We’re paying £750 for a week in Suffolk on AirBnB, we have both English Heritage, National Trust memberships so even with spending money on things like arcades and petrol reckon it’ll be around a grand. This is without swimming pool though. Like everything I suspect it’s best if you shop around.
Will be honest though food is complicated, which might bring price down, my daughter has coeliac disease so we don’t really eat out (sadly not from choice). So this feels a lot cheaper than AI abroad holidays we’ve done before. Pre her diagnosis we would spend more on food out some days.
Also would say we got to a point with abroad holidays where my daughter got a bit bored of kids clubs, and whilst we’re happy to rent a car and explore that felt like it added £££ on. I do really want to try Eurocamp and driving down to one in the sun. I suspect I need to be more savvy with looking or compromise on locations, but I did seriously investigate a short break in Italy this year and flights (without anything else) were £900, we just weren’t willing to spend that much when other places are so much cheaper.
It feels like the cost of abroad holidays had risen SO much and we’ve had a lovely time in the UK. I would say though we do tend to avoid ‘attractions’ (we’ve never had a full week of awful weather so far 🤞🏼) and a few years ago did give in and go to an otter sanctuary in Devon where we probably spent £80 for an hour or so entertainment. There were lots of families getting off a steam train then going to the otter place so would presumably forked out loads for tickets to the train - doing that kind of thing every day can imagine is SO expensive and we’re lucky we’re just not that fussed.
A typical week in the UK for us in the Summer would probably look like:
Beach a couple of days, can include paddle boarding or kayaking (we bring these from home, realise this is an additional expense we’ve already covered)
Long walk another day.
Castle/heritage attraction depending on location this could be two days - and good for bad weather. Usually free with memberships.
Wildlife trip - we’ve had absolutely amazing dolphin watching off Cornwall several times now. This is £££ usually.
Town/city/seaside place visit depending on where we are. Usually will involve paying for parking and money on arcades but is a great wet weather option.
Usually a smattering of ice creams etc across the day which also add to the price!
So far we’ve never been bored. Feel like I have jinxed myself for a week of rain now though 😂