are is still a holiday.

I won't tell you what we do as it has no bearing on what you do.

so basically OP stealth boasts about income.
Welcome to mumsnet!

@Ducksinthebath I think they work very hard to climb all the way up the fantasy corporate ladder to do something that sounds big and important like a lawyer or doctor - they probably don’t ‘work in finance’ though or they wouldn’t need quite so much help from Mumsnetters about how to spend their pots of cash.

The only part where you’re unreasonable is referring to a holiday in the UK as a staycation. A staycation is being off work on leave and staying at home, not going away in the UK

Why don’t you want to stay at home OP, what is it that you’re running away from?

The word holiday is a noun, not a verb. You can have a holiday or go on holiday but you can't holiday. HTH

This x 1000

Sickening

If you can afford it and have the holiday it's really just something to compromise on with your husband. Neither of you are unreasonable. It's just personal preference. Although I would recommend minimising flying where possible for environmental reasons.

I like to holiday more than my husband. So I sometimes go on holidays with friends, my Mum or alone. No big deal.

I love them but I couldn't cope with that many! We have 3.5 weeks abroad this year (2 already taken) plus 5 weekends planned camping at events. We also stop with my parents or his sometimes for ease and thus is too much, I get tired (have to admit age!)

They’re probably teachers

Absolutely not!! No such thing as too many. We don’t get many weekends away now as 2 of our children do elite level sports which take up the majority of Saturday but we still get abroad at least 4 times a year.

@VainAbigail No teachers don't get paid enough to go on holiday and also they're too busy doing work during their holidays.

Why make a post to purely boast? Wow.

I like a holiday, could I manage 8 in a year, I think it depends on how you define holiday!
We live a privileged life and when the DC were in school would generally have 3 overseas holidays per year - ski, sun, autumn activity, plus some UK shortbreaks.
Our DC have now left home (uni/jobs) so we now take short breaks to visit them, our other family that live too far for a day visit and sometimes just a weekend for us. Then as the world opens up we will start to travel internationally and have already taken 2 weeks for winter sun (long haul) and have 2 weeks more booked. What we are less inclined to do now is city breaks in Europe.

We both get plenty of annual leave now, DH gets more so takes time off around the house to rest and do stuff. I would a condensed day week from home so have plenty of time and don't relax unless I am away from my desk

35 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and June to September without any teaching. Perks of an academic career! Lots of time to travel and work remotely.

This feels like a braggy post, read the room. Some of the people that read these posts can't afford to heat and eat currently....