Holidays Costs in UK

DustyMiller · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:18

Why would anyone want to spend money on a UK holiday at this price, when for half the cost (nearly) you can be in somewhere guaranteed to be hot: £900 for 2 adults in Lanzarote Vs £1700 for a haven caravan for two in cornwall. Has the UK priced itself out of the market ???

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Deleted member 77746 · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:21

absolute joke! Why would anyone want a holiday in the UK costing that much lol

andy_mk3 · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:24

They're praying on all the people desperate for a holiday and not wanting to travel abroad.

Josh · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:25

Yeah my wife tried to sell me on a caravan in Devon for £1500 for a week.

"But it's got a hot tub"

Nope

Ayahuasca · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:26

There will always be enough people wanting to stay in the UK for them to do business. Hundreds of thousands are scared of flying or simply don't want to take the family abroad as it's more "hassle".

Plenty of kids I went to school with who had never been abroad.

Pho · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:26

I hate the idea of holiday resorts* but I think I'd probably take it over the caravan at that price :/.

* Give me an AirBnb / hotel and locals. I don't want to be anywhere near a compound full of drunk Brits in England shirts who never even explore the local area on holiday.

Maccy · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:27

The cost of flights needs to be factored in too, which will be much greater than the cost of fuel surely?

peterwalkley · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:28

Is one of you a teacher - why August when the kids are off school ? Hell on earth is other people's children

mrgubby · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:29

I've seen campsites advertising £17 pp per night, bring your own loo/shower as facilities are shut.

danoliver1 · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:30

It's camping for us this year, got a 2 week med cruise booked for next year though.

Deleted member 77746 · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:31

danoliver1 said:
It's camping for us this year, got a 2 week med cruise booked for next year though.

Haven't been camping for a long time. Wish I could do it again.

DustyMiller · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:32

We've actually booked for Sept for £700 inc flight with BA, i just couldn't get over how much Haven want for an old spec caravan, its not even one of the new posh ones.

danoliver1 · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:32

Bouton Aide said:
Haven't been camping for a long time. Wish I could do it again.

Have two boys 8 and 4 they love it I on the other hand tolerate it.

dlockers · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:33

What I don't understand is why someone on average wage can't afford the average holiday here in the UK. There should be some sort of regulation to make it so I can work the least possible but have the same holiday as rich folk. Inequality. I'm moving abroad. /s

danoliver1 · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:34

DustyMiller said:
We've actually booked for Sept for £700 inc flight with BA, i just couldn't get over how much Haven want for an old spec caravan, its not even one of the new posh ones.

We usually wait for the sun Todo the £9.50 holidays, can usually get a week for £120.

Deleted member 77746 · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:34

danoliver1 said:
Have two boys 8 and 4 they love it I on the other hand tolerate it.

That's the reason I went camping I was the young one lol parents where always camping around the UK.

Raikiri · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:39

Maccy said:
The cost of flights needs to be factored in too, which will be much greater than the cost of fuel surely?

Looks like it includes flights from Luton to me. So yeah, add another £100 for fuel onto the British holiday

chroniclard · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:44

Detest flying, gets worse every year, but still dont want to holiday in the UK.

4K8KW10 · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:50

Agreed that the UK offer is an absolute joke. Are they scalpers in the holidays market?
For that money, you can go to Riviera Maya, Cancun Area, Mexico, Smart by Oasis 4 stars...

Demon · 11 Mar 2021 at 13:51

We often do 'cheap' Holidays at such places as a second holiday with the 'family' (So 20+ of us at one time) just as a weeks' get together..

It's probably worth pointing out you are pretty much paying for the caravan and if savvy, even peak season you can have a family of 6 for £1100 (cheaper if you just want the caravan), plenty of other places than cornwall (Dorset/Lake District, etc)..

So yeah, £180-£233 pp for a big family peak season in the UK isn't the end of the world is it??

But going abroad, I also prefer privately renting a villa and flying over myself, the resort hotels are full of the same kinds of people I see in the UK Holiday parks, I only put up with it so the Mrs can spend the week with her family, but when I go for some sun, I want to actually enjoy myself..