I'm curious, how much did your summer holiday cost this year?

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How much are people paying to go on holiday this year?

Our stats:
2 adults 2 children
1 week in July to Lanzarote
Basic 2 star self catering apts, small pool, all clean and pleasant. No luxury.
£1800
Spending money approx £1500

We eat out for lunch and dinner each day, visit a music bar/play pool after dinner and do a few local day trips but kids happy with pool/beach/playparks. They could run up and down a wall beside stairs for hours!

I pass by some of the bigger hotels with the entertainment and activities and wonder if we would like that. Would anyone share how much they are paying for these types of holidays?

Just wondering how much people are paying for different holidays and also, as an aside, when is the best time to book for best deals?

15k for 14 nights in Florida for 2 adults 2 children, in a deluxe Disney hotel, with all meals and snacks included (and we had lots of amazing meals - including in the Disney castle) and unlimited drinks in the resorts. This included 14 days of park tickets, all official photos, direct Virgin flights and also we also had a night at the Hard Rock Hotel and two days at Universal. When I look at some prices for basic pool holidays it doesn’t seem too bad a price!

I’ve seen your other posts and it seems like the culture is your main focus, good for you if that’s how you structure your holidays.

Assuming you’re genuinely confused and not trying to jab at me for our holiday choices, I’ll take the time to explain that as we are both in the armed forces & spend a lot of time away, our holidays this year have been more about quality time as a family & with our friends and loved ones, who we live no where near. Our kids are well travelled & exposed to plenty of culture (never mind that we are a mixed race and culture family) and we have a 5 month extended trip around Asia in 2027.

Just under £4,000 for myself,Dh and Dd 21 to Rhodes for 7 nights in August
Staying in 5 star adult only hotel 2 bedroom suite sea view and private pool bed and breakfast as we like to eat out for lunch / dinner

This sounds heavenly. I absolutely adore Rhodes

@Btowngirl It seems some people can’t resist taking a jab at other people’s choices. I can’t see why anyone would care that someone chooses to spend their money on a different kind of holiday to them. I can only assume there is some insecurity there and they need some sort of validation that their choices are the right ones.

Just been on a weeks all inclusive to Crete for 2 adults, 1 teen = £3800

Such a good thread! £8k with spends. Ferry to Rotterdam, 2 nights Amsterdam, 2 nights Efteling in the Grand Hotel (2nd most basic room), 7 nights Hof Van Saksen (5 star Landal site). Me, DH and 8yo DS.

I’ve been thinking this year that I want to reduce this cost next year. Money just doesn’t go as far as it did a few years ago. Some of these posts have shown that we don’t need to spend this much. That said, this might be our best hol yet.

A week for a villa with pool in Skopelos in May was £1300 for 3 adults ,including flights. I took €500 spending money. I will be going by myself to Skiathos in early September,an easyJet package flights,self catering , transfer cost me £600 for a week, probably take €300 spending money because I spend less when solo.

Are you American or something? Or perhaps really junior at work? Such an odd question to ask.

I’m not American (nor junior) and we’re not allowed to take full two weeks in the summer.

i was in another company (7 years ago) and summer was our “peak season” so we couldn’t take any time off full stop.

But I assume you understand other people can? It’s an odd question to ask, why would anyone assume their own work’s policy is applied everywhere? As has been said, teachers are but one obvious one!

I’ve never been to Rhodes before so really looking forward to it as all I’ve heard from people I know who have been is how nice it is
We stayed at our first adult only hotel last year in Portugal and it was wonderful now we wouldn’t go to a regular hotel

It doesn't make me cringe as such but I kind of understand where the poster is coming from. It seems a bit obscene somehow to hear of people spending €46,000 (rocky mountains I think someone said further up the thread) when I earn €25,000 a year and DH even less. Admittedly I live in southern Europe and salaries are a bit lower but mine is a professional, full time office job, not minimum wage or anything for where I am.
I mean, if you have that money it's yours to spend but it kind of blows my mind a bit, I have to say. Maybe it blows their mind that we bring up two teens on a combined income of less than their holiday budget. And no, cost of living isn't "massively cheaper" here, it's pretty similar in lots of ways.

Having said all that, we always have lovely holidays (almost always in Spain so we don't have to fly and pay airfares) and just cut our cloth.

We are going AI but literally spend no (or very little) money whilst we're there. We have all food and drink in the hotel. Great with our kids to have snacks, ice cream, drinks etc on hand whenever they want it. I reckon it would cost more to buy everything separately.

@ItalianChineseIndianMexican I wouldn’t bother. You’re just going to get a faux-surprised response about how you couldn’t possibly not sample the local restaurants.

I’ve never been on an AI holiday before, but the concept isn’t that hard to understand, so I don’t believe that they genuinely don’t understand that most people on an AI holiday eat most of their meals in their resort.

Some people seem to get personally affronted when someone chooses a different kind of holiday to them.

2 adults 3 children, 1 week in Spain during June, self catering on a caravan park, £1660 including flights and transfers. We spent about £2k on eating out, day trips etc.
We've booked all inclusive, 10 days in Tunisia for next year for £3300.
Due to my childs disability we're lucky that his school allow us authorised holidays which mean we can go when its a bit quieter.

That’s a totally understandable perspective. We spend high on holidays, but spend less on other things in day to day life.

I think to say it makes someone “cringe” is almost like saying “if we had more money to spend on holidays we still wouldn’t.

people cut their cloth and allocate their spending in ways that best suits their family. I find it odd that some people don’t seem to understand that

Singapore/Bali 16 days May-June including flights/ airport transfers, two day tours 4 /5 Boutique hotels £5000 for 2 adults. Plus lunch and dinner when not included in excursions and extra day trips approx £1200. (Possible to spend less by skipping stay in Singapore and 3/4 hotels) - get money goes further in Bali.

Yes, I mean, if I had loads more money I would absolutely spend more on holidays and traveling, I love going to new places. I think some people just are a bit taken aback by quite how much disposable income some other people have.

How wonderful! I would love to be able to do this for my family. Hope you have a fabulous time 😍

Well our holiday this year will be in October - two adults, two children going to Orlando for 10 nights, package deal through a travel agent was around £3k, then around £2k for park tickets (we are doing Universal only) £300 car hire, £2-3k spends.

Thinking of doing a cruise I saw advertised for next year which is £4.5k

This thread shows the Mumsnet perception of the majority of posters being high flyers up for being the nonsense it is. Posters come from all walks of life. There are as many in caravans and camping sites for two weeks as there are doing a one week AI and people are grateful for doing these.

A tiny proportion are doing no budget holidays.

Ikos?

We had a 5-week cruise and stay holiday in Feb to Australia/NZ for two adults, which cost 25k.
We have just come back from Crete for 11 days, which cost around 5k, including Airbnb, spending money and eating out every day. We had a lovely time, 3 adults.
We are off to Ireland for NY.
We have another cruise booked for October, but that is subject to cancellation due to family issues.
We love to travel.

DH has just spent about £25k on a trip to USA for the world cup 🙃 he was there from England’s first match all the way through to when they got knocked out at the semi’s.

So to make up for my very long period of solo parenting, we’re going to The Maldives for seven nights (just the two of us) for about £15k (all inclusive) and then to Santorini as a family (4 adults (my parents included) and 4 kids (my two DD’s, my teenage DS and his gf who we paid for) for two weeks, think it cost about £12k for the villa, £8k for flights and we’re self catering so not sure how much we’ll spend when we’re there. My parents paid half of this trip.