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More holidays or fewer holidays but more expensive?

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Hungarian · 14/10/2025 21:43

Is it better to go on more trips or go on fewer trips but have more cash out there?

In a situation where I could fit in a quick and cheapish (£1k) trip, or I could save some of that money towards an upcoming city break or beach holiday I have upcoming.

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herbalteabag · 14/10/2025 21:49

I think it's better to spend your money on a place you really want to go to, and be able to make trips to see things or have experiences that interest you, rather than just go on holiday for the sake of it. But if more money won't greatly enhance your enjoyment and you comfortably have enough for eating out, trips etc. then it doesn't really matter.

Cappuccino5 · 14/10/2025 21:59

Quality over quantity for us. We saved from 2022 for our recent Australia trip. Spent a month travelling right up the east coast from Melbourne, through Sydney, Byron Bay + Brisbane to the Whitsundays & Great Barrier Reef. Absolutely no regrets - many pinch me moments and bucket list items ticked off!

Arrrrrrragghhh · 14/10/2025 22:02

Technically more money to have fun on an existing holiday is better.
However I would probably squeeze in a second if I could and maybe do a day less or something to justify it. I live one holiday to the next.

tellmesomethingtrue · 14/10/2025 22:08

A quick and cheapish holiday £1k…? Lucky you. I hate threads like this.

joanofaardvark · 14/10/2025 22:12

tellmesomethingtrue · 14/10/2025 22:08

A quick and cheapish holiday £1k…? Lucky you. I hate threads like this.

"Hate"? Quite an extreme emotion.

Hide them or scroll on by. Envy is the thief of joy after all.

Rumplestiltz · 14/10/2025 22:19

More, shorter holidays. Unless you have smaller children to accommodate - where taking them away requires a break in and of itself, it’s about working out why you go on holiday. For me two or three days in a beautiful city gives me as much of a change of perspective as a 2 week expensive holiday - but that is very different from a once in a lifetime holiday around Australia etc.

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