How many weeks of the school holidays are you actually away for?

[SneakerShoulders]

First year with school age DC, so just curious.

How many weeks of the school holidays are you actually away on holiday for (ie not based at home, any kind of camping/self catering/hotel etc time away whether in UK or abroad)?

I'd count Mon-Fri as being away for the week, but not if it's just one night away.

1 week

Usually a week to a week and a half over summer. Plus a week at either Oct or Easter. I think we’re lucky to do that though.

This year was 1 week in Dorset.

Next year we are away for 10 days in Egypt.

3 weeks. We always do 2 weeks at start and then the last 1 week. Breaks it up nicely.

At least 2 weeks in summer hols.
Ideally 2 weeks at Easter depending when Easter is, if it's too early then a week in May and maybe a week in October

My DD was away 3.5 weeks with her DC

This year we did 3 weeks but most years it will be none and the DC go into summer camps.

Do you mean just summer? If so four this year.

We have a week at Easter and October too.

As a family (two kids plus me! we were away for ten days.

But when you factor in their time spend with their dad, then one spent a week with grandparents (at their request!) and the other did a language exchange (just starting yr 11 now), they barely saw this house!

So that’s not ideal but at least they were at home for their time with their dad, and he’s only two streets away so could see friends, keep up with local commitments etc

DC have 13 weeks holiday. We are away between 7 and 9 weeks per year. Both DH and I are foreigners and don’t have family in the UK, plus I can’t wait to escape the British weather.

Three night trip to Yorkshire and another three nights on a European city break. That's a lot more than we normally do.

A lot tbh. We are in the sweet spot age wise for going away with them, it’s not hard work like younger ages and they aren’t teens yet so not missing hanging out with mates. So getting trips in while we can.

For me 1 week.

for the kids
10 days in uk with their dad
1 week holiday with me
1 week holiday with their dad

4 nights at the beginning of the holiday and 8 nights at the end, all in the U.K.

We usually go for 4 nights at the beginning and and 4 nights at the end so it was more than usual for us.

Usually a week's foreign holiday plus several short camping or 'stay with friends in the UK' trips. This year, two separate weeks abroad, two short camping trips.

We were very lucky this year. 1 week in Germany over easter. 1 week Greece in summer. 3 days Butlins end of summer.

Next year we will be away 3 consecutive weeks as travelling long haul to visit family.

0 nights away this summer. It was a long 6 weeks with the DC at home.

We had our holiday during the Easter holidays. I’d much rather the schools have extra time off at Easter and a shorter summer holiday, as we had to take the DC out of school for a couple of days to make the holiday doable.

This year it was 3 weeks (3 x week long abroad)

Next year it's 1.. so far, will probably be 2

This Summer Hols we were away for 17 Days total, 1 week then a few Weekends. We normally go away Every School Half Term for the Weekend / 3 Days.

We try and go away for most of my DH holiday allowance, so 6-7 weeks

1 week. I spread my leave through the year

It varies, but around 4-5 weeks usually. DH and I both get 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

That's for the whole year, not just the summer holidays!

2 weeks in our holiday home in France during the summer holidays. In the past we've gone for 6 weeks. Then we let friends borrow it. Going on our main holiday (child free) for 2 weeks in October half term.

Summer- usually two weeks
Easter- seven days- when not in exam years
Christmas / New Year - three days in Europe