Holiday prices gone mad in the UK

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So we have recently just come back from a 3 night break in Scarborough which was kindly gifted to us so joined a how much it cost! Accommodation was a cottage. Nice, basic clean in the centre of town. 2 adults and 2 children.
We though about staying in the uk next year and as a comparison I put in next years holiday for 2 weeks in the same cottage. 3 grand!

Flights and accommodation to Spain doing it myself including car hire came in to less than this. (Not a package) It's a no brainer.
I understand prices have gone up but we were hoping to stay in the uk and save some money. This was just a normally run of the mill holiday cottage! Nothing flash. Dread to think how much we would spend.
I understand why the owners do because of rising costs. However, I know I booked similar cottages pre Covid and they were around but sure I could have booked a similar cottage for 800 a week. It's doubled!

@MariaLuna called bullshit on the cruise. So an apology is owed?

Dh is very good at finding cheap holidays abroad. Sometimes it is possible.

Same here.
mibd you campsite prices have been shooting up even for grass pitch , and just a loo !

I now only ever holiday in the UK where there are haven sites and I can get a weeks worth of caravan stay for £200.

@MariaLunacalled bullshit on the cruise. So an apology is owed?

Don't even know what you mean....

Not overly worried about rough sea weather. These boats cope brilliantly and I've not suffered from sea sickness.... yet

Have you ever been in the middle of the Atlantic in a storm @Thebelleofstmarys ? The first - and only - time my parents sailed across (on the QE2 so not a little ship) I remember my dad telling my ex-navy uncle before they went that the ship was so big it would handle any 'waves' fine. My uncle just laughed at him.

My mum and sister were sedated in their cabins for most of the crossing as were most passengers - lots of injuries and broken bones. Nobody could walk anywhere. Dad said the whole ship was just disappearing down a wall of water. He was shocked to his core and he was an adrenaline junkie. It was way more than 'rough' seas and a bit of seasickness!

I wish you a smooth and uneventful crossing but a storm in the Atlantic is nothing like the Med.

Prices went crazy during covid when people didn't want to risk booking abroad. The prices haven't come down again as the people renting the houses have become a little greedy...
We go to a UK seaside town regularly in our caravan - this summer the local Facebook page has been full of "last minute cancellations". Businesses in the town are at 60% of their usual takings. 2 of our favourite spots have closed. Pricrs have to come back down again or these locations will start to look like ghost towns.

@Mytholmroyd similar experience to the one I described. Last February we were caught in bad storms from the Atlantic and it's probably one of the worst times to cross. When you factor in the flight home it's absolutely not worth the risk.

Yes sorry @oohsharon didn't see your reply until after I posted!

My sister said she was in the dining room at the start of the storm and an older couple were trying to get into the room but couldn't manage it as it was two steps forward and three back! She thought it was funny at the time but not later that night. My dad (a pilot/climber/cave diver) who stayed up throughout said he'd never been as frightened - mostly because he had no control over the situation - always flew across after that!

Absolutely agree it’s ridiculous