Main holiday - how much do you spend
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Having just spent what seams an absolute fortune on a week away in the sun, I was interested if I was just been as tight as a ducks arse or this was normal (haven't been away on family holiday for 2 years and it seemed a lot cheaper last time).
As a percentage of yearly take home, how much do you spend on your main holiday per person (just travel and accomodation)?
For example I just spent 3% per person (2 adults 2 kids) for 1 week.
As a percentage of yearly take home, how much do you spend on your main holiday per person (just travel and accomodation)?
For example I just spent 3% per person (2 adults 2 kids) for 1 week.
3% per person seems like a huge amount!
We are going on a 5* luxury 2 week honeymoon in July and spending closer to 1.5% per person based on our joint standar incomes before bonuses.
Seems about right to me, and I doing we would spend as much as that for a normal holiday unless its a lot longer
We are going on a 5* luxury 2 week honeymoon in July and spending closer to 1.5% per person based on our joint standar incomes before bonuses.
Seems about right to me, and I doing we would spend as much as that for a normal holiday unless its a lot longer
Ilikebeaver said:
3% per person seems like a huge amount!
We are going on a 5* luxury 2 week honeymoon in July and spending closer to 1.5% per person based on our joint standar incomes before bonuses.
Seems about right to me, and I doing we would spend as much as that for a normal holiday unless its a lot longer
Are you using gross or net though?We are going on a 5* luxury 2 week honeymoon in July and spending closer to 1.5% per person based on our joint standar incomes before bonuses.
Seems about right to me, and I doing we would spend as much as that for a normal holiday unless its a lot longer
Gross, my figures half.
Holidays really don't have to be expensive....you just have to shop around, me & a mate of mine went to Barcelona, flights including taxes, transfers & 5 days in a 5* hotel was £200, OK we went in October, but the weather was glorious & we probably did'nt spend more than a couple hundred quid on food & drinks!
I can't do percentages but the holiday this year, thanks to "Summer Holiday Tax" prices will work out about 14-15% of nett including spending money for 2 weeks and that's for 5 of us.
The original plan was far cheaper (1 week, shared pool) but August necessitates a private pooled villa because of the (potential)heat.
However, I figured two weeks would cut down the overall cost of flights as we normally do two separate holidays for a week earlier and later (both cheaper)and did 3 last year (stupid really).
In fact it was the third and worst - where it rained a lot - that prompted a more expensive but safer "one shot deal" weather bet this year.
It is a real struggle though, paying everything in one load and the f******g airline credit card surcharge of £45 (Thanks for nothing Thomson) doesn't help one bit.
If they ever introduce a scheme to get those rip-off charges back like the did with PPP, I'll be rich....and as you can see, I'm not resentful or bitter about them at all (thieving feckers).
The original plan was far cheaper (1 week, shared pool) but August necessitates a private pooled villa because of the (potential)heat.
However, I figured two weeks would cut down the overall cost of flights as we normally do two separate holidays for a week earlier and later (both cheaper)and did 3 last year (stupid really).
In fact it was the third and worst - where it rained a lot - that prompted a more expensive but safer "one shot deal" weather bet this year.
It is a real struggle though, paying everything in one load and the f******g airline credit card surcharge of £45 (Thanks for nothing Thomson) doesn't help one bit.
If they ever introduce a scheme to get those rip-off charges back like the did with PPP, I'll be rich....and as you can see, I'm not resentful or bitter about them at all (thieving feckers).
Bungleaio said:
I've just had my 1st proper holiday for 6 years and I spent 14% of my annual wage on it.
I went to New York for a week.
I did the same in December; went to Hawaii though. Just myself; accommodation was free (timeshare) but flights, car and spending money came to about 10% all in. Worth every penny as well I went to New York for a week.
Depends year by year really, we usually go to the states which is expensive enough.
Spent 3 weeks in Orlando and Miami last October and by the time you add spending money etc its a scary amount of money, but my wife son and I love the place so you have to take the cost of it on the chin and get on with it.
We did however realise after our recent visit that after spending the last 10 years going here we have done everything many times over, we are now stuck with where do we go next that will have the same vast range of activities that Orlando offers.
Spent 3 weeks in Orlando and Miami last October and by the time you add spending money etc its a scary amount of money, but my wife son and I love the place so you have to take the cost of it on the chin and get on with it.
We did however realise after our recent visit that after spending the last 10 years going here we have done everything many times over, we are now stuck with where do we go next that will have the same vast range of activities that Orlando offers.
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