Summer holidays - will you be having one?

iltisman

We never go on holiday in the summer as everywhere is infested with kids.

Davesnave

We never used to go in summer because of business commitments, and it's a habit now. Anyway, we live where other people come for holidays and there's a wealth of day trips within an hour or so's drive. We'll probably go out on for some long days too in the summer.

Like others here, we pitched-up in Pembrokeshire this autumn, as we often do. It was dirt cheap and the weather was lovely. In all the years we've had autumn holidays, I can't think of a day when the weather kept us in.

Cleaver

Going off to New York in a couple of weeks then a roadtrip around Canada in the summer.

And just to p*ss you all off we're going to pay for it via a credit card, an ocean finance loan and equity release on the house.

credit_crunch_victim

we have been to cyprus for the last 3 years running but with the euro we may go elsewhere or not at all

Jennifer_Jane

Am not booking a holiday for a full year as I had a lot of work done on my sitting-room (replastering, decorating, carpeting etc), so to make up for that cost, I am not booking until next summer. My next holiday may well be back to Cape Town in March 2010. (So flights booked in August or so).

A nice cheap holiday in the sun as the Rand has not strengthened against the Pound.

Jen
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poppy10_2

Holidays are my personal luxury, usually spend around £2000 a year on them. Planning a mini-tour of South America next year

Cleaver

poppy10 wrote: »

Holidays are my personal luxury, usually spend around £2000 a year on them. Planning a mini-tour of South America next year

Ditto. I can't think of a single travel experience where I've thought "hmmm, that was a waste of money". Can't say the same of my other ill-judged purchases (the Wii that got played 5 times springs to mind).

SingleSue

Not sure at the moment as we usually borrow my parents static caravan for a couple of weeks for no fee but it isn't possible next year....looking around at the prices, there is no way I can afford even a few days at the current prices.

Cleaver

SingleSue wrote: »

Not sure at the moment as we usually borrow my parents static caravan for a couple of weeks for no fee but it isn't possible next year....looking around at the prices, there is no way I can afford even a few days at the current prices.

Do you think prices are any different now to 3, 4 or 5 years ago? I know the euro rate is not great at the moment, but other than that?

SingleSue

Yes I do but then I only ever holiday in the UK.....I have no idea about holidays out of this country.

5 years ago, a comparable caravan at the site we go to was around the £500 mark for 2 weeks, now it is closer to the £1k.

For me it seems really expensive because I have had the free use of a caravan from my parents for the last few years, they own a static caravan on a holiday site in Great Yarmouth...plus 1k seems an awfully huge sum of money to spend on a holiday, I could feed and clothe the children for months on that.