How much do you budget/spend per year on holidays?

lulalola

It varies depending on where I decide to go but I reckon I spend £1000 to £2500 per year on holidays - that's just for me, going alone, booking everything myself rather than using tours. I spend most of my spare cash on travelling as it's my absolute favourite thing to do. I don't own a car, rarely eat out or get takeaways, and buy the few clothes I own from charity shops and Primark, in order to have enough money to go away as often as possible - for me experiences are worth so much more than Stuff!

Greenqueen_2

I own a villa in Spain so holidays for us are now just about getting convenient flights and doing self catering. Going three times a year paying no more than £50 per journey because we can choose to go any day or time.

For a family of 4 staying in the middle of August it would cost around £1800 including flights. Going at Easter would cost £1200. The summer prices are higher because we pay for a life guard at the pool to work in July and August. Additional people could stay for the cost of their transport.

meer53

Last years holiday - 2 weeks in Turkey, school holidays, me and daughter £2500 (holiday and spending money)

Previous year, 2 weeks in Florida, school holidays, me and daughter, £5500 (holiday and spending money)

Next years holiday, 2 weeks in Turkey, outside school holidays, me and daughter, £1600, holiday and spending money.

I only go away if i can afford it, new bathroom needed couple of years ago so no holiday that year You can't really go on what other people budget, depends how much you have and whether you want to spend it on going away.

alb1

I've not been on holiday for 8 years, purely because I couldn't afford it. Next year I'll be going to Iceland and New York (one trip). The flights and hotels have cost me £650. The spending money will be determined solely by how much I can save before then. Whatever I can save will be spent.

I can't imagine going on 4 weeks worth of holidays in a single year (plus my annual leave wouldn't allow it) and that would be a bigger thing for me than the money. If I had a larger budget I'd probably spend it on a single, more expensive holiday but as had been mentioned before it's a very personal thing. What's right for you and your family isn't going to be right for the next.

heartbreak_star

Curiosity has risen...

Are holidays considered a necessity these days? To me, they've always been a luxury?

(I don't really have holidays as such - I LARP, which is camping and fairly hard work!)

I haven't been on a holiday abroad for years. (I went to France with work in June and stayed on a sort of Butlins-type place with a pool and restaurant, but couldn't really relax due to getting up at 6am every day and sharing a chalet with my boss....!)

I don't really miss it. I went to Disneyland Paris for my 21st birthday, 15 years ago, and I'd like to go to Florida to see the Epcot Centre and Harry Potter world, but that's about it really.

Am I a bit weird?

HBS x

onomatopoeia99

If you're weird then so am I. I probably manage a holiday one year in three and even then rarely more than a long weekend. If I manage to do my Italian grand tour (of 16 days) next September that will be the longest holiday I've had, ever, and the first time I've done more than a week since I was eighteen, when a bunch of my friends and I went for a fortnight in Corfu.

[Deleted User]

We don't really budget for it.. i get bonuses twice a year, the wife saves money away separate.. when we feel like planning a holiday we see what is in the pot, and decide that way.

We normally manage a week away in the UK and a week or two abroad most years. Last year was a week in Butlins (don't judge, the kids love it) and a 12 night cruise around the British Isles. Technically it was abroad because it stopped in France and Ireland

Gloomendoom

heartbreak_star wrote: »

Curiosity has risen...

Are holidays considered a necessity these days? To me, they've always been a luxury?

They are a luxury, but that is no reason not to take one if you want one and have the means to pay for it.

Primrose

Difficult to say really. On the face of it, virtually nothing on holidays specifically as we we have a small seaside holiday flat and poodle off there whever we can. Consequently we self cater most of the time so bills no different from being at home and have no accommodation to pay for . On the hand, we have outgoings for Council tax, Utilities and maintenance so if we added up all thos, our "free" holidays might be a lot more expensive than we suspect ! But the more we use it, at least the cost per visit drops.

jackieblack

Gloomendoom wrote: »

The are a luxury, but that is no reason not to take one if you want one and have the means to pay for it.

I agree

Some people eat out or get take aways regularly, some go out drinking or to the theatre/cinema, some spend money on sporting events/season tickets, others on regularly redocorating or buying the latest gadgets etc. I prefer not to do any of those things and save the money for travel instead.
As a family we probably spent 15-20% of our household income on holidays, that was a decision we made to prioritise travel to particular places while our daughter still wanted to travel with us.
Now I'm on my own and money is tighter but every spare penny will be squirrelled away towards future trips and I am happy to make sacrifices in other areas to enable that