How much would you be willing to spend for a week away in Dec?

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Dh and I are planning a week away with our very close friends and family for DH’s 40th in Dec. We will find a nice holiday let. For a week how much would you expect to pay for a holiday home/air BnB?

We are comfortable professionals, not gazillionaires but can afford to treat ourselves here and there?

Dh and I are miles apart

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5k

I'd say at least £2k for a week for 8 adults. But probably double that if you want something special.

I would say around 2.5k.

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Is he angling for hot tubs and views?

A basic caravan or lodge £800 - £1,200 midrange. A cottage or apartment £1,500 - £2,000 again midrange.

Add hot tub an extra £200 ish. Then depending on location you could throw another £400 on. I like sea views or a good Forrest which tends to cost more.

I'd say £2-3k for a nice, basic property to sleep 8 adults comfortably.

Then extra for nice grounds, prime location, bbq, hot tub etc depending on the level of luxury you want.

Is the problem that you're paying for eight so if "feels" very expensive?

I got caught out like this by offering to take DC and their partners on a trip. It cost much more for the extra adults than I'd imagined partly because needing the extra rooms moved the available accomodation into the luxury category.

This all varies on what u want, u can be glaming or a full lodge or manor. Need more specifics.

In a nice place in Scotland u can be looking at 3-4 grand for somewhere exclusive, and this is not expensive compared to some of the beautiful lodgings up here.

we stayed in a very nice holiday let last weekend with a group and it worked out at £250 per person for 3 nights. It was a big property though and we didn't quite hit full occupancy but it was very lovely (practically a castle). All apart from 2 rooms were ensuite or had their own bathroom.

I would expect to spend around £1k on a basic but clean place and around £5k on a luxurious place:

It’s all relative isn’t it. Depends what type of property you want.

£1000

Honestly it's sooooo area dependent. 4 beds in the middle of nowhere (literally nowhere, nit the lake district, cotswolds, peak district etx) I'd think you'd get a 4 bed from 1500 for a week but it wouldn't necessarily be nice. A nice 4 bed (as in decor, up to date kitchen, holiday feel) could be more like 2000-2500. If you want to actually go somewhere (e.g. nice countryside, like cotswolds, or near a nice town/city with pubs or things to do) I'd say you're looking more like 3000 plus. Air bnbs now are not much cheaper than hotels, sometimes more expensive, so imagine 4 hotel rooms for a week and the type of level you'd go for (premier inn vs fancy country 5 star) and that'll be your answer. Area is important, I have several 1 beds in the cotswolds area, they go for triple a 1 bed somewhere else and are really busy.
If you go cheap, you get cheap, inattentive hosts, broken appliances, less clean, bad reviews....

What are your budgets?