What percent of you household income do you spend on holidays?

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Ours is probably around 5-7% which would be a short haul and a short UK break.

Poor and poor management if money so none :( Camping for a week in UK solike £400.

Our joint income is about £50k. We probably spend around £1500 on holidays so that's 3%.

Typically that would be:
A week in a UK Airbnb (~£650)
A week staying with family who live in a tourist area (~£150 for travel, food, trips etc)
A week camping at a "fancy" campsite with pools etc (~£350)
A couple of weekends camping at more basic campsites (~£100 each)

These threads are always a bit silly because I might spend £40k and it might be less than 10% whereas another family might spend 10% and its £3k.

Plus as a wealthy poster I could spend 50% but if that still meant I had £250k its hardly a problem.

This year.
Stayed with family abroad. Flights and food above what we would spent at home £1000
Caravan in Scotland an eye watering £900 for thenweek.
Camping in Wales £150
Camping in lakes £130
Staying at friends family cottage in Wales £300
£2500 in total so 3%

Next year we have saved for a big holiday and will be more like 10%

High income, relatively modest holidays- about 1%. Typically 2 weeks in a villa somewhere in Europe and a few weekend city breaks.

I think a percentage of income is less silly than asking how much you spend on holidays. It gives a proportionate view.

2% over 2019-2022 s that’s taking into account covid.

Looks like 0.24% of pre tax income. cost of transport to the inlaws house to stay a couple of times a year.

Within the UK.

This year 8% ish not including money spent when away. Two week AI in summer, 4 night UK break at easter, 4 night UK October half term and 3 nights at Butlins just before christmas.

It's also meaningless because a percentage takes no account of life stage or circumstances.

Our income is low by MN standards but we're child free and just about mortgage free, so probably have a larger disposable income than typical high earning families who live in a family sized house in a MN appropriate location and spend thousands a month on their mortgage and childcare.

We don't have that expense so spend what looks like an eyewateringly large percentage on holidays. Usually around 20% of our after tax income.

20% this year but we’re going to Florida which is hideously expensive at the moment. Usually 10%, or a little more. It’s really my main reason for going to work!

A tiny amount - maybe £200 this year, but I'm paying school fees so my budget is pretty stretched already.

It varies. Anything between 5-20%

Wow 6.5% the years we go abroad. Never thought about it like this. That's based on this year with a bargain abroad holiday and 2x caravan hols. Low income household

Well over 10% and manage to get at least 4 overseas holidays a year out of that, because we travel off-peak/not in term-time and we’re massive Avios whores so almost never pay full price for flights. 😊

About 10% of pre-tax income. We spend a lot on holidays, about 20k a year, maybe more. But we save about the same amount.

If we have one, about 2%.

Gross salary is $182,000. Take home just over $150,000. We spend at least $30,000 on holidays each year. So that’s at least 20% of my take-home salary (husband is a SAHPerson). But we are child-free and holidays are our number 1 priority.

Hmmm I've never really thought about this before. We love our holidays, it's the one thing we really splurge on, so we go away around 3 times a year for 2 weeks and at least one of them will be long haul.

This is a rough guesstimate but I think around 12% of joint gross pay or 19% of joint net pay. Yikes, seems like an awful lot when it's written down like that but our fixed outgoings are very low so it doesn't put us under any pressure. For comparison, our mortgage is just under 6% of gross pay.

We've spent a big chunk this year - 35% of gross pay.

Maybe 3-5% but we are very fortunate and money isn't an issue. Just the 2 of us so money goes further

I do holidays on an absolute shoe string budget. Book flights the day they are released, cheap caravan/village style accommodation. Hostels if it's a city break etc. I spend about £2k a year on two adults and a teen and that's for 2-3 separate weeks away over the year. We just got a great deal to the south of france for 10 of us in June next year. Flights were £66 each return, accommodation £44 each and transfers £20 each. I'll spend around £120 each and self cater. So for £240 that's a winner. Can't get a caravan break in the uk for that and come in under that budget.

Just over 10% of pre tax income. Next year it’s an outrageous amount- over 30k on three holidays!!!

Too much but travel is a real priority for DH and I, especially since my cancer treatment. Our house needs painting and new furniture but we have three overseas trips totalling eleven weeks planned for next year so far and I haven’t planned my 60th birthday trip yet 😂