What is your travel budget and plan for 2025?

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Anonymous wrote:5 nights in so fl next month - 5-6k
Large beach house rental with parents + sibling family - 3-4k share
solo family summer beach trip - 3-4k

maybe a few 3 day trips to nyc, philly, etc

Have a 1.5yr old so not the best time to travel

OP here - ours is 2.5 so totally get it - which beach are you all doing solo?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
June Costa Rica 12 days/4ppl: 10k (rescheduled from this winter)

July:2 adults, 10 day dolomites; Slovenia; ; 7- 8k; flights on miles)

August: beach week obx 3500-4k

Xmas 2025: visit family on west coast 5k

So c25k; ; more than usual as we usually do one international; one west coast and one beach trip a year . This year we will take a second international trip since we skipped winter.

OP here - this is incredible did you use a tour company for dolomites? where did you stay in costa rica?

[Anonymous]

This is the first year where we have several trips lined up since we started having kids. We have a 4 yo and a 1.5 yo. Up until now, we’ve done small weekend trips, a trip to Florida, and OBX.

For 2025 so far we have:

Jan - Parents weekend in NYC, mainly to see a broadway show - my Xmas gift (our first solo trip since 4 yo was born).

Feb - Weekend trip to NY for husbands grandmothers birthday party.

March - Weekend trip to Pittsburgh

April - Almost 2 weeks in Portugal with my parents and siblings. This will be my husbands and kids first time traveling internationally. I don’t think we’ll spend more than 12k on this though - we’re staying in airbnbs the whole time, split with family it comes out to 3k lodging. Air fare we used a combo of points and cash, so about 3k there.

August - Doing a week in Acadia before the oldest starts kindergarten. Normally we’d do OBX in September, but now that we have to follow the school calendar, booking a house in August is ridiculously expensive, so I thought we’d change it up and try something new. As of now we’re planning to drive to Acadia to save money. Most likely stop overnight somewhere in Connecticut on the way there.

Ideally I’d also like to add a long weekend trip to a beach in the summer (driving distance)
And maybe another weekend away in the fall sometime.

We are done having kids and so far both kids have been pretty good travelers, so I’m ready to get back to traveling again! Especially now that we’ll only have one in daycare starting this August.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So far, $5000 for a 4-night cruise with two nights in Miami beforehand.

OP here - how many people is this for and which cruise line??

Three people. This price includes airfare, drink packages, the cruise itself (Royal) and the hotel.

[Anonymous]

Family of 5, and these are our plans for 2025:

-long weekend ski trip to Salt Lake City that we already did earlier this month
-Summer week in ME
-summer long weekend in Iceland
-1 week in Finnish Lapland like OP

About $40k which is on the higher end for us but I do YNAB and this is how I wanted to prioritize my spending this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are working on our travel for the year and an accompanying budget. We have previously been dictated by family events and other things, and this year is a bit more open. Looking for some inspiration along with associated costs, including number of people covered.

For now, our year is a trip for 2 in Lapland in Q1 and a trip for 4 on a Very Merrytime Disney cruise in Q4. That's quite a bit of our budget as it is - interested in how others split out their budget and plan for the year, perhaps interspersing small drivable trips to make the year still feel full.

Q1: Lapland & Helsinki ($10K 2 people 7 nights)
Q4: Very Merrytime Cruise ($12K 4 people 4 nights)

I think in total our budget is $30-35 for the year, we could stretch more but prefer not to. Adding a child and grandma to our trips has made the budget go much quicker than it used to.

I'd like to add some local trips maybe Hershey Park (maybe $1500), NYC (maybe $1500), etc. and perhaps another flying trip like BahaMar for 3 (could be done in $4500).

OP - I am the family of 5 PP who just wrote. In Nov. we did a 3 night RC cruise to Bahamas, and we did a day trip to Baha Mar (the other day we were in RC's private island CocoCay which is actually somewhat similar). It turns out that I preferred just doing it as a day trip to Baha Mar and didn't wish I was there for more days, but YMMV.

[Anonymous]

February: trip to Puerto Rico for four nights. Mother, daughter. My mother is treating. She can't really travel on her own, so the only way she can travel is if someone goes with her. She requires a lot of hand holding. I am grateful for the trip. Lodging is a splurge: 7K

April: Nuclear family (4 people) One week in Italy and Switzerland. For flights, trains, lodging: 8K

June/July: One week in Maine with extended family. Lodging and travel paid for by parent. We will pay for food and expenses when we get there. Our share will be around what we would have spent at home.

July/August: Two week national park / coast / city trip in CA. Close to 12K.
Maybe a bit less, probably a lot more. The US is expensive, but two weeks also makes a difference.

August weekend VA beach trip, multi gen. 2K

My spouse is a federal government worker with a ton of leave. I run my own small business and, to be honest, my profits will barely cover the travel costs we will run up this year. But, to me it's worth it to work even if all it covers is travel. Travel has always been my main splurge and I love it.

[Anonymous]

Just returned from the Galapagos Islands a few days ago, technically the first trip of 2025.

Headed to Anguilla for my milestone birthday over MLK.

NYC for Presidents Day.

Roatan in April.

May add on Cabo to a work trip in June.

Small trips in July for our anniv - Annapolis, Charlottesville, etc

Need to be in LA in August, husband may join on the back end.

Friends wedding in Cabo in September, will paid with Mexico City and San Miguel as it's a big birthday for my husband. This is really the splurge for the year due to the $$$ all inclusive resort for the wedding at $450pn.

Parents are treating for Thanksgiving somewhere warm and tropical, has become a new tradition.

Nevis and Anguilla for Christmas and New Years. Was supposed to be Sri Lanka and the Maldives, but my husband wasn't feeling it with such a busy year.

We tend to stay in rentals that allow for self catering or use up my Marriott points. For example we go to Anguilla 2x yearly for two weeks each and spend $900 on lodging and $400 on car rental. In Roatan I used points for the flights and lodging for 9 days is $555.

[Anonymous]

Folks, please put in trip totals if you know them. It makes it a lot easier for those of us thinking of travel to these places to ballpark costs.

[Anonymous]

2025 travel plans - 2 adults, 5th grader and 3rd grader

2-3 nights away during spring break in either PA or VA. Actual destination TBD

June - May take a 2-3 night road trip within MD, VA or WV. Or might visit relatives.

Summer -10 day road trip. Might be to ME or VT. Also might be GA.

Might add a night at a great Wolf lodge or similar. Might also try to add a weekend in the Shenandoah mountains in the fall.

Total travel budget < 10K.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the first year where we have several trips lined up since we started having kids. We have a 4 yo and a 1.5 yo. Up until now, we’ve done small weekend trips, a trip to Florida, and OBX.

For 2025 so far we have:

Jan - Parents weekend in NYC, mainly to see a broadway show - my Xmas gift (our first solo trip since 4 yo was born).

Feb - Weekend trip to NY for husbands grandmothers birthday party.

March - Weekend trip to Pittsburgh

April - Almost 2 weeks in Portugal with my parents and siblings. This will be my husbands and kids first time traveling internationally. I don’t think we’ll spend more than 12k on this though - we’re staying in airbnbs the whole time, split with family it comes out to 3k lodging. Air fare we used a combo of points and cash, so about 3k there.

August - Doing a week in Acadia before the oldest starts kindergarten. Normally we’d do OBX in September, but now that we have to follow the school calendar, booking a house in August is ridiculously expensive, so I thought we’d change it up and try something new. As of now we’re planning to drive to Acadia to save money. Most likely stop overnight somewhere in Connecticut on the way there.

Ideally I’d also like to add a long weekend trip to a beach in the summer (driving distance)
And maybe another weekend away in the fall sometime.

We are done having kids and so far both kids have been pretty good travelers, so I’m ready to get back to traveling again! Especially now that we’ll only have one in daycare starting this August.

OP here - thank you for sharing - how much are you budgeting for Acadia and Pittsburgh - both are on our list for trips!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So far, $5000 for a 4-night cruise with two nights in Miami beforehand.

OP here - how many people is this for and which cruise line??

Three people. This price includes airfare, drink packages, the cruise itself (Royal) and the hotel.

OP here - that sounds like a really good deal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Family of 5, and these are our plans for 2025:

-long weekend ski trip to Salt Lake City that we already did earlier this month
-Summer week in ME
-summer long weekend in Iceland
-1 week in Finnish Lapland like OP

About $40k which is on the higher end for us but I do YNAB and this is how I wanted to prioritize my spending this year.

OP here - Lapland! Where are you going in the region? Mind sharing more on where in Maine and the costs on that and Iceland for 5? 40k for all of those is incredible with that number of people

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are working on our travel for the year and an accompanying budget. We have previously been dictated by family events and other things, and this year is a bit more open. Looking for some inspiration along with associated costs, including number of people covered.

For now, our year is a trip for 2 in Lapland in Q1 and a trip for 4 on a Very Merrytime Disney cruise in Q4. That's quite a bit of our budget as it is - interested in how others split out their budget and plan for the year, perhaps interspersing small drivable trips to make the year still feel full.

Q1: Lapland & Helsinki ($10K 2 people 7 nights)
Q4: Very Merrytime Cruise ($12K 4 people 4 nights)

I think in total our budget is $30-35 for the year, we could stretch more but prefer not to. Adding a child and grandma to our trips has made the budget go much quicker than it used to.

I'd like to add some local trips maybe Hershey Park (maybe $1500), NYC (maybe $1500), etc. and perhaps another flying trip like BahaMar for 3 (could be done in $4500).

OP - I am the family of 5 PP who just wrote. In Nov. we did a 3 night RC cruise to Bahamas, and we did a day trip to Baha Mar (the other day we were in RC's private island CocoCay which is actually somewhat similar). It turns out that I preferred just doing it as a day trip to Baha Mar and didn't wish I was there for more days, but YMMV.

OP here - thanks for sharing! we haven't done much research on that trip yet - FIL likes Baha Mar so we may go for his milestone birthday (we have never been), but good to know its doable for a day trip!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:February: trip to Puerto Rico for four nights. Mother, daughter. My mother is treating. She can't really travel on her own, so the only way she can travel is if someone goes with her. She requires a lot of hand holding. I am grateful for the trip. Lodging is a splurge: 7K

April: Nuclear family (4 people) One week in Italy and Switzerland. For flights, trains, lodging: 8K

June/July: One week in Maine with extended family. Lodging and travel paid for by parent. We will pay for food and expenses when we get there. Our share will be around what we would have spent at home.

July/August: Two week national park / coast / city trip in CA. Close to 12K.
Maybe a bit less, probably a lot more. The US is expensive, but two weeks also makes a difference.

August weekend VA beach trip, multi gen. 2K

My spouse is a federal government worker with a ton of leave. I run my own small business and, to be honest, my profits will barely cover the travel costs we will run up this year. But, to me it's worth it to work even if all it covers is travel. Travel has always been my main splurge and I love it.

OP here - I love that re PR - are you staying at the Dorado I think its called? I've heard incredible things about the luxury resorts there.
Mind sharing more about the trip to Italy and Switzerland - splurges and savings? We want to do the Swiss Alps on a quick trip
agree travel is so worth it!