How much did you spend on your last holiday?
Posted by Nathanial1289@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 295 comments
I'm posting this as I'm someone who has hardly gone abroad. Now that life has stabilised a bit, I'm looking to travel more with my family but shocked at the prices when travelling when there is no school.
Just curious about how much other spend on holiday to get an idea of what the norm is. Centre Parcs is gonna cost me like £1,800 at just for the accommodation. I see that and think going abroad makes more sense and then the plane tickets for 4 people are around that price but a fraction of it outside of school time.
Do people just accept that and bite the bullet? Or is there something obvious I'm missing?
Kiteslut@reddit
Last September, kitesurfing safari, 6 days on the yacht at Red Sea. About 2.3k everything imcluded. It was great but never gonna do it again. Heading to Outer Hebrideas instead, as I always did.
BroadwayEssentials@reddit
If you want the same vibe as Centre Parcs, try Bluestone National Park Resort in Wales! Much better value for money
curiouslyopen333@reddit
I was really, really underwhelmed by Bluestone. Personally wouldn’t go there if it was free. The pool was frankly disgusting (and can be used by the locals), the pub is essentially a Wetherspoons, the food same. It pissed down the whole time. I will say the lodges are quite nice.
aled123@reddit
Locals can't use the pool since before COVID. Only used by the locals on select days now (charity days). I've not been but heard the pool is dated and could do with a revamp.
curiouslyopen333@reddit
So what you’re saying is, locals can still use the pool….
Possiblyreef@reddit
Can't really blame them for the weather, you're holidaying in the UK
imfinewithastraw@reddit
If oh want centre parcs - try a European one. They’re not owed by same company now but they are similar but a lot cheaper
Hertfordgal@reddit
Bet it’ll be wet though 😂
MediocreMan_@reddit
You’re right, the rest of the UK is much drier than Wales!
Unstableavo@reddit
Maybe £350-£400 a weekend in Holland for 1 person including flights, hotel, food, souvenirs, things to do & travel
EUskeptik@reddit
Since the UK Center Parcs split off from the European parent prices have rocketed. If that kind of holiday appeals to you, the mainland European Center Parcs are much, much cheaper.
The Netherlands would be a good choice. Good English is very widely spoken and getting there is easy via the Harwich-Hook of Holland ferry, Dover-Calais ferry or Eurotunnel. Train is also possible.
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Ashamed-Assumption12@reddit
Landals in the Netherlands is supposed to be excellent. I have Dutch friends and they recommend it.
EUskeptik@reddit
Thank you for that! 🙂
I’m not personally attracted to Center Parcs but have several friends, relations and work colleagues who liked the concept. I’m always happy to share their suggestion to choose the excellent mainland European sites over the (IMHO) ridiculously expensive British ones.
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Nathanial1289@reddit (OP)
True, but factor in travel cost and surely it's just as expensive as the UK?
EUskeptik@reddit
Not when you take into account the lower package price for accommodation and the fact it includes lots of things the UK Center Parcs charge extra for.
I’ve never been personally. But I know a lot of people who do go, and they always complain about the sky high prices in the UK plus the number of expensive extras.
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melanie110@reddit
My upcoming holiday to Greece for 10 days for the 3 of us self catering war £1500 but got a free child place. Said child does not want to come anymore 😳
alt_ruthless@reddit
I wish I was a child so that I could come in their stead! 😜
melanie110@reddit
We’ve just removed them from the booking and cost £20. Then another £344 to move it to bloody August for absolute dogger reasons 😭😭
onlyhalfpolish@reddit
Last holiday was 15 days touring Vietnam - package group tour, flights/hotels/meals, £2.8k each with about £200 spending money. Next holiday, 5n in Cape Town for roughly £900 each (flights and boujie hotel).
Holiday prices are absolutely ridiculous in Europe and I feel that money goes so much further longhaul. I was holiday shopping prior to booking South Africa - for the price of a week in Greece half-board, you could literally have a week in Mexico/Dominican Republic/Jamaica all-inclusive FOR THE SAME PRICE?!
nmb301@reddit
I’ve just got back from 6 nights all inclusive in Majorca for £570 4 star hotel with jet 2 check the offers online and go to travel agent as they got it at a lower price for me 😊 plus they check you in and print off boarding passes 😊 Also there was a issue with the original hotel I was staying in ceiling collapsed so my travel agents dealt with it and got me new hotel without incurring any extra fees
MostlyAUsername@reddit
Went to Geneva for 2 nights earlier in the year. Between two of us it was £400 flights and hotel, and we spent about £500 whilst there.
Villianofthepeace@reddit
Think mine was £3500 in Mexico last year but booked about 4 days before departure to get it cheaper.
Miserable_Future6694@reddit
Just spent £600 in Turkey there was 9 of us. 2 meals out and the things from the hotel shops.
Airport included
dwihatemetoo@reddit
Myself and my partner are going to lanzarote for a week for £200 each for flights and hotel, it’s room only but food out there is cheap enough! Bringing about £350 with us (whatever that ends up being in euros!)
nickmasonsdrumstick@reddit
Japan in January 16 days including spends spent about £5000 all in. Its a lot of cash to me. But couldn't miss out on Japan.
TheHolidayArtist@reddit
Not a bad price actually for Japan and the length of time you're doing. Depends what else is included in that though. For £5K, I'd want a guided tour or very high end hotels....etc.
I did an offer the other day for March around cherry blossom season for £1,674pp, but that was room only hotels and only 9 nights in total across 3 locations and no train tickets.
God-of-Slacking@reddit
Were the three locations are Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto ?
TheHolidayArtist@reddit
Yeah as I find those are the ones people most want to see whilst there.
God-of-Slacking@reddit
Just done that route, 9 days isn’t enough time imo
nickmasonsdrumstick@reddit
We stayed in air bnb's they were pretty nice but not luxury. Kept more money aside for shopping and doing fun stuff.
Top-Significance8791@reddit
I’m in Japan atm and have spent around £2k including flights. I am on day 11 out of 13 but my final shopping day on Tokyo hasn’t happened yet!!
SgtBukkakeMan@reddit
Flights are always the worst part. You're either looking at £1k plus for direct flights, or long layovers at a Chinese airport.
sapsnap@reddit
I’ve seen direct flights for less than 600. You gotta get in there at the right time.
_aoux@reddit
Any tips? Looking to go in October and just waiting for any potential deals to come up.
massie_le@reddit
Chinese airlines
SkylineR33FTW@reddit
Skyscanner
nickmasonsdrumstick@reddit
Yup that was the biggest expense. Just took the direct BA flight from Heathrow. A bit more expensive but takes the long layover out of the equation.
No_Doubt_About_That@reddit
Used to be quicker flying over Russia had it not been for Putin
AntiElephantMine@reddit
We had a 12 hour layover in Beijing on our trip to Japan but made the most of it with a tour to the Great Wall in the meantime. You can get a temporary visa at the airport depending on your passport.
jiggjuggj0gg@reddit
How many people?
nickmasonsdrumstick@reddit
My daughter and I so two.
TraditionalScheme337@reddit
Yeah, term time prices are high. The last holiday we had, we spent 3500 on it, it was a 2 week cruise with our 2 year old but we were able to book it on September which is much cheaper. In school holidays, at 1500 to that easily
Blueberry252@reddit
In Menorca at the moment. Accommodation is about £100 a night (split between 2 adults, you could put 2 more people on the sofa bed if you wanted). Flights were about £150 pp. And then I think we're spending about €100 per day on food and activities.
Total is about £1000 for 2 adults
Sad-Action-8869@reddit
Off to Vietnam next Saturday, return flights for 2 of us are costing £1850, apartment for 3 weeks is £520 ( could have had cheaper ), food will be about £30 a day ( could go down to a few £ if we wanted ) In march had a week in Agadir which cost £400. Gave up package holidays a few years ago when prices became daft.
Deliberate_Android@reddit
Probably £20,000. We went to Brazil and the luxury ricer cruise on the Zafiro. Caught Pirana’s which was amazing!
spiderplant94@reddit
Upcoming holiday (but paid for in December) £500 ppl all inc for 5 nights in Spain. With Jet2
jiggjuggj0gg@reddit
Was that including £50 off per person (that’s £200 for a family of four)?
indigo_pirate@reddit
Typo for 500
Imaginary_Pin_4196@reddit
Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday!
eat-real-chips@reddit
Darling hold my hand x
imsickoftryingthis@reddit
Went to centre parks in March in a 2 bed lodge - £790.
Cornwall caravan weekend break a couple of weekends ago £300.
Looking at going somewhere warm in the period between Xmas and beginning of school again in Jan '27 - looks at least ~£1200/pp for this.
Tanto207064@reddit
Travelling is expensive, unless you are on your own, happy to just sight see and stay somewhere horrible and eat cheaply. Centre parcs is a rip off. I just went to Rome for 4 nights 4 of us and spent over £2,500 in total and our accommodation was pretty cheap. But we could have saved some by not eating out so much or not going on trips etc but it was a holiday after all
Revolutionary-Fuel25@reddit
Travel is far more expensive alone!!!!!!
Tanto207064@reddit
How is it. I pay for a family or 4. Flights for 1 will certainly be cheaper so will food
JustMakinItBetter@reddit
Obviously paying for one person is cheaper than 4, but it's not 4 times cheaper.
Very few hotels offer single rooms, so you spend more there. A car costs the same to hire, no matter how many people are in it etc.
You pay more overall per person than if you travel in a couple, or as a family
Thelichemaster@reddit
Roughly £700/800 for 3 nights in Bruges (via eurostar) 1 person beeakfast included. Also had a enough time to venture into Brussels on the return.
Including sightseeing, food and drink. For me De Halve Maan (The Half Moon) brewery tour was the unexpected highlight of the trip. We'll worth a visit.
Speedboy7777@reddit
Last holiday I went on was Majorca with Jet2. You can get some right deals with them recently. They give you codes to knock the price down, and a free account gives you more off. They do a lot of all inclusive, if that’s your thing.
djferris123@reddit
I know some holiday companies/hotels do "children go free" deals too which helps bring the cost down
Puzzleheaded-Web1519@reddit
I’ve found that the hotels that offer free child places tend to bump up the charges for paying guests.
MeesterMartinho@reddit
They bump up the cost to cover the kids....
Prestigious-Slide-73@reddit
And you can save £50 per person. That’s £200 off for a family of 4.
TurnedOutShiteAgain@reddit
And you seem to be able to stack up codes, which is rare.
We went to Turkey (Marmaris) last year. £810 if I recall, for two of us to spend a week in a quite nice hotel on the beach.
Possiblyreef@reddit
Annoyingly turkey has got mega expensive in recent years due to their crazy levels of inflation.
It's not expensive to go there but everything in country has increased in price to account for it.
I went in like 2013 and it was about 2 lira to gbp, went again before covid and it was about 8:1, now it's around 60:1 but the prices are accounting for future inflation
Malagate3@reddit
You should have seen it in 2002, it was around 2 million lira to the pound.
They were selling Rolex on the side of the street, I spent millions but it only lasted about three weeks - I haven't trusted a Swiss watch ever since!
TurnedOutShiteAgain@reddit
Yeah, it's not expensive but prices seem almost incredibly random.
I first went about 15 years ago and it just seemed a lot more stable somehow.
cappsy04@reddit
Yeah but in return you're forced to listen to hold my hand before takeoff.
KingPenguinUK@reddit
Family of 3 currently in Orlando.
18 nights in total, done a Disney cruise and Disney parks. Inc spending money probably circa £10k.
xian0@reddit
It's a bunch of options. If you want to go to a country nearby it's £50, want to go half way around the world it's £400, want to go far it's £700. Want to see a water feature at a park? £0, want to go to a water park? £30. Want a taxi? £20, want a bus? £2. Want fast food? £5, want fancy restaurant? £40. Want 5-star hotels in a rich country? £300, want 5-star in the cheaper country that cost you £700 to get to? £45. Yes, you can probably have something you'll like more than Centre Parcs especially if you think the weather/atmosphere/etc is paradisical.
yessuz@reddit
1700 per person for 7 nights all inclussive 4 star adult only hotel (3 of us) and then aro8nd 1500 or so for activities and other stuff there
Gornal-Annie6133@reddit
Menorca next week, £210 each for accommodation and £120 return flights.
Viking-Bastard-XIV@reddit
Villa in Croatia this year, 6 of us going; myself, wife, step son, daughter, son in law, and father in law. Including flights and car hire it’s about £6k
bhuree3@reddit
Centre parcs is so crazy expensive. Buy a good tent and stay at a lovely campsite for less
Key_Produce2617@reddit
£3000 3 nights in Tromsø; in the Arctic northern Norway. 2 adults 2 children.
detectivebabylegz@reddit
Butlins for £39.
HirsuteHacker@reddit
Last holiday was a weekend in Betws-y-Coed for probably around £800 all in.
Before that it was a 12 night Norwegian cruise last August for our honeymoon, that was probably in the region of 8k in total.
Queen_of_London@reddit
Last holiday was ten days in Marrakech, cost £800 each including everything we paid for (inc souvenirs and a few spendy excursions like hot air ballooning) for ten days. Well, we also did a city break to Brussels for one night, which came out at £220 each including everything, but I'm not sure one night counts as a holiday. It would have worked out cheaper per day if we'd stayed longer!
That was just adults, though.
We had to cancel a recent trip to Singapore and Bali. That would have cost just over £2k each including all costs (inc travel insurance that costs more for me than for others), our most expensive holiday ever.
Centre Parcs in the UK is very expensive. I have friends who've gone to Centre Parcs in France and Belgium for less than it cost in the UK, even including getting there, so that might be worth looking into depending on where in the UK you are. You would need valid passports, and it would be wise to purchase travel insurance - it will be way less than you expect - but the GHIC would cover almost all medical costs anyway.
nitnitnotnot@reddit
I spend very little money on holiday. I'm there to relax, see the sights and enjoy the atmosphere.
I do spend a little on public transport, museums and guided tours.
I don't buy gifts for people and I rarely buy souvenirs (exception was a beautiful Russian Doll set in Estonia).
I usually book all inclusive or breakfast and evening meal so I rarely eat out.
Whilst I'm away I say I can buy whatever I want, but really I'd rather save my money for my next holiday.
ekitikitaka22@reddit
Last holiday was Croatia for a week, not all inclusive. Hotel + flights were £750 each (2 people). Probs spent another £200 each whilst there.
Upcoming holiday to Italy, hotel + flights £400 each for 4 nights.
We’re students so don’t tend to have expensive holidays and at the moment we love a European city break.
TyrannosauraRegina@reddit
Just back from a week in Zagreb for two. Total £120 on flights (including one hold bag) and £350 for 5 nights accommodation in the city centre.
TheHolidayArtist@reddit
Yeah that's about average for people on a budget.
Agile-Read-238@reddit
Booked last minute to go to Hurghada (Egypt) with Tui. 5 star hotel all inclusive, 4 nights, £400 pp. Felt super safe but it was 60%+ off given the war
ShinyHeadedCook@reddit
Budapest in February £600 for 2 nights in 4 star hotel and flights for 2 of us. About £600 for all other costs
Overall-Error4057@reddit
Usually around £200 for flights and accommodation (solo traveller, staying in hostels). Hotels cost more for a single person, but with a family the cost should lower as its split between 2 people.
Try visiting the less 'popular' places like eastern europe, hotels are pretty reasonable and it feels a lot safer than just walking to the store in the uk (for a female)
My upcoming birthday trip to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are costing me £1500, but this is a week, flights, hotels/private hostel room and some 2 day trips (splurged a little more since its a 'significant' birthday)
Delicious_Method_454@reddit
We spent £4,800 on our last holiday which was to Thailand but the reason for that is it was our 1st holiday in 4 years and as it was our 10 year wedding anniversary we treated ourselves to our own private pool villa
Time-Invite3655@reddit
Last year, we spent £2100 on a package holiday (including the meals/seats on the plane) for a half board holiday in a 4* hotel in Madeira, during school holidays (two adults and a child). We probably spent another £1000 whilst there - on excursions, lunches, drinks, gifts for people, entry tickets to places etc - which seemed quite expensive to me...
The year before, we went to Corfu and spent £1450 on the package, for a self catering apartment. We spent around £1000 there, which covered car hire for the week, three meals a day, drinks, entry tickets to things, gifts etc. Given we spent as much in Madeira and we'd already paid for our breakfast and dinners, it seemed decent.
This year, we have currently paid £1500 for a package to another Greek island; that includes the usual plane-related expenses and two excursions as well. Due to the cost of living, we are not planning on hiring a car and I'm hoping that we can get by on £100 a day (with a contingency of money available should we need it).
We've already booked next year - that is currently sitting at £1200 for a package to a different Greek island, for an apartment. We'll see what state the world is in by the time that one comes around!
shaneo632@reddit
About £350 flights and accommodation to Dubrovnik for 5 days
Mysterious-Sock39@reddit
Morocco all inclusive for family of 4 for 2 weeks 6k
Equivalent_Word3952@reddit
Mexico this year was our biggest expense at £3300, for two adults, 5* AI and adults only resort for 7 days with TUI
Spain was roughly £800 for two people 4* hotel for 5 days, Ryanair flights.
We are DINKS so we travel during school time so it’s somewhat cheaper
Ill-Situation73@reddit
Our last holiday was all Mexico in term time, it cost us just under £6k, two adults all inc 10 days inc parking a the airport. We did upgrade our room through the hotel as it was cheaper so we got the better restaurants and drinks, we also upgraded to premium on the plane which was worth it for the extra leg room and first on/first off and luggage also came off first. We also did Coco-Bongo's and spending money which was included in the £6k. It is a lot of money to us but we wanted an all out holiday for once.
Kieran293@reddit
Are you going to Bahia Principe? It sounds very familiar haha.
TheHolidayArtist@reddit
That's not a bad price on Mexico!
DisastrousLawyer6782@reddit
Rhodes 9 nights all inclusive me and daughter £2500 August . The memories however for my daughter are priceless.
Bayakoo@reddit
Did 5 nights in menorca flights and everything £1900 2 adults and 6m baby all inclusive.
We bought like 2 weeks before so can probably get much cheaper if planned.
Jenpot@reddit
Sardinia for 10 days last June (we take the kids out a week early) was about £3.5k all in, for a villa with a pool, flights, spending money etc.
Stockholm for four days in December,just the two adults, was about 2k all in.
Travelling is expensive.
Joephps@reddit
I’m going to Tokyo from Heathrow next month for two weeks with a mate. It cost £1460 each.
Atarisrocks@reddit
£620 for flights and hotel on Seoul for a week and the roughly another £300ish on all the food activities, transportation etc.
Embarrassed_Length_2@reddit
£260 for a long weekend in the Netherlands.
I went to Malta years agp for 65 quid for 4 days.
Popular_Sea530@reddit
Jet2. 2 Adults, 1 Child. 4 nights all inclusive for under £1k
Teembeau@reddit
You want a cheap holiday? Go camping in the France, but not coastal. Somewhere like Burgundy or the Jura. It's so much warmer, it's fine.
£300 for the shuttle return
£250 in petrol and tolls
£25 a night for a site.
So 14 nights is about £1300.
I've seen cottages in the Charente (nice region in the West) that are about £900/week.
niteninja1@reddit
like 300/350 a head for flights and accommodation in greece for 5 days
AttersH@reddit
Going to Turkey in May half term for 7 days - £3500 (all inclusive, we got a steel of a deal in January, the same holiday is now showing at almost double 🤯). Italy in summer holidays for 10 days - £4000 (self catering).
School holiday prices are a killer 😭
littlehamster_@reddit
£250 for a week in a Haven caravan.
GuybrushFunkwood@reddit
We went for our ‘big holiday’ to the Caribbean for 3 weeks in January (can’t get away in summer for anything more than a few days owing to the wife’s job) and I think all in it cost us about 8k each but obviously that’ll change massively depending on where in the Caribbean you go, resort type etc.
St2Crank@reddit
To be fair, if you go on holiday in the summer for any other reason than that the only time you can go, you’re a headcase.
AndyVale@reddit
My friend always makes the point of "why would I go somewhere else for nice weather during the only 2-3 months or nice weather we get a year?"
St2Crank@reddit
It’s not about the weather, more the cost. School holidays mean flights and hotels get a lot more expensive. Even if they’re not traditional family destinations.
And if you do want to go to a resort in Spain for hot weather, go in September for half the price and not full of kids.
Waltuh_Whitey@reddit
£8k each?! Wow. We go to Tunisia for around circa £1k for both of us 😆 I bet that was some holiday for 3 weeks in January. Awesome stuff!
Tanto207064@reddit
I went to Tunisia for 2 weeks about 3 years ago and it cost 3k for 4 of us. It’s around 4-5k now. Would love to know how you are paying 1k
Extension-Topic2486@reddit
Maybe in august, never in May.
Waltuh_Whitey@reddit
We go out of season generally. January and then May/June. 2 adults. EasyJet seem to do some good sales at differing intervals throughout the year. We are headed to Monastir in June this year for £990 for the pair of us for a week. Then airport car parking, insurance on top.
derekoh@reddit
Why on earth would you go to centreparcs when you could go somewhere abroad for half that amount?
Sir_TechMonkey@reddit
900GBP all include ski trip with lessons, food and equipment included in south of France as well as the flights too (Avios). Going book two trips back to back again for January next year - loved it
bcfng@reddit
I travel abroad roughly 7-8 times a year. For European long-weekend type breaks, I usually spend £200ish for flight + hotels. For my big trips (1-2 weeks in Asia/America) it'd be roughly £1000ish for flights + hotels.
I generally travel off-peak, and I do spend a lot of time finding good value flights and hotels. I know it's a different kind of holidays to many, but I'm still a bit shocked by the amount people spend here.
PudWud-92_@reddit
Last one was 2 weeks in Orlando with the little one and wife. Spent £7k all in (including spending money whilst there).
But that was an insane amount to spend (although I don’t regret it).
Next holiday is our usual week camping in Cornwall which will cost me about £500 all in.
lad4daddy@reddit
TUI, flying to Ibiza next Friday, all inclusive for 7 nights, £470
Unusual_Resident_784@reddit
going down to Cornwall the first week in May on a coach holiday with excursions and 2 meals a day included, £550 for the trip plus £350 spending money.
Puzzleheaded_Move637@reddit
£2k or so for a week all inclusive in a 5* in the Canaries
Definitely worth every penny
We have though, done far cheaper holidays for £700-£900 each in the past
I do always do at least a 4* though when abroad
Lanky_Cartoonist_743@reddit
10000 million
thelaughingman_1991@reddit
Probably £500 all in for 4 days/3 nights in Amsterdam last September with my girlfriend. Included flights from Birmingham, our hotel, and general spending during our time there. Booked it maybe 2-3 weeks before as well!
mr_woodles123@reddit
My last holiday was Rome for a week. I spent about £1800 on flights, hotel, and transfers, plus about €600 euros whilst I was there on food and fun. Factor in some money for getting to the airport and any other things, and it was probably a smidge under £3000.
redonion14@reddit
I went to Japan a year ago today and it was around £1300-1400 all in. Worth it 100%
muffinhuffinpuffin@reddit
£600pp on the holiday, went cruising round the med.
Was about £100pp for the flights and £500pp for the cruise 5 nights and basically all inclusive (the drinks package was limited to 15 alcoholic drinks per day per person)
We ended up spending a bit more on things like taxis, experiences, and eating out when we stopped in various cities, but you could just stay on the boat if you wanted, there was plenty of daytime entertainment.
InevitableFox81194@reddit
Nothing.. it costs me nothing because my parents kindly pay for my daughter and I to have 2 or 3 holidays a year. Sometimes we go to their apartment in Brugges or their cottage in Cornwall.
Yes.. im well aware how this sounds.
Danglyweed@reddit
Nearly 8k for 6 of us all inclusive for a fortnight to bulgaria, went the year before and it was just over 6k, looked for this year and its 10k so we're staying in scotland with the dog instead.
JavaRuby2000@reddit
Just over £3k. Thailand for a month in January for 2 including 15 dive trips. Food and drink was extra.
Glad-Animator-1030@reddit
Tenerife 10 nights self catering for 2 adults, 1 child £2700 in July
AndyVale@reddit
Centre Parcs abroad is often cheaper than in the UK.
Looking at Jet2, in the Summer holidays you can get several week-long 2 adult & 2 kids package holidays from London Gatwick for under £2k. Mostly Spanish and Greek islands.
But yeah, school holidays the prices shoot up. A few years back we did 5 nights in Sicily while our son was on a residential trip. It cost us about £800 for flights and hotel, yet if we had gone in the Summer holidays it would have cost us more than double for the same trip before we factored in our son.
GeoAnchoa@reddit
I think like £15,000 for 2 people in Marbella for 10 days
NoEquipment7363@reddit
Florida, 10 days £4.5k for villa and flight’s £700 car hire and £1.7 million for Disney and universal tickets! ( I joke they were actually £4k ish so not far off) that’s for 4 of us, my first holiday in 15 years and first as a family so we saved and went all out. Only live once and had the best time ever!
NoEquipment7363@reddit
Oh and £160 I think for the school fine because we had to take 5 days out if school
stuaird1977@reddit
10 nights in Spain all inclusive 2 adults and a child in the school holidays £4000. Worth every penny after a couple of shite caravan holidays
OneRandomTeaDrinker@reddit
Upcoming holiday cost us £1100 each (two people) for nine nights all inclusive in the Caribbean. It’s going to cost an extra £100 each for airport hotel and parking, and another £80 or so for a transfer on the other end. Will only need a bit of spends each due to all inclusive.
Last year we spent £400 on a week in a holiday cottage in Cornwall. Diesel to get there and a hotel on the way to break the journey, £200. Probably another £400 between us in spends whilst there, including a spa day as a treat.
Year before was £5k on a 2 week trip around Italy by train but it was our honeymoon so we splurged.
Ok-Lynx-6250@reddit
I'm doing 1 week in Spain soon for about 1k plus food while out there
Last year had 2 weeks in Austria for probably 3kish
poopolisher@reddit
Florida 2024 was about 7k in the end
srogijogi@reddit
About £4000, a month in Indonesia (Jakarta, Raja Ampat) and Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur). This was very expensive holiday for us due to prices on very remote Indonesian islands. Our 'typical' month long holiday costs us much less.
herwiththepurplehair@reddit
Last holiday was October/November 2023, went to Australia for 4 weeks and it cost me about £5k all told.
Thorpedo870@reddit
How on earth did you manage that
herwiththepurplehair@reddit
Friends in low places lol.
Thorpedo870@reddit
Haha you stay with people when there?
herwiththepurplehair@reddit
Yeah I’ve got an old school friend and some family out there. The bulk of the cost was flights and trips, but I did have a few days in Sydney at the end of the trip and stayed in a hotel. That was my second visit, definitely want to go back.
Moooooonbaby69@reddit
Oman and UAE 3 people about £7500 total for 2 weeks .
dancingcab@reddit
We budget about £3000 for our family holiday each year. Obviously it varies on what you can get for that. Last year it was 5 nights in Rome. The year before 3 weeks camping in France. This year - 2 weeks in a lodge in France. Next year - one weekend at Disneyland.
drivelhead@reddit
It's a 2 week cruise plus another 2 weeks travelling through 5 other countries. I think around £20,000 for two of us all up.
My last holiday before that was a few hundred in 2006.
BMK_LU@reddit
Mid term ski trip for a family of 4 for 5 nights. No flights (we drove), half board in a 5* hotel. Passes, fuel, extras, stop over hotels there and back etc. Circa 4.5K GBP
Fabulous-Copy-5156@reddit
Tenerife - £4500
Odd for three, during school holidays
GushingAnusCheese@reddit
Just under 7k for me and my missus, 10 days away
iStreet98@reddit
5 nights in Milan in a couple weeks. 2 people, less then £200 total for flights and £450 for accommodation.
Myfy@reddit
3 weeks in Pakistan for 2000£
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PARFT@reddit
I went to jersey for a long weekend about 8 years ago. Holidays suck. Much better to spend the money on daily comforts.
iBukkake@reddit
Eurostar to Amsterdam £650 Hotel in Amsterdam £1700 Train to London £330
4 nights at Easter, 2 adults and a child
SquirrelIll8180@reddit
All inclusive menorca last August, 2 adults 2 kids, water park access, amazing hotel, clean, great food, 3 pools, Activities, transfers, luggage included, £2500 for 6 nights.
highrouleur@reddit
I'm currently sitting in Southend Airport waiting for my luggage after a week cycling in mallorca. Flights were £350 ish (which is high but I pay extra to take a bike) I paid a training camp about £1000 for a week, which covers half board in a nice hotel, transfer from airport to hotel and led rides every day plus some sports nutrition stuff
Horrobla@reddit
Malta for £350pp for a week in January (inc breakfast) - we ended up seeing more of the island than where we stayed so it worked out better to eat wherever we were for the day
Programmer-Severe@reddit
Three weeks in Washington State, cost us £10k or so for the two of us. NOT our usual spend, but it was fantastic with little expense spared.
If you want to see some really obscene stuff, have a gander at r/chubbytravel. Just lots of people boasting about their excessively spendy holidays. Miles out of our league tbh
No_Doubt_About_That@reddit
Going abroad can often be cheaper.
Go on Google Flights/Skyscanner in incognito mode and put in your nearest airport and have a look at the prices.
wonkeymonkey2024@reddit
10 days all inclusive in Turkey last August for 2 adults and a child was £4000. We always have to go in school holidays so it costs more. We looked at going for 2 weeks this Summer, but at 7 grand, it's a no. 4 grand was bad enough!
vegass67@reddit
Lake Garda last summer. Stayed on a euro camp site. Paid around 2.5k for flights and accommodation for 2 adults & 1 child for 14 nights. Had a great time, could see us going again.
Much_Operation_7824@reddit
last holiday was July 2025
2 weeks - all inclusive Side - Antalya in Turkey 2 adults & toddler just under 2 years old was £3k
we spent £1k out there on eating out in the old town a few times & some shopping bits.
great holiday, best All Inclusive i've been to since the Caribbean about 20 years ago
su9arplum@reddit
Went to South Africa in Nov 2025. 5 days in cape town, 4 days in Boschendal and 3 nights at a game reserve. Spent about £10k in total, flights and hotels were the main hit as when you're there it's so cheap!
Probably looking to go again this year but add on Mauritius.
migoodridge@reddit
We grabbed a decent bargain for egypt, leaving next Friday. 14 nights, Cairo 3, 7 nights nile cruise and 4 nights in Hurgharda, upgrades on everything.
A fraction over £6k, its our 20th anniversary and a bucket list trip.
Low_Top1112@reddit
like 400-500e for 5 days in Turkey, I have a friend who lives there and has a car so that helped.
TheBlackHymn@reddit
We did 8 nights in Portugal last September for about £600pp. That was 4 nights Lisbon, a train to Porto and then 4 nights Porto. £600pp covered the flights, train and Airbnbs. I dread to think what it might cost during school holidays but we are child free so avoid those times like the plague.
eggtoast20@reddit
£800 for 7 nights in south of France for 2 of us. Flights to Carcassonne, car hire, 3 airbnbs as we travelled up the coast. Spent about £600 whilst there on food, activities, wine etc
heroics-delta8s@reddit
Holiday to asia for twelve days for two people, £1,500 beach front accommodation, £1,500 flights (another £600 for business class upgrades) and about £600 spending money.
FletchLives99@reddit
Just under £5000. But this was for 4 people, skiing. It included flights to Geneva, transfers (quite a lot), a three bed ski-in-ski-out apartment, lift passes (expensive), equipment hire and a lot of meals on the slopes (again, expensive).
In conclusion, Centre Parcs is really quite a lot.
Rumhed@reddit
Centre parcs is a rip off once you get there to actvities are extorinate and don't forget the food and drinks too.. Especially when you can probably go all inclusive out of country for less.
Look at places like Spain, Canary islands if you want to go extra cheap there is always Turkey and Egypt etc. If your kids have good attendance and aren't close to any exams maybe book in term time or even around inset days etc so they would only be off for 4 days. Or even back end of holidays like October etc.
LimesFruit@reddit
was probably about 2k to go to the US
iamabigtree@reddit
Four nights at Haven Craig Tara holiday park in a 3 bed caravan for 5 people £420. Around £50 in charging to drive there and back. £80 for a ferry ride to Arran. Plus meals out etc.
Centre Parcs is probably the most expensive holiday you can get in the UK. There's loads cheaper.
NoCold3997@reddit
Got a upcoming holliday in june ( 3 weeks in tuscany and the veneto , 2 apartments 1 spa hotel,1 normal hotel. £2k for a couple £300 for return airfare.
ExhaustedSquad@reddit
We went skiing as a family of 4 adults and 1 toddler, flights, ski pass and hotel 1st week of Feb came to £4600, i think we probably spent £900.00 on food and drinks and other sundries.
Just been on a hen do weekend to salzburg and we spent about £700 total each but it was pretty bougie
Geepandjagger@reddit
Went to Cape Verde for two weeks. Organised everything ourselves and did not stay in a resort. Had a wonderful time cost was £900 for two people including flights
DazzzASTER@reddit
Just did Tenerife with 3 adults, 2 kids - £5k for \~6 nights.
Chris-TT@reddit
Literally sat on a flight home from 7 nights in Madeira as I type this. £1200 per person, 1 week all-inclusive in a Dreams 5 star resort, and that was paying for a 1000 sq ft preferred club suite. Five years ago it would have cost us 3-4 times this. Leisure is struggling hard at the moment, but there are some bargains to be had. (Jet2holidays, with lots of discount codes, and it was Madeira Dreams Resort)
Lazy-Kaleidoscope179@reddit
Long weekend in Paris. Spent about £1k for two people. Cheap flights, cheap hotel... lots of nice food and wine.
confuseddotcom12@reddit
2 weeks skiing in Canada with partner. £3000 each. Flights were cheap £450 returns. Just all other bits
Chris-TT@reddit
Literally sat on a flight home from 7 nights in Madeira as I type this. £1200 per person, 1 week all-inclusive in a Dreams 5 star resort, and that was paying for a 1000 sq ft suite and preferred club. A five years ago it would have cost us 3-4 times this. Leisure is struggling hard at the moment, but there are some bargains to be had.
Working_Bowl@reddit
For three of us. Last year:
£6000 on Florida trip (flights paid for us) and then a trip to center parcs in Netherlands for four night £1200
This year - back to Netherlands Center parcs for 7 nights, this time in a posh cabin but splitting cost with family so will be around £1800 all in (including transport)
Have also booked 2027 holiday. 10 night cruise to Spain and Portugal on a posh ship. £4k
BryOnRye@reddit
Went to the French alps in Feb with some mates. £700ish for flights, self catered accommodation and lift pass. Spent another £700ish while we were there on eating/drinking out.
hunterfam55@reddit
Went to Benidorm last August, paid £2300 for four people, all inclusive
ayeayefitlike@reddit
We spent £5500 (and then spending money, eating out and tourist attractions on top) for a two week trip to the US in Sept. We did a week’s road trip round New England (Maine, NH, Vermont, the Berkshires and Cape Cod), weekend in Boston and four days in NYC. It was absolutely brilliant. We do a big one like that every 2-3 years - the previous trip was about £8k for a five day safari in SA, followed by a short stay in Joburg and then a week in Mauritius.
Our holiday this upcoming year has cost us £150 for our share of the accom, and will cost a tank of fuel to drive down - we’re spending a week on a family holiday to the Isle of Wight. But that’s unusual - domestic holidays are often pretty expensive for accom, you just save on the long haul flights.
Soniq268@reddit
Have you looked at Train travel? Get the Eurostar to Paris then train to anywhere else you fancy.
We did the Eurostar to Paris to Zurich then spend 10 days travelling around Switzerland, the trains were fantastic, first class from Paris to Zurich was 250 each and was unreal service, food, actual champagne served.
We spent about 5k for 2 adults on that trip but could have done it for half of that if we didn’t eat and drink our way round Zurich.
Current_Mongoose_844@reddit
Missus and I were on our honeymoon in Svalbard. 60 lbs for twelve soft drinks: water, fizzy etc. When the tapwater was unsafe to drink. Tight Norwegian bastards.
ivysaurs@reddit
£1,200 for a week in Rhodes for 2 people, booked through LoveHolidays. Stayed at a 5 star beachside resort (adults only) including flights, all-inclusive, transport to and from hotel.
£82 for airport parking for 1 week.
£300 for cattery costs, for 2 cats.
And then spent about £700 during the actual holiday on hotel tax (£98), spa day, shuttle buses, tours, souvenirs, eating out at airport during tours/days out etc.
To be fair, we wanted a romantic holiday for 2 and we haven't had a holiday in a few years so we went OUT.
garybigdick91@reddit
Florida at end of August 2 adults 4 kids around 10k plus 2k for tickets then taking 5k spending so around 17k in total.
Hertfordgal@reddit
Do you have a budget in mind? How many people? What ages are the kids if any? What time of the year? Might help people give you better advice 😊
Spadders87@reddit
Were (2 adults 1 kid) doing europe centreparcs this summer. For a week at centreparcs and 3 days at a nearby theme park its working out at about £800pp not including travel. The tunnel was about £280 but weve used clubcard points so ended up costing about £140. Weve booked a few days in a city hotel beforehand and a hotel for the trip back. The city hotel was £240 but free using amex points and the other hotel was £100.
Eurocamp tends to also be a budget friendly option. We did Bella Italia as a package with Jet2 a few years ago and it seemed really cheap, cant remember exactly what we spent but it was a good holiday.
ultraboomkin@reddit
Did a solo holiday to San Francisco last summer. £500 plane ticket. 8 nights hotel was £600. Ate out twice a day, went to bars every day, did a bunch of day trips, museums, and activities, probably spent £500-£700 while I was there though I wasn’t counting. Overall Probably a similar price to your £1800 centre parcs holiday.
bethanymisty@reddit
Personally I think less than £150? But I flew to Poland and stayed with my friend. I’ve never had to worry about paying for kids too but I feel like it may be cheaper to fly somewhere in Europe?
Supergoose5000@reddit
We spent Just over 4000 on a week in greece for 2 of us. It was bloody lovely. Going again next year
TheHolidayArtist@reddit
I love Greece. Where did you stay?
Supergoose5000@reddit
Tsilivi, been a few times now we love it.
joe_smooth@reddit
I've just booked a week there in July (cost just over 3k).
Any tips for good things to do? I'll be with my teenage daughters.
Individual-Common144@reddit
Vegas was about £1500 flights and hotel, and between me and my partner we spent about $4k
LadyNzuri@reddit
This is eye opening! I am expecting my 2 week summer holiday in Florida for 1 adult and 3 teenagers to cost £8k. No all inclusive available.
ParamedicNo4010@reddit
South Africa. £12000 including business class flights for 2
adreddit298@reddit
~£3000
All inclusive to Malta for 2 adults, 16yo and 11yo children.
Totally worth it.
TomfromLondon@reddit
Much better adventures trip to the azores, 2 people, £3403 plus flights
No-Championship9542@reddit
I don't know like £10,000 but I did some pretty crazy stuff with helicopters and cannons, it depends how much fund you want to have.
affordable_firepower@reddit
last holiday was Barbados for the two of us in October.
It cost us about £4k for two weeks; flights, accommodation, food & drink and car hire for a week
VictoryAppropriate68@reddit
So I went to Amsterdam 10 years ago for 4 days. My flights and hotel (once of the nicer ones I’ve stayed it) cost me £401 for 2 people. Did Amsterdam again this year, £759 for 2 people and this was for a lower budget hotel.
The prices are shocking, it’s almost like it’s moving backwards and only people with money will be able to fly like when aviation first started
Severus_1987@reddit
If you want Center Parcs, go to Belgium or Netherlands. Cheaper and many of them are bigger and better
destria@reddit
Last holiday was Cyprus in Oct 2025, all inclusive package holiday with TUI. Was around £4k for two adults and a child. We didn't go for like the cheapest thing but I thought it was worth it!
Brighton101@reddit
lol… about 60k…
Asher-D@reddit
£2,000 for flights
£0 for accommodation (stayed with family)
£500 for food
Family took us around and we didn't pay them for it.
Was less of a holiday though, it was to see my grandfather who's quite ill and we're not sure how much longer he has.
liseusester@reddit
About £1,500 for a week in Iceland in January - £1,200 for the flights, accommodation, transfers and a couple of excursions, and then a bit on top for trains to and from the airport and food. It's more than I usually spend on a holiday but it was my present to myself for my 40th.
I'm just on my way back from a few days in Belfast. Maybe £500 for travel (trains, ferry) and accommodation. I have no idea what I've spent on food and drink or museum entry but nothing bank breaking. Though this is a holiday by necessity because I'm having a load of floors redone, so if we include that cost, it's the most expensive holiday I have ever been on, coming in at about £6,000.
PatserGrey@reddit
A normal/boring family holiday i.e. 10+ days in sun (we'll get more adventurous when the kids are older) of a decent standard I expect to pay about £4k, If I can get it down closer to £3k then all the better but there are quite a few factors that we won't downgrade on, it is supposed to be a holiday after all. If we want to go extra fancy it can easily be £5k+ but we try not to let this become the norm.
Our last holiday, I won't count as it was a week in Majorca with extended family and I never in a million years would have picked the location or hotel. It wasn't expensive but then again not cheap enough for what it was. 2024 we did 11 nights AI in Corralejo. With rental car I think it came to \~£3200 which was a steal for the brilliant holiday it was. A couple of times now we've booked via Sunshine (I think they're an OTB sibling) who have managed to be cheaper than booking direct hotel and flights so why not. . .
Asleep-Software-4160@reddit
I went to Japan solo for three weeks. Flights were about 600 and probably 1000 in accommodation (I stayed in mix of hotels and hostels). Can't say how much I spent, but Japan is very cheap.
Livid-Needleworker65@reddit
Around £60k for a trip to Antarctica. Not sure you're looking for that kind of a trip or more beach/city. Prices have gone up a LOT.
uglywhitekid@reddit
went to marrakesh last week. flights and four nights accommodation came to around £300pp. fiancee and i probably spent about £150 each on the ground. also did five nights in vienna in jan, about £300 again for flights and accomm. probs spent over £300 on the ground there though
HotBicycle1@reddit
Budget for holidays is normally around £16k to £20k per year for a family of 3.
This year we will go to to Marrakesh, Fethyie, Port Pollensa, Belek ( Regnum).
MrTrendizzle@reddit
My wife and I just paid £1800 for a week in France. That's £400 for the caravan, £500 for the ferry Newhaven to Dieppe, £400 in fuel and tolls (If we use the toll roads). The rest is for food/drinks.
We go every year during May half term for the 6 of us (Me, Wife, 1 adult child, 3 children). It's a Eurocamp holiday.
For next year we've just paid £9,000 for a 2 week all inclusive holiday for 8 of us to Egypt where the hotel has over 50 water slides, private beach with coral reef and multiple restaurants. Altho the catch is you get 2 restaurant visits a week the rest is buffet style dining. this works out at £550 per person per week all inclusive which i think is a very decent price. Includes flights, transfers, 23kg bag and carry on. This is with EasyJet.
To save and pay for this holiday we spent last summer driving around the uk coastline in our car, spending the day at the beach, grabbing a spud van dinner, sleeping in the car while i drove to the next destination and had a nap before heading back out to the beach for the day. We did this for a week and the kids loved it. (I loved it as a kid and i'm glad my kids love it also) Jurassic coast was a blast breaking open a few rocks and finding a very intact fossil. Just take a 5l bottle of water, bar of soap and a cloth. Nothing quite like a flannel shower at 5am when the sun hits you through the windows. Most beaches tend to have a shower located either on the beach or in the toilets. We have a shampoo bar of soap (I forget the brand) but it's really good stuff and takes up no space at all in the car.
Just remember holidays arn't about cost or location. It's about what you do to make it magical. This Egypt holiday will be our first "flight" holiday as a family in 16 years and will be for our teenager GCSE results... Predicted 5-7 across the board with food being an 8. If he fails... Then i'll trade him in for a camel. 😂
No_Ring_3348@reddit
You've picked an expensive location
Puzzled-Barnacle-200@reddit
£1020 for 7 nights in Malta, flights, half board. Spent about another £200 whilst there, and £110 on the cat-sitter.
Dry_Advantage9752@reddit
Another airport? I must be misunderstanding as there is only one in Malta 🇲🇹
Puzzled-Barnacle-200@reddit
It was my return flight, so heading back to the UK.
cbawiththismalarky@reddit
went to hong kong for a week and then thailand for two, probably 8-10k but i've not added it all up so who knows
elmo_touches_me@reddit
~£2200 for 11 nights in Italy, roughly split between 3 base cities and getting the train between them. Plus trains to other places for a few day trips. Includes what we spent on food and drink.
Not bad for such a busy and fun holiday.
thebarrcola@reddit
Flights, accommodation and rental car were all in just under £2k for a family of 4 to Morocco during the Easter break. I think I probably spent around £500 during the week there but I haven’t actually checked tbh.
schmoovebaby@reddit
It’s about £2.5k for flights and accommodation for four of us (me, husband, 9yo daughter and my mum) to go to Malta for May half term. We normally try to keep flights and accommodation for the three of us (minus my mum obvs) to up to £2k for flights and accommodation which normally does us somewhere in continental Europe for 7days. As mentioned Jet2 do good deals, we went to Rhodes on one of their package holidays. We prefer booking flights and accommodation separately though.
bopeepsheep@reddit
£700 for flights, about £300 on food. Two people, staying in a friend's house so no accommodation costs. There are cheaper flights to the same destination - in March it's nearer £400 - but as we don't drive there's not much alternative.
MiddleAgedDread123@reddit
can't remember last year but summer holiday in the med I think was around £1200pp - that was an activity based holiday including flights, accommodation, transfers, meals etc.
This year just under £900pp package including self catering accommodation, flights, baggage, seat selection and transfers. Both outside school holidays though.
Centre parcs is outrageous in school holidays and then all the activities apart from swimming cost extra on top. If you like that sort of concept then look at the ones in Europe as they're often cheaper even when you factor in travel costs. Also places like Eurocamp, particularly if you can find a time when the UK are on holiday and Europe aren't (often towards the end of the UK summer break)
cuccir@reddit
We have spent £800 on a holiday park in Brittany for 2026. Eurotunnel using Clubcard points. We're driving from Northern England so another £100 on hotels in France on the drive down (overnight hotels are much cheaper in France than England). We will have fuel costs and tolls in France so probably another £400 to add in for that?
Maybe total £1300 then, but that's pretty good for school summer holidays!
MountainMuffin1980@reddit
A cuntload that would have sickened me 10 years ago. But we saved a lot and it was somewhere we all, including my teenage son, were super excited to go to.
£6k+ on a 2 week trip to Japan (Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto mainly). It was the best holiday I've ever been on and I loved ever minute of it. I miss the toilets so much.
EyeofAv8@reddit
Just did a G Adventures trip to Costa Rica.
Tour cost (8 days) - £1,600 Flights - £1,000 (plus £750 upgrade to business on way home) Spends (food, additional trips) in CR (most meals not included in tour cost) - £500 Two day layover in Bogota (hotel, food, tours) - £400
Did not intend to spend a lot initially, was drawn in by & days in CR for £1,600 😂
zeusoid@reddit
5k , 1 week, in Jamaica Family of 3
Emsicals@reddit
If you're on a budget then try Eurocamp? You can book static caravans rather than tents if you're not into camping. A lot of the sites are well equipped. Pools, games rooms etc.
We're a family of four and we spent around £4k on a five night holiday to Tenerife in February half term last year through Jet2. Cutting it to 5 nights made a big difference in price. As did flying from the Scottish airports (we're near the border) as they have different holidays.
Then last summer we paid about £2k for a week at Eurocamp near Paris - static caravan and self drive via the Eurotunnel, with a premier inn night each way at Folkestone.
This year we're spending about £4k on a self drive two week holiday taking in France, Switzerland, and Belgium. Mixture of hotels, Eurocamp and Airbnb.
Entry_Left@reddit
£1k per person for 2, for 12days in Philippines 🇵🇭 Stayed in super nice hotels & even a private island. Didn’t really hold back with spending there, we got whatever we wanted without thinking twice
xxx654@reddit
The events in the Middle East have led to profound shocks everywhere. More expensive fuel at home leading to inflation. Price of kerosene has gone up the same as diesel and petrol. Costs of everything impacted.
The Middle East shut off as a holiday destination for many, far fewer people transiting through Dubai for onward travel, America a basketcase, it all puts increased costs and massive demand pressure on European holidays.
But last year we went a winter holiday (family of 4) to the Algarve. It was £5k and it was nice but nothing extravagant.
Inflation isn’t just a UK phenomenon.
Imaginary_Pin_4196@reddit
Ok ChatGPT
xxx654@reddit
Eh? definitely not ChatGPT but whatever.
SpiceAndNicee@reddit
Take the ferry to France for about a 100£ round trip in your car. Then drive up to Belgium or Netherlands (another couple hours) and do Center parcs there for half the price. And see some cities while you’re there too
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HumorNecessary7836@reddit
Caribbean in January. Paid about £2000 each. Off to Croatia next week for four nights and paid £500 each. Obviously need to add on spending money to that.
PingouinFluffy@reddit
You can go to France or the Netherlands relatively cheaply and the weather is usually better. They have some lovely holiday parks, we stayed at Huttopia and it was great. You can drive there, over at Dover either the boat or the chunnel. You have your car with you, which enables you to travel around and I bet it doesn't cost much more than Centre Parcs.
MouldyFruit2023@reddit
£8k, £4kpp, 2 weeks in Mexico
Wise-Pay-8993@reddit
Was this a all-inclusive or you organized everything yourself?
TheClnl@reddit
If you're traveling with kids look for 'free child places' you can filter the search on TUI/Jet 2 etc. Places are limited so a lot of the prime ones go early, there's groups on FB etc that track when they're released.
That said, don't always believe that it's definitely cheaper because of the free child place. Did some research last year and for some holidays the adult price with free kids was more or the same as the per person price without - ie 2 adults and 1 free kid was £600pp or 3 people was £400pp
If you're anywhere near Scotland they have different summer holidays so you can fly outside of their holidays but inside England's and make a saving (which may or may not be eaten by travel/accommodation)
Milkythefawn@reddit
It depends on a lot, but I'm going to Hong Kong next week - Flights where £350per person, Hotel £600, and I recon we will spend £1000 between us, so a total of £2300 between 2 people (£1,150 each).
While I know this isn't nothing to a lot of people, I also don't think this is as crazy as some trips people have priced up.
I also went to Cyprus in the Feb half term, granted it isn't peak summer, but we got flights there for £70pp, and acommodation for £300 total. For the middle of summer, I expect it to be triple that price.
If you want to go abroad, I would look into the fringe seasons. Oct half term will be cheaper than summer holidays, though more expensive than none school holiday time.
TypicalLobster86@reddit
Went to Mexico for eight nights in September last year. Five star all inclusive, different à la carte restaurant every night. Huge suite. Private beach. It came in at just under £2.2k. We couldn’t have had anywhere near that level of experience for the same price in Europe.
UberMcWolf@reddit
I am just back from 1 week in Spain (salou) half board at a 4 star hotel. The flights and hotel cost £850 for 3 of us 2 adult 1 child) through Jet2. But I think deals like this are extremely rare and usually you are paying £4-500 more. This was a last minute deal on the Easter holidays (Scotland).
abcdefghabca@reddit
How was the weather there and were many things open?
UberMcWolf@reddit
Weather was around 17-20 degrees and sunny the whole week. Everything was open as far as I am aware.
LocalObelix@reddit
Just under 6k for me and the two young kids for a fortnight in Lanzarote all inc. this is going to be during the school holidays this year so tha adds a bit to the price.
It’s not anywhere super fancy either.
Kian-Tremayne@reddit
Last holiday was an Easter break travelling to Guernsey for a week. £1500 for three adults and a teenager - £600 for self catering apartment and £900 for flights to/from Gatwick. Slightly offsetting the price, saved £100 buying a new phone for my daughter as there’s no VAT there.
Last family holiday abroad was a week in a 4 star hotel in Majorca, half board, not much change out of £4000 for the four of us.
brumboy123@reddit
£8k, Thailand Honeymoon
HankHippopopolous@reddit
Went to Ibiza last summer all inclusive. Spent about £1k each per person for holiday. Then probably about another £500ish each as spending money while out there.
This summer we’re going to Croatia. We spent about £600 each on an Airbnb but will need more for spending money so probably going to be about £1k each on spending money.
The key is to go during school time.
We either go at the start of September or the end of June/start of July. It makes it so much more affordable.
Tiny-Apple5913@reddit
Just came back from skiing in the 3 valleys, all in, this cost us £5000 for two people. That included ski passes, ski rental, 6 days of lessons each and lunch every day on the slopes.
Reactance15@reddit
Rhodes. All inclusive but out of season. £350 each plus tourist tax of £60ish.
e_v8@reddit
Antalya last year for all 4 of us was £4049 for a week 5 All Inclusive. This year just me and the wife are on a cruise which is £2250 for the flights to Miami then £3500 for 7 day Caribbean cruise. Egypt later in the year for the 4 of us again is £4500 for a week 5 All inclusive. I enjoy travelling, the kids have always travelled with us and they’re better for it, learning other cultures, history & cuisines. You’re only here once, enjoy it while you can!
weeble182@reddit
We've been to the same place in Portugal twice and have booked for a third time. First time cost us £1.2k but now four years later it costs £1.8 for a week during April half term, with two adults, a kid and a free baby place.
It's a lovely 4* hotel, all inclusive that covers our dietary needs and is five minute walk from the best ice cream shop I've ever been to.
Past-Obligation1930@reddit
Family of four, about ten grand. Two of us were there for work, so we took the kids too. Three weeks in Australia.
Jezbod@reddit
Spent a month driving around the western States of America solo, saved money on accommodation and it came to about £5000. You’re only 50 once.
This was 2017, before the world went to rat shit.
Grace_Monroe@reddit
Around £8k. It was our honeymoon, tbf, and we’d saved on the wedding (ended up being around £12k all in) so we could go all out on the honeymoon. A few weeks before, 3 days in Disneyland Paris for around £300 for both of us.
Spiritual-Bison-2545@reddit
The more budget stuff we did last year was rome for 6 nights, £310 on flights and £740 hotel costs all in for a couple.
And palma for £260 on flights and hotel was £350 for 3 nights
I feel we couldve done both a bit cheaper on the hotels but we dont want to compromise too much on comfort and location
On the other end we spent a fortnight in brazil during a peak season point in the year and that was around £3.6k on the flights and £600 for the accomodation but the money we spent on food, drinks and uber went alot further than it wouldve in europe
AceStrawberryWolf@reddit
I spent 150 on the flight, 600 on a hotel which i used klarna for and roughly 300 spending and eating. This was for Rome for 5 days, im literally sat at the airport now waiting to go home.
Fellstorm_1991@reddit
Screw centre parks, way too expensive. We just had 5 days at butlins for 4x less than the same holiday at centre parks, and honestly it's been great.
811545b2-4ff7-4041@reddit
All in? Probably something like £12K but it was an extravagant trip for us (Las Vegas, LA, Cruise to Mexico) plus a bunch of trips/theme parks while we were there. 2 adults, 2 kids, but old enough to get charged as adults.
I think the least we've spent on a holiday in the last 10 years is £3K
bekbok@reddit
I've recently got back from South Africa, direct flights from London were £1,600 each (premium economy). Once there it was cheap as we were visiting family so had free accommodation but were buying food etc while there. Car hire was about £250 for the 3 weeks, we went to a different city for a night and stayed in a fancy hotel for £120. At the end we went on safari for 3 nights which was about £650 each, though once there that was all inclusive. For each of us, it was about £2,500 + food and shopping, but I'd have been buying food anyway so it wasn't extra compared to what I'd usually spend.
That said, if we needed accommodation the whole time, it would have been more, but based on a quick look and a less fancy hotel it would be £300-400 for a week. We'd also have to have eaten out more but things were a lot cheaper there than here. We got nandos delivered twice and it was about £20 for 2 meals, 2 sharing sides and a bottle of drink including delivery which was slightly more than we could eat so while more than cooking, not as much as you'd pay in the UK.
Fudge_is_1337@reddit
I went to India for a wedding last year plus some travelling about afterwards, probably £1800 over 10 days.
That's probably double the next most expensive holiday I've ever done
Iworkinfashionblah@reddit
Heading to Southern Albania in the summer (looks amazing) and it cost us £1700 for 2 adults and 1 child (got flights in the BA sale and then booked with a hotel direct). Have done further afield like Singapore/Bali with a child, which was a lot more on flights but very cheap out there... but I just can't do UK breaks! So expensive and can't guarantee good weather. School holidays do double the price mostly, can you take them out a day or two early?
SeaworthinessMain346@reddit
Look for free child places.
Try to work out the overall cost of a UK break including food, ice creams, petrol etc. If you're travelling with children all inclusive can be better value than it originally seems as you don't have to add lots of spending money on top (ice creams and soft drinks are usually available all day on top of meals and other drinks). But make sure you choose a venue with activities and entertainment.
Jet 2's site is really good because when you find a holiday you like, you can click into flights and it will show you the different prices for different dates within the same month. We once saved about £300 by changing our dates by one day.
Also if you live in northern England consider flying from Scotland (or vice versa) as the summer holiday dates are slightly different - the Scottish ones tend to start and finish earlier than English ones - and you might get a better price.
Oh and some cash back sites have the main holiday companies on them BUT the cash back is based on the full brochure price so you might not get discounts. Pretty sure Tesco clubcard vouchers can be used for some holiday companies too (although you'd need to save them up for ages in advance to make a noticeable dent).
DevilBadger@reddit
The Scottish holidays is a good tip. We saved over £1k on a holiday next month by flying from Glasgow rather than Manchester. And that saving is taking into account petrol and a Glasgow Premier Inn stay either side of the holiday
PaleozoicQueen@reddit
My flights return for my next trip were £127 return and many of the places I am going have backpacker hostels (I enjoy the hostel and backpacker scene) that are £8-12 a night.
My last trip was Lapland so that was much more expensive, but the flights were £45 return from Bristol.
-mister_oddball-@reddit
Lanzarote in February,in a villa. Paid a bit under £1700. Holiday was great but the villa was really poorly maintained.Booked it with Jet2 who really didn't give a shit that there was exposed wiring, the kitchen was falling apart etc. Been on some good trips with jet 2 but wouldn't recommend them for a villa.
PhilosophyFormer4609@reddit
Ive Just booked two in the next two months Krakow flights £60.50 return, coach to airport £20 return, air bnb £57 for two nights.
Berlin flights £60.50, coach to airport £20 and I haven't booked accomidation yet but im looking at around £90 for 3 nights in a capsule hotel.
Food is whatever you want to spend, supermarkets are pretty cheap in berlin (rewe is so good) Haven't been krakow before but I imagine its just as cheap
PhilosophyFormer4609@reddit
Avoid travelling in the summer though, you can literally book two holidays elsewhere in the year for the price of one during school holidays
TheHolidayArtist@reddit
It depends how fussy you are and what you're looking for....and of course time of year / current economical & environmental factors.
Right now prices are a bit crazy due to the war in the Middle East.
On average though, people can spend about £450-£600pp doing all inclusive at a cheap hotel in Turkey/Egypt.
Or you spend about £800-£1200 on an average hotel in Greece/Spain.
That's your lower price range typically if you're not too fussy about dates/departure airport.
A typical good holiday at a decent resort in a nice location averages around £1,300 - £1,500 these days.
Going long haul is generally in the £2,000 - £3,000 range, but can be cheaper if you're not too fussy.
Thailand remains fairly good value if you are not looking for all-inclusive. A decent holiday there sits around the £1,300 range, but can be cheaper if not too fussy.
PolarLocalCallingSvc@reddit
About £2k for two people. Started in Dresden, then Prague, Lichtenstein, Zurich by train. Prague was cheap, Zurich not so much. There was skiing built into this, which always bumps the price up.
PhilosophyFormer4609@reddit
Go on love2holidays and youll find some super cheap cheats
JabbaTheHuttsCock@reddit
Probably get downvoted to hell on this one but I took my daughters to Florida for two weeks. Stayed in Disney for most it. £14k
Derridas-Cat@reddit
Not sure there is much value in learning what others spend.
You can spend a few hundred quid on something very basic, particularly if you are flexible with dates and locations.
If you have specific desires and value luxury, then you can easily spend 10k in a week.
Wise to just set your own budget based on what you can afford and what your personal preferences are.
CosyColouringBooks@reddit
We've just booked 10 days in Tunisia in August for me, my husband and our 8 year old and it cost £2995 all inclusive. We last went abroad in 2024 and went for 10 days again to Greece which was £3400.
Ashamed_Housing7489@reddit
20 nights in Thailand flights and accommodation £1200 plus spending money on top of that
Fraggle_ninja@reddit
The fuel crisis is about to hit flights. Airlines are already cutting flights so if you want to go abroad book them quick because prices are going to go up - but get insurance straight away in case of any delays. Sad thing is that will probably knock onto uk holiday demand going up and yep more prices going up. It’s sad times.
Joshouken@reddit
£400 for a solo weekend in Copenhagen in Feb, before that it was maybe £4000 for 10 days climbing Kilimanjaro in Jan
BG3restart@reddit
My last holiday was £16k, but I went to New Zealand for a month, nice hotels, escorted tour, business class flights, but my next holiday to Spain has cost me £43 for the flights (Ryanair for the win) and I have free accommodation, so it will just be whatever I spend on food and drinks. I'm firmly of the opinion that you can spend as much or as little as you want. When we had school age kids and were tied to school holidays, we bought a tent and went camping. When they were a bit older, we did Eurocamp or Keycamp in France. We did Center Parcs at October half term because our kids had two weeks off and the second week was cheaper when the other kids were back at school.
WealthMain2987@reddit
We are a couple and going to Menorca. We booked flights and apartment independently (not through an agency like jet2). 500 for seven nights, we are going to hire a car which is around £160 and add spending probably around £350. Probably a grand in total.
Some weekend breaks we ended up spending something similar
JoeDaStudd@reddit
We just got back from a 9 night holiday in the UK for 2 adults and a baby and total for accommodation was about £600. We could have done 7 nights for £350 but I needed to do something in a slightly different area.
It was around £1k in total once you add fuel, food, attractions, etc. We could have done it cheaper, but it was our first family holiday so splashed out a bit.
Honestly when you little one gets school age and we want a proper holiday we'll just be taking the with the fines and take her during term time. A £2k holiday can easily be £5-6k during school holidays so £100 or so in fine is well worth it.
Fancy-Professor-7113@reddit
We went to Croatia last August for a fortnight and it was £5k for 2 adults, 2 teenage kids.
We went to Whitby for 7 days at Easter and that was £900 and we're going to France in May for a week That's also £900. Plus Eurotunnel and petrol to Brittany
All of these are S/C by the way.
cegsywegs@reddit
What is S/C?
miss-mercatale@reddit
Self catering
abcdefghabca@reddit
Around 700-800 for myself a week in like Tenerife or Gran Canaria, all inclusive
Independent-Ad-3385@reddit
Last year we did 2 caravan holidays, cost £700 in may and £400 in October half terms (family of 5). This year same caravan park in may cost over £900. I think a lot more people are holidaying in Britain this year. The park is sold out as well.
antimathematician@reddit
A month in Greece for two adults, £4K all in? Kids up your prices. Sometimes it’s actually cheaper to pay the fine than go during the holidays
Some parents at work have mentioned that it’s cheaper to fly to centerparcs abroad than go in the UK
Colleen987@reddit
This is so dependant on individual situations I think. Our yearly holiday budget is around £10k, 3 adults, 1 child - we did South Africa on to Thailand last year.
iolaus79@reddit
Week all inclusive in Greece this easter was £2085 for 3 adults and a 15 year old - so was in school holidays but not peak season - so would work out cheaper than centre parcs by the time you also pay for food etc
TBH I dont think we've had a 'main' holiday in the school summer holidays due to price - we tend to go in half terms or easter because it is SO much cheaper
Just checked and exact same holiday would be £1,350 more during the summer holidays (so same hotel, same airport etc)
kittykat7931@reddit
Went to Australia for three weeks - admittedly stayed with my sister but still had a couple of nights away elsewhere. Cost just over £1000 for flights, £600 for three nights in Kuala Lumpar. Took £1200 spending money and came back with £500. Cheaper than Centre Parcs….
Superb-Ad-8823@reddit
If you want to go to Centre Parcs try Europe as it can be cheaper than the UK. Pricing also depends on how popular the destination you wish to go to. Morocco is good value for money. Northern Spain is beautiful and has lovely beaches and you won't find any all day breakfast places plus everyday costs are much cheaper than southern Spain. Camping holidays in France is an option where you just turn up but take some essentials.
Defiant-Table-9131@reddit
We are going to Mallorca for a week all inclusive in July. Family of 4 cost a total of £2700
BaBaFiCo@reddit
Last holiday was a cruise. Ended up costing us £8k all in. One before that was Marrakech. I'd say it was about £700 all in.
Majestic_Matt_459@reddit
I can’t you a holiday fir 4 fir less than that abroad in August.
I’m the travel agent in the MSE site.
Dm me and I’ll show you link in MSE site to contact me but I’m off fir weekend from 3pm
anonoaw@reddit
Last holiday was about £500 including food for 2 nights in Scarborough (2 adults, 1 kid, 1 baby).
This year we’re spending £4K plus food for 10 nights at a Eurocamp park in the south of France. That includes flights, luggage, transfers etc. Again, 2 adults, 1 kid and 1 baby. My mum and two brother are coming too, but they’re obviously paying their own way although we’ll share food costs.
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