How much of your yearly income do you spend on holidays?

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Aggressive_Fish461@reddit

This year I will spend a couple weeks in Portugal surfing. I’m also going on a long weekend away with friends in the UK, splitting the cost of an air bnb.

Total will probs be £2000, maybe a bit more. which is <10% take home pay.

I want to go to Japan and skiing in next couple years - but only if I can find someone to go with, as I don’t wanna spend loads on solo travelling anymore.

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LeopardNeat899@reddit

How do people budget for their holidays, is it just a case of putting x amount of money away a month and if the funds aren't their for the next trip (food/flights/accomodation etc) then you do not go

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I put aside a certain amount per month and then cut my holiday cloth accordingly. If I really want to do a trip and don't have the budget for it I'll potentially raid my hobby/eating out/booze budget. I'm fortunate in that I've not had to say no to something I actually wanted to do for many years now.

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Aylez@reddit

We book package holidays a year in advance and pay monthly so it’s just a few monthly fees coming out, rather than big up front costs

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WittyActuator3587@reddit

I find package holidays to be more expensive sometimes. Could you not set the money aside yourself each month and then get the interest?

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TechnoAndy94@reddit

I find its all based on timing, they can be incredibly cheap if your flexible and book a month in advance.

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vajaxle@reddit

This is why millions of people do package holidays.

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prettybunbun@reddit

I’m not sure how much % wise but I try to go on a holiday about every 3 months so usually 4-5 a year.

These can vary from an expensive holiday I’ve put money aside for, or booking a cheap set of lights last minute, a cheap cruise two months before, an england holiday with friends etc.

I do think people underestimate the kind of deals you can get. England holiday? Do it in winter and cottages are soooo cheap to rent, pack a coat and do some nice walks & eat tasty local food. Cruise? 2/3 months before prices drop massively as they want to fill the ship, we went away in Jan on a European cruise £350 a person and they upgraded us (that’s all food included for a week from Southampton). Cheap set of flights. A couple of years ago we went to Prague, booked it 6 weeks before we went and got return flights for less than £100 each, booked a chain hotel cheap.

I’m a big believe in cheap hotel, cheap flights, save the money to do stuff in the country. We basically only sleep in the hotel, easyjet flights are short haul (less than 4hrs) and I can suck up an uncomfy seat for that long, get to the new place and explore! Highly recommended.

Don’t get me wrong sometimes I go on bougie holidays and I’ve got cash set aside to do so, and me & my partner have a decent income but you can deffo holiday cheaper.

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wewereallrooting4u@reddit

That sounds like an amazing cruise deal, could you share which company please?

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prettybunbun@reddit

Igloo cruises! You do usually have to book them quite last minute & obviously you get waaaaay cheaper deals over winter but it was awesome! Went to germany, the netherlands & france, it snowed on the ship which was cool, and yes you couldn’t really go in the pool etc but they put on like a cute winter ‘market’ on deck where they served biscuits and hot drinks etc, and did lots of activities. It was lush!

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wewereallrooting4u@reddit

Thank you! Sounds amazing

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scarby2@reddit

The deals can be pretty insane if you can go out of season. This generally requires not having kids. I always take time off before or after major holidays and travel then I've stayed at four seasons properties for less than friends have spent at travellodges

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prettybunbun@reddit

Oh 100%. I should caveat this: me & my fiancée travel as a couple, we do family holidays over summer sometimes which we suck up and pay the extra cost for but otherwise we tend to go away winter, autumn or spring. Winter deals are stupidly cheap. Went to portugal 5ish years ago first week of december, flights were like £80 return each, hotel was stupidly cheap, and it was still like 13 degrees! and lovely, went to the winter markets etc.

But I totally acknowledge it’s a nightmare for parents who have to book in the holidays. I do have a friend who says it’s cheaper to pay the school fine and take them in the school year lol

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Jankye1987@reddit

Same as me. Generally do 4 a year. Plus trips back to my partners country to see her family.

People are baffled that we can afford it.

We go in Skyscanner. Put our dates in and select any destination.

It then gives you a list of prices for every available place in them dates. We work down the list and go to the cheapest place we fancy.

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prettybunbun@reddit

Yeah exactly. Or I go on the ‘easy jet deals’ when they come round and literally put in the dates and pick the cheap ones. I go on igloo cruises and find the cheapest cruises coming up in the next 3 months. Or book it all yourself, flights can be so cheap, hotel prices if you don’t pick the city centre and don’t mind walking/taking public transport are not bad at all. You just have to put a bit of extra work in & be flexible with where you go.

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Pennywiser25@reddit

I can afford holidays easily but no one to go with

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No_Actuary9100@reddit

The most I’ve spent is about 10% (2 weeks in Canada, family of 5). But typically more like 5%.

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AirlineSevere7456@reddit

Think around 8 to10% of pre tax income.

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Imadeutscher@reddit

Holidays? I remember that ages ago. Good days

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lilangel437@reddit

the majority of my disposable income lol

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NoCold3997@reddit

I go on holliday about 3 months of the year abroad every year....so i spend enough 👍

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Best_Cup_883@reddit

Nothing but I do spend a fair bit of money going out places every weekend. I am flying solo long term, I spend my money on national trust, museums that sort of thing. I have anxiety and don't enjoy travelling by boat and plane. I focus on enjoying most of the weekends in the year vs 1 or 2 weeks on holiday. I just never really enjoyed holidays all that much even as a kid despite going to nice places. Its not a judgement tho, everyone is different.

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No-Breakfast9187@reddit

a couple of times a year. i've been on 3 this year(including going to my home country for 3ish weeks) so far and have one more lined up for june. but i'm also quite low on annual leave so i don't imagine there'll be a lot more lol.

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urgentassistance@reddit

8-10% I will be increasing it (1 long hol and a couple of short breaks) this was before a mini sabbatical.

I will now be increasing it to accomadtor more adventure because cartilage>cash. More multi day hikes more multi day bike loops.

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dodgy_donkey@reddit

Maybe 2k. I like to go away for one longer holiday to the beach and one shorter city break. I also have family abroad and visit them once or twice.

I used to feel guilty about not being that keen on travelling but ultimately accepted it and now I am not embarrassed to admit that it’s just not one of my priorities. I enjoy the finer things in life and prefer spending my money on that or hanging out with my friends and not having to monitor my spending on drinks, food, tickets to gigs, etc.

I could afford to go on more holidays and will eventually get to all the big ticket items that I would like to see but have more than enough time left in my life. Earn around 70k in London.

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Equivalent_Word3952@reddit

Once the holiday is paid for in advance it’s kinda free- girl maths 🧮

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SuperHansDunYourMum@reddit

No idea. If I don't look, it can't hurt me.

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Equivalent_Word3952@reddit

Same

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PHayesxx@reddit

If you pay it in advance it’s basically free when you go, right?

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salutdamour@reddit

Exactly

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Jankye1987@reddit

Same logic applies to putting it on a credit card.

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Cactus-Cat1@reddit

Unfortunately none, I can barely afford rent, bills and the basics. If you can afford it, do it, and don't worry about it.

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GooseyDuckDuck@reddit

Roughly 10% annually.

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Opposite_Basis_3532@reddit

Based on recent calculations, it currently sits at 53% of our annual household income.

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thiagogaith@reddit

About 5%

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Aggravating_Wrap6763@reddit

I’d say 15-20% but this is probably only possible if you have expendable income

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dinkidoo7693@reddit

Non not had a holiday since 2017

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lonesome_okapi_314@reddit

Is that because you didn’t enjoy them or a cost thing?

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dinkidoo7693@reddit

Its definitely a cost thing. Im a single parent, no discounts if theres only one adult

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WittyActuator3587@reddit

Isn’t that for package holidays though? Holidays booked independently can be cheaper. Have you considered a camping holiday? It does require some start up costs to the tent and cooking equipment etc but can be quite affordable

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dinkidoo7693@reddit

A tent/camping is my worst nightmare. I do enough cooking and cleaning at home so Id like an all inclusive if i ever go anywhere

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WittyActuator3587@reddit

Fair enough. I grew up doing it so I guess I’m used to it. I do enjoy a more relaxing stay away with meals out but also like the change of scenery and things to visit when away somewhere camping. The glamping pods across the UK are great, I went to a luxury one in Scotland last year, I could have lived there! they could be a good alternative + eating out but not sure what the cost would be compared to the cost of an all inclusive

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dinkidoo7693@reddit

I also don’t drive and that is another reason camping wouldn’t work. If i go away again Im hoping for some warm sunny weather and no worries about food or drinks. Keep it simple. Hoping to go in the next year or so but no idea with the fuel prices for flights and whatnot

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WittyActuator3587@reddit

Ah yeah that’s true, I don’t drive either so rely on my partner and family when camping. Hope you can get away soon! Some package deals to certain countries are cheaper right now because of the Iran war, I think maybe turkey and even Greece

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TheOldSeaDog78@reddit

Any single mum friends that would go with you?

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dinkidoo7693@reddit

Yeah but i don’t want their kids and i don’t think my kid would want them there either 🤣

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Sharp_Table_14@reddit

F

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TheRealPyroManiac@reddit

Rarely go on holidays, maybe a long weekend somewhere in Europe once a year and usually around £1,000. I can’t really afford much more atm and disposable income usually goes on things rather than experiences for me

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melanie110@reddit

Last year we discovered how easy it is to drive from Yorkshire to mid France. We do that quite often and usually at the drop of a hat.

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TheRealPyroManiac@reddit

Did that lady year, really enjoyable minus the ferries

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melanie110@reddit

Oh god no ferries. I do the train. My 35 mins. That’s my preference anyway and you can double your club card vouchers up to use it on it

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TheRealPyroManiac@reddit

Good shout I’ll look into that next time

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Smeeble09@reddit

1-2% now, last year was our first one in ten years, and it wasn't abroad.

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Prefect_99@reddit

You guys get holidays?

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Sure_Debate_7646@reddit

Probably close to 10%, but that’s usually 3 or 4 trips abroad.

Last year was only 2 (not complaining!) but also had quite a few weddings to attend, and those can cost as much as a weekend away sometimes!

The year before we had a 5 day trip to Paris, a week in Greece half board and a week in Spain half board, plus a long weekend in London.

I have a “sinking fund” for holidays where I put money away (£100) each month; then top it up every other month if ive got some extra cash in my current account at the end of the month. Then when it comes to booking I’ve either got a chunk of cash to pay it off or pay towards it, and just cover the rest with my pay that month.

It really depends on what you want from a holiday too. We have tried package deals and they can be really good value for money and getting away on a budget, but we much prefer DIY jobs where we can find cheap flights, do transfers by public transport and pick hotels that work for us in terms of location and what we want to see and do on that holiday.

For example this year we booked a last minute TUI deal at Easter which was £605pp including luggage, transfers and half-board (breakfast and dinner) but the hotel was a 90 minute drive from the airport and almost in the middle of nowhere meaning we would have to hire or car or book excursions to go anywhere else on the island if we were looking for fun or adventure. Thankfully we were just looking for sun on this break! But at that price we didn’t mind, we had a relaxing week of “free” meals and reading by the pool. We can do our adventure holiday later in the year.

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ashleypenny@reddit

not a huge sum. we do 2 short trips a year minimum- usually 3-5 nights, and do longer trips when we fancy like 3 weeks in goa last year

the short trips are just when we both have a week off. one is already in december and we either do a city break or somewhere warm to relax

we have the time off, i check sky scanner for the cheapest flights, check historical weather at the time, if it's good I check airbnb and find somewhere with a good location. this works quite well & we get decent prices - going to Chania in crete on monday and its cost is £239 each for 4 days / 3 nights in an excellent looking apartment, and just booked Fuerteventura for December for 5 nights for £320 each for 3 of us.

the longer trips are mixed - we either leave it to 2 weeks before and search late deals for a specific criteria if we want a package deal - usually use tui site and search for the airports we want; tripadvisor minimum 4.0 score & decent flight times and a cost range and sort through what's there, read through the reviews etc and pick something. we've had some really good holidays this way and overhearing people in-resort or reading reviews, we've often paid a fraction of what they paid.

the other way is we plan flights in advance if it's somewhere we have planned to go, like Goa, and we move about a fair bit. we did 3 weeks and stayed in 9 airbnbs from north to south and got to see so much of the place rather than just hang out at once beach for ages. had some amazing stays and had everything from a wooden A-frame in the jungle to a rooftop penthouse with private pool

it works well for us and keeps things pretty balanced ,we don't need a long holiday abroad every single year. we could afford to - household income of £120k, but this meets our needs.

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grapo2001@reddit

15-20%

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knightsbridge-@reddit

Barely any. We just don't go on a lot of holidays. Haven't been overseas since our honeymoon in '22, and before that it was a couple years.

I like holidays just fine, but it's always hard to justify the cost when I could spend that on something more tangible.

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JavaRuby2000@reddit

Roughly 10k per year on flights and accommodation. Have absolutely no idea how much we spend on drinks, food, excursions etc..

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rustynoodle3891@reddit

Absolute bargain. I last went abroad about 15 years ago. I do miss it but then I also prefer to have a house and food. I'm awful at saving anything even if I had much spare.

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Send_bird_pics@reddit

Disposable income, 27%. Actual salary 7%

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Nick6819@reddit

I don’t really do a holiday in the traditional sense. I’m single and loathe the single supplement plus I’ve never really been a beach holiday kind of guy.

I do spend an awful lot on concerts etc though.

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WittyActuator3587@reddit

There are so many other types of holidays to do other than beach holidays though. I often stay in hostels or share with a friend

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melanie110@reddit

As mush as I can without starving to death.

But no, the majority of our wages goes on holidays as that’s what we enjoy

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dcute69@reddit

How are you able to spend over 50% of your salary on holidays. That's ridiculous

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melanie110@reddit

Why is it though. What about folk who finance expensive cars or spend it weed. Some people prefer to spend loads on things like clothes or coffee, maybe computers, Lego or D&D stuff. I like holidays

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Dunny2k@reddit

People are spending £500 a month on a financed car, I’d much rather spend that on holidays

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melanie110@reddit

Exactly this. I have a mortgage and that’s about it but we are dual income. One kid moved out and other about leave school. Works out cheaper when the younger one doesn’t want to abroad anymore

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NoCold3997@reddit

Why not ..people spend what they can afford 🤷

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EuroSong@reddit

Same here. I take multiple cruises per year. Done 23, with cruises 24, 25 and 26 in the pipeline. Love it.

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cheesewindow@reddit

Same here. We don’t go out to pubs or meals at weekends and just save all our money to go towards holidays. We’re lucky to be in this position and we love it.

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melanie110@reddit

Same as. We have a lovely garden to enjoy and a lovely lake at the back of us if we are grounded, we may go out out once every 8 weeks or so but that’s it

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cheesewindow@reddit

We have our main holiday in January. Just when the depression sets in after Christmas we head off for two weeks 😊

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melanie110@reddit

Ahhhhhh we do one November then again in May. We did squeeze Easter weekend in Paris. Chunnel was cheap and found an awesome Airbnb with underground parking for €9 a day. We’ve had to move this one from June to August and whilst I’m looking forward to it, it’s the summer holidays. My kids are older so don’t come but I can’t complain. AirPods and lots of cocktails

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cheesewindow@reddit

Lovely! Love Paris. I like the Latin quarter near Quasimodos house. We’ve just come back from Pina Coladas in Palma! 5 nights in total for less than £70 a night including flights. If you’re not fussy where you go there’s definitely good cheap deals around.

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melanie110@reddit

That’s awesome. We went to Palma last yesterday for lunch. Husband wanted tapas and flights were £18.50 return from Manchester. That was awesome. Flew 7am Saturday morning and flew back 10pm Saturday night. Lunch in the city was lush and it was lovely and warm too.

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TikiKie92@reddit

Who did you fly with? Can’t find anything for less than £50 on skyscanner.. always wanted to do an extreme day trip on the weekend

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melanie110@reddit

It was Ryanair. We looked to do it again this year but it’s doubled. Belfast is cheap, well was before everything went up

It cost more in parking than going but we did spend quite a bit on duty free.

I think there’s a Facebook group called extreme days or something like that

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NowThenHowDo@reddit

As a farmer, I have not been on holiday since I was 12.

It's just not something that will ever be possible, I don't even think about it as a part of life.

I can not realistically be away from the farm for more than a day at a time and even that is s stretch and I have to ask a neighbor farmer to check on the animals for me throughout the day.

That being said if I could id like to go to Scotland to hike in the highlands, drink good ale and eat good pub food.

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WittyActuator3587@reddit

Do you not find that sad though? There must be some farmers who do manage to go away even if it’s to visit family

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Viking-Bastard-XIV@reddit

No idea on % but have two “big” holidays a year, and then smaller weekend breaks. Croatia and Rhodes for our holidays this year, Berlin, Nice, and Tbilisi this year. Have UK weekends away too York, Brighton, a couple to London too.

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suchbeautys@reddit

No idea. If I don't look, it can't hurt me.

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Key_Produce2617@reddit

The majority. Every half term we go somewhere.

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TheOldSeaDog78@reddit

I pay around £300 a month, paid over a year, so around 10% of my wages go on a holiday. That's for 4 of us, all inclusive, normally Majorca.
Well worth it.

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EngineeringCockney@reddit

I track my spending… 9.5k last year, 8.5k the year before.

To be honest I’m quite surprised that it isn’t more considering

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elasticafantastica@reddit

Around 10%, we will go abroad and stay with family once a year which massively diminishes costs. Incorporated an all inclusive/half board somewhere in Europe over the last few years. We do go away in the UK every few months but usually stay in budget hotels and also camp regularly which is very reasonable.

We don't drink and spend a lot of time outdoors on these holidays, tend to prepare our own food - which can literally be pot noodles sometimes -instead of eating out (excluding the all inclusive/half board) so that usually pulls costs down.

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slightleee@reddit

Apart from 2 trips to Canada in the last 15 years. We stay in the UK. We motorhome around, so much to explore in this country. And it's all about getting the dog knackered on a big walk and then relaxing in the evening where there is possibly wine involved. How much does it cost? The first motorhome, we sold after 10 years for £500 more than we bought it for. Spent 20k on the new one but won't know what we have lost if and when we sell it. I suppose a week away is £150-£250 booking plus food and stuff. But it also gets used as a beach hut if we go paddle boarding to the local harbour in Poole. We buy a season parking ticket so we don't have to pay the £15 a day ticket machine. The ticket allows 3 vehicles so we use that for popping down for beach walks and stuff in our cars. I can't bring myself to deal with getting to and from airports, flying, transfers etc. How people want to go abroad 3 or 4 times a year baffles me.

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Comprehensive_You42@reddit

I tend to pay £1500 - £1750 per year, per person.

Once my son leaves school I will spend the same, but be able to do more because we can do it out of high season, and he can pay for his own. Kids are expensive, man.

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Qyro@reddit

What's a holiday? I can barely afford my bills, let alone a holiday.

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dan0806@reddit

Generally around 10%

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msac84@reddit

About 25% I reckon

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NoCold3997@reddit

About £10k a year ..every jan i book up for the year ..next holliday is in june

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CptBananaPants@reddit

Quite a lot, in truth.

Rome earlier this year was ~£3k. This includes our tours and activities.

I have just booked 9 nights in Tenerife in June for another ~£3k (all inclusive 5*, thought it was a good deal!) including car rental

Jersey in September for the air show has come to £1300 including car rental

I’m thinking 16 nights in Cancun in December, which will likely come to around £4k - I’ll be using my Avios points to get cheaper business class flights.

This is all for two people.

I earn £80k and pay for it all.

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audigex@reddit

If I average everything out since we got together, it's about a couple of percent of our net income on foreign holidays

At least double that if you include trips within the UK, although I'd consider them as more of our general leisure/entertainment budget even if they involve a couple of nights at a hotel when we go to a gig or to visit friends etc

It would've likely been nearly double that if Covid hadn't happened, though - we couldn't be arsed dealing with potential cancellations etc or being stuck abroad while poorly so we didn't travel for 3 years until it died down

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StealthyUltralisk@reddit

6% ish. No kids.

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Alarmed_Ice_272@reddit

Around £10k in my household, only in the last 2-3 years, trying to travel more before we have kids, we don’t do typical beach holidays, generally travel through Northern America, Asia or smaller trips within Europe. Around 10% of our yearly income.

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NewtAway4007@reddit

None of it

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binaryhextechdude@reddit

Can't answer that because no two holidays are the same. Generally I try to spend as little as possible though

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itsmeraine28@reddit

10-15k a year. We go twice a year.

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FeDUpGraduate87@reddit

0%

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sjnyo@reddit

£500/£1000 every few years - don’t really like going away.

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Thats_my_nirnroot@reddit

Less than half of a single month's salary..

But in recent years, priorities has made it impossible to justify.

So zero currently lol

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Brettstastyburger@reddit

Assuming we are purely discussing travelling outside of the UK, we allocate 8% of our takehome pay to X1 holiday per annum.

We save this amount each month, and typically we are about 1 or 2 years in advance. So this month's savings were the first to be allocated to the holiday in 2029 pot.

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NewClassic5@reddit

For the past year 12%

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Charming-Lemon-9431@reddit

Can’t afford one

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Adminisissy@reddit

This year's budget is £35.

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avalanchefan95@reddit

If I were guessing I'd say we're around 15% of our income. We both go on one big holiday and one small one sorting the year. We also take long weekends away from time to time and I go to the US once a year as well (alone)

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morebob12@reddit

5% for summer and winter holiday

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Emergency-Living6584@reddit

0 I don’t do holidays

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rockdecasba@reddit

Going on 5 holidays a year. Range between £200 to £2000. Most are sub £500. The more you go away the more loyalty points you get. I'm always sort of using the last lot of points so never paying full price

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HumpZ29@reddit

Last few years, it's averaged 30k on a combined salary of 160k. No kids, work to live amd going away is a big part of that

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Doomergeneration@reddit (OP)

Jeez, another world to me

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HumpZ29@reddit

Its the yearly cruises that we go on that raise it to a high cost as we like to treat ourselves to the too end suite etc and then have a few city breaks alongside it. I appreciate its alot and 5 years ago I could never imagine being able to do it so we're doing it while we can!

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Joshouken@reddit

20% of my take-home in 2025, although that was an expensive year (France skiing, Dublin sightseeing, Slovakia hiking, France sun, Spain sun, Guatemala hiking, Greece sun, Tanzania hiking)

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172116@reddit

At a rough estimate, about 10% of take home (meaning all of the costs associated with going away, like food when I'm there, even when those costs are cheaper than e.g. feeding myself at home). I'm lucky in that all of my fixed costs were decided on when I was earning half what I currently do, so a massive chunk of my salary is disposable. I do put a fair bit into savings (overpaid 20% on my mortgage at renewal this year), but I also set aside some money each month into an account I use to pay for holidays, so I'm spending money I already have.

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Ill-Appointment6494@reddit

Holidays??

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Academic_Carrot7260@reddit

What is a holiday?

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sakmentoloki@reddit

Not sure on percentages but my partner and I tend to go on holiday 4-5 times a year.

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811545b2-4ff7-4041@reddit

Just worked it out to 6.25% .. but i'm not sure how meaningful that is since you don't know my household income.

It's probably about as much as we spend on the mortgage.

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OddSign2828@reddit

I’d say about 5%, usually a week or 10-day trip in summer and a smattering of long weekends short haul or UK across the year

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PaleozoicQueen@reddit

Most of it.

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Strong-Librarian-OOK@reddit

Around 30%. More if you include day trips.

If it makes a difference though I’m childfree and have terminal cancer (but still feel physically ok so still working etc at the moment) thus living a DINK lifestyle (low essential spending) and have no reason to allocate funds for the future since I don’t have one.

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chincheckmcgee@reddit

Of my actual take home salary? Maybe 2-3%

Turns out to be about 1-2k

I enjoy holidays but I wouldn’t sacrifice the week to week enjoyment I have just for the holidays.

Some people pour a large chunk of their disposable or savings into holidays at the expense of their day to day and that isn’t a life I’d want to live

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CollegeFabulous3535@reddit

8-10% of household income

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OkTechnician4610@reddit

None for about 12 years would love to go somewhere on holiday but cannot afford it & care for my dog.

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Lach0X@reddit

You guys can afford holidays?

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Dyalikedagz@reddit

Yes.

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GinBitch@reddit

Zero. No budget for anything than basic life.

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Aggravating-Ant-6767@reddit

I lot. If you average it out over the year, I’d say £1k a month.

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CurvePuzzleheaded361@reddit

Not much. Very much homebirds. We have a lovely home and our garden is our pride and joy. I find travelling stressful to be honest, did all that when I was in my 20s. We do get away once or twice a year and do prefer luxury trips which cost more. Perks of no kids haha.

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Blocker212@reddit

Spent 19 grand going to Japan twice this year… was nearly sick when I counted

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Odd-Paramedic-3826@reddit

If you're thrifty you can spend very little on holidays.

In about a month im going to italy for a week, £140ish on flights and £170 on accomodation (airbnbs split four ways with my friends) so not including money i spend during the trip, it was only £310

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Psychological-Bag272@reddit

Between 5-10k

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trucksandtrains@reddit

5-10%. 3 x UK holidays and 1 x all inc. beach resort in Europe. Some UK weekends sprinkled about.

Planning on raising that as our kid grows up and we want to show him the world!

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Dutch_Slim@reddit

1/35.

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apocalypsebrow@reddit

I go on a family holiday once a year, there's a bunch of us(20) so it comes to about £300 per person for accommodation with breakfast and tea. Probably another £200 on fuel, lunches/snacks and general stuff when we're away

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Real_Dependent2919@reddit

0$

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sparklybeast@reddit

In a normal year? Nothing. Last had a holiday in 2023 and it's unlikely there'll be another for some time. If I were better off pretty much all of my spare money would go on holidays.

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MidnightRambler87@reddit

Snap.

Although I do want to go away for a milestone birthday next year but my birthday falls during the Easter holidays so I’ll wait until the little cherubs have gone back.

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Pyrex_Living@reddit

Around 8% of combined income (gross) with the wife which is around £12k pa on holidays.

We don’t have kids yet so have time and money to spend on holidays.

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Minimum_Airline3657@reddit

£400 a month for holidays, family of 4. 1 big holiday, usually Cape Verde in December, and 2 UK holidays in July and August.

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zeusoid@reddit

5%

Family of 3

2 long haul, 4 short haul

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Lots-o-bots@reddit

Where do you even find the time to organise a holiday every other month lol.

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zeusoid@reddit

I have 35 holidays, and I can buy 10 more.

My time away from work is worth it so I do buy the 10more

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mike9874@reddit

This year I took the family on our first package holiday after organising multi-stop breaks for the last few years. I could easily organise 6 of those in a year

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Hefty_Peanut@reddit

Usually do a staycation and an abroad holiday annually about 6k- this year we're just doing staycation as I'm pregnant. We're on about 75-80k combined.

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Alasdair91@reddit

Too much 😅 But life is short and I like holidays.

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atsevoN@reddit

0

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BaBaFiCo@reddit

Typically £500-1000 per holiday, probably 3-5 holidays a year.

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ForestCl0uds@reddit

It probably averages at about 2-3% but we don't have a set pattern.

It's generally a city break once per year, then a longer haul holiday every few years.

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vajaxle@reddit

I earn £2000 per month. So that for a weeks holiday for 3.

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keta_ro@reddit

Quarter

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SpudFire@reddit

3% + a bit extra spending money (eating out, excursions) would probably be my limit.

Above that and I'd probably be saving up, cutting back on other treats to justify it.

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Yeoman1877@reddit

About 10% of take home pay. Family of 3.

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BoogChoo@reddit

None, which actually feels pretty miserable that I type it out like this....

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KrytenLister@reddit

We spend quite a lot on travelling. It’s our favourite thing to do with our money and we don’t have kids, so get to be quite indulgent, I suppose.

On an ideal year we try to do one long haul trip a year (2 weeks+), then a couple of shorter (up to week) trips closer to home in Europe somewhere.

It doesn’t always work out like that because we both have quite busy jobs.

Cost varies. The big one last year was over my birthday and that was £15k or there abouts. I think the norm is nearer £10k for the long haul ones.

The short ones are maybe in the £2-3k range.

We have been really fortunate in that department, but also do work hard.

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keelekingfisher@reddit

Haven't had a holiday since I lived with my parents.

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MaChao20@reddit

Does staying at home and occasionally heading outside for a bit to touch some grass considered a holiday?

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Cassyj-8888@reddit

Same lol

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CicadaSlight7603@reddit

7% this year. It varies. Multiple trips family of four. Would be more but we stay in our or family holiday houses a lot of the time. Haven’t factored in cost of maintaining, insuring, tax on these etc.

The income is important though when it comes to affordability. 7% of £40k is a lot less cash than 7% of £400k but probably only the second example can afford to spend 7% on holidays.

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Astronaut_Level@reddit

5-7%

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BreakfastLopsided906@reddit

10-20% depending on where we go.

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decentlyfair@reddit

Depends on the year this year so far has been trips to Vienna and sweden and London. There will probably be a couple more Swedish trips this year plus a diving holiday and a couple of camping trips. So probably less than than 10%.

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haggis_catcher-@reddit

Not much , we have 4 young kids under 12 so we dont go abroad but we do caravan holidays every year

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nfurnoh@reddit

We work to live and that includes holidays so we have a holiday fund. We took three last year including a tour of Vietnam, a week in a posh cabin in Richmond, and a week staying local and visiting attractions so probably in the £10k range. That’s pretty average for us with a combined income of £120k.

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brokenlogic18@reddit

5%

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Contract-Spirit@reddit

Probably closer to 10% than I'd like.

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TheRadishBros@reddit

Probably about 20%

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Glittering-Knee9595@reddit

A very small amount.

I don’t have a lot of interest in holidays.

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IsOkay_No@reddit

Like half of it

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Fine_Cress_649@reddit

Most I've ever spent was about 4% of my annual income for a fortnight for a big family event. Wouldn't do it again tbh. Much prefer cheap weekends here and there.

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ReallyIntriguing@reddit

Salary - £36000 Holiday (x 1) - £2000 (1 adult + 1 child, Majorca)

5.5%

Likely to do a weekend away on a coast with the boy so maybe another £500? So lets call it 6.9%.

Last year only I went away for £1000 to Cyprus, salary then was £34000, so that's 2.9%

Add in £400 spending money for both holidays (£800 total) and you've got 8% for 2026 and 4.1% for 2025.

Average is 6.1%

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hauntedathiest@reddit

O%.

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patogatopato@reddit

6.39% this year

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SmugglersParadise@reddit

We spent 8% of our household earnings last year on trips. Which included our honeymoon, which I was surprised at. I thought it would be lower

While reading into it, I saw a stat that most UK households who do go on holidays annually spend between 5 & 10% of their income on holidays.

If I can find the sauce I'll update the comment

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rezonansmagnetyczny@reddit

Take home 3k.

Holidays about 700 a month

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lodav22@reddit

We’re self employed so can’t really afford to go away for a fortnight at a time so we put a caravan on a permanent pitch in Pembrokeshire near the beach for £2.5k a year and pop down for a couple of nights 2-3 times a month for a wee break. It’s enough to blow away the cobwebs and I absolutely love Pembrokeshire.

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LimesFruit@reddit

as much as I can while still paying the bills and eating

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KingGeedo91@reddit

Between 2-5% overall

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Affectionate_Ad6864@reddit

I guess it depends on your definition of holiday - if you mean abroad usually 2-3 a year at about £600 each for flights and accommodation. Alongside that we try to do a few long weekends in Devon/south wales a year Plus a night in a hotel every few months

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0hca@reddit

My annual holiday budget is around 0% ±0%

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Who_Knows_M3@reddit

Varies. This year is our first actual abroad holiday holiday. But we got married last year so its our "familymoon". We try and go exmouth for a few days each summer with daughter. And that's about it. Wages change each year and prices change each year. So % is impossible to say but its budgeted into things.

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h00dman@reddit

1%

I don't go on many holidays and when I do they're usually just long weekends away somewhere in the UK.

Last year it was York in October, this year I've already been to Glasgow, and unless I decide to do one of those work-ation things where I go away somewhere nice but work while I'm there, that's probably all I'll do until next year.

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maceion@reddit

Perhaps 2% maximum..

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DangerousSeesaw@reddit

This year’s holiday is about £1300 each, both earning around £40k before tax

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Emotional_Pick9327@reddit

3 holidays a year just me and the wife about £6.000

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ait_x@reddit

Probably around 3%.

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Jameswall3231@reddit

Holidays are very important to us, no kids (yet). We try to get away 4-5 times a year. Probably 10-15% of income as I see it as an essential.

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DesignFar6251@reddit

I'm with you, it's definitely an essential. I'm basically just working at this point to pay for my next holiday

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Sweaty-Possession-19@reddit

Family of 3,

1 week in Spain.

1 week in UK.

Maybe off weekend here and there.

And 1 or 2 holidays seperatly with friends long weekends etc.

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saintlaurent1212@reddit

100usd because I don’t earn alot 😔

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TulipTatsyrup@reddit

Ask Uk

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DesignFar6251@reddit

I don't think I could put an actual figure on it, but my holidays and trips are one of the main things I spend my money on. I try to get away at least once every couple of months.

I'd estimate that all in my holidays probably cost me around £1k on average for shorter trips, and around £3k for the longer ones. So I'd probably say I spend around £10k - £15k a year on holidays

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