How much did your holiday cost?

[joolz1910]

I saw this thread on The Dibb and found it fascinating.

The information posted included:

Size of party
Cost of:
flights
accommodation
park tickets
car hire
spending money
extras
and then the total.

I wondered whether Disers would like to share this information too, as it helps people to budget when they are planning their own trips.
Also nice to see the great bargains people have had.

 

[Booknut]

I don't mind having a go but I went in Sept/Oct 2006 and the price of things has shot up sky high since then but here goes:

Size of party - Just DH and I
Cost of:
Flights - £300 each with BA to MCO
Accommodation - £150 for 1 night AKL Savannah view, £1220 for 9 nights at POFQ with park tickets and free dining (when free dining was worth it - we had appetisers and tips included in that), 6 nights villa rental at Indian Creek £320
Park tickets - included
Car hire - £110 for 1 week
Spending money - we spent around £2300 - we had no kids then and we bought everything our hearts desired I think our suitcases (4 of them) were over 110kgs in total
Total: £4,700

Our trip next year will be very very different and won't spend as much as we did in 2006, in fact we probably couldn't afford it were it not for the kindess and generosity of our friends in Orlando who work for WDW and have great discounts.

 

[torsie24]

I'll do our last trip and then our wedding - that's a real shocker, but it is wedding/honeymoon remember!

Last trip 2 Weeks AKL:

Size of party: 2

flights - £600
accommodation - £1300
park tickets - £440
car hire - N/A
spending money - £1000

Total - £3140

Wedding/HM 3 weeks - 5nt AKL/3nt GF Main Building/10nt BC/4nt BLT:

Size of party: 2

flights - £1800 (This is if we fly VA PE and don't have to pay a ludicrous school holiday rate, if we do then they will be £800 total with KLM via Detroit again which was a great jounrey both ways.)
accommodation - £4500
park tickets - Free APs
car hire - N/A
spending money - £2000

Total - £8300

Scary how that includes NO acutal wedding costs....good job my parents are picking those up!

 

[wideeyes]

January 2010 9 nights
1 Adult and 1 child
Flights £850
Tickets 8 day MYW Hopper about £370
Spending money £800,
Accomadation - DVC (don't know how to work out that cost)
Total £2020 + cost of DVC

September 2008 14 nights
2Adults and 1 child
Flights £1500
Accomadation All Stars Music £350 (exchange rate was 1.97 and AP discount)
Tickets £ 900 , 1 AP, 1 10 MYW, 1 Child 14 day ultimate pass, 3 flexi tickets, MNSSHP for all 3.
Spending money I spent £500 however myself and sister brought each other food etc. This includes money spent on taxi to Seaworld, US and Wallmart.
Total £3250

September 2007 with VH 14 nights 2 Adults & 1 child
Package holiday £3300, for two adults & 1 child Port Orleans Riverside, Tickets and Free DDP.
Spending money £700
Total £4000

 

[pixiepower04]

Size of party
2 adults and 2 children (aged 10 and 8) - September 2008

Cost of:

flights
£1976 (EDI to MCO via Newark)

accommodation
RPR x 4 nts = £415
CBR x 21 nts = £1384 (with free dining)

park tickets
4 Park Flex = £443
21 Day Ticket = £760

car hire
US Rentacar (Budget) = £381

spending money
£2000 (what we had left after the extras)

extras
£1000 on Cirque du Soleil, MNSSHP x 2, Jacksonville Jaguars Game, Hot Air Balloon, Sharks Deep Dive, Dine with Shamu, Hawaiian Luau at RPR, Photopass

Total
£8359 including spending money.

 

[kristieuk]

Our is slight different as we stay on the beach and only do Disney for a day or two
October 2009 19 nights
2 Adults and 2 children
Ba Flights LGW to Tampa £1220
Car Hire £300
Accommodation - rented a 4 bed house on beach Anna Maria Island with DH parents - our share of cost = £1400
Tickets Magic Kingdom for one day - £200 + Crystal Palace character breakfast £100
Spending money £800 (don't spend a lot, days spent on beach)
Total £4020

 

[Natasha&Matt]

May 2008 Thomas Cook

Size of party: 2 Adults

Flights/Accommodation: Thomas cook/Pop Century 14 nights £1790

Park tickets:14 Day disney/4 Park Flex £660

Car hire: £0

Spending money: £3000


Total: £5450

 

[disney_princess_85]

Flights/Accommodation: Thomas cook/Pop Century 14 nights £1790

£1790 for flights/accommodation for two people? That's cheap!

Spending money: £3000

Is that including food?

 

[higgy66]

Great Thread!

Sept/Oct 2009

2 Adults & 2 Children (6 & 5)

Package holiday with Virgin Holidays so can only give a total

Flights Man/MCO Virgin Flights
14 nights POFQ
DDP x 4
14 Days Ultimate Disney Pass x 4
Transfers to resort - no car hire

£4317.70

Spending Money - £800
Total £5117.70

Trying to go cheaper next year but with everything that's happening with the prices this year we'll have to see!

 

[scottishgirl87]

Size of party: 2 adults

Flights: £693.80
Accommodation: £1097 (1 week Pop/1 week RPR)
Park Tickets: £677.04 (10 day MYW Hoppers/FlexTicket Plus)
Car Hire: N/A
Spending Money: Probably about £2250ish between us

Total = £4717.84

 

[LoodlesNoodles]

I can't recall the prices for our last trip, it was too long ago (I went July 09 )
But prices for this year's September/October trip:

Party Size - 2 adults
Flights - £1026 (Thomas Cook, Gatwick to Sanford)
Accommodation - £417 (14 nights, Quality Inn Plaza)
Transportation - Budgeting about £300 (this is to include airport transfers, shuttles to Disney when needed, taxis etc)
Park Tickets - Budgeting £450 each at most. To include: 2 park bonus Universal ticket (good for 14 days), Seaworld/Busch Gardens 2 park ticket including transport to Busch Gardens, Disney 5 day/7 day haven't decided yet and Halloween Horror Nights at Universal.
Spending Moneys: £550 each.
Total: Approx £3700

...

 

[disneyangel]

Our January trip was as follows

Size of party 3( 2 adults one child (7))
Cost of:
flights £1100(BA sale )
accommodation £800
park tickets £800 (7 day MYW base tickets /Flexitickets)
car hire £200
spending money £1000 (including meals)
extras (Parking around £100 /Fuel £50 / Parking at airport £70 )

....and then the total. £4120

 

[MyBubbles]

First Trip - September 2005

Size of party - 2 for 2 weeks
Cost of:
Flights + Accommodation(package with Frist Choice staying on i-drive) - £1200 total
Park Tickets - Around £600 for WDW 14 day and US/IOU/Sea World 14 days
Spending Money - £1400

Total - £3200


September 2010

Size of party - 2 for 2 weeks

Flights - £1100 (EDI-LGW-MCO with BA)
Accommodation + Park Tickets - £1870 (SSR 14 nights with 14 day tickets and free dining!)
Park Tickets - US/IOA/SW 14 DAYS - £300
Spending Money - £2500
Extra - Spa Day - £200. Blue Man Group - £130. MNSSHP - £100


Total - £6200


What a difference 5 years makes!! If I had realised I had spent this much money I may have thought twice...but what the heck it's Disney and I work hard all year!!! I will enjoy it even more now.

 

[wayneg]

Oct 08 was one of cheapest we did
Size of party 3 for 9 nights
Cost of:
flights £720
accommodation Fairfield Inn £25/night
park tickets Already had AP's
car hire £170
spending money £500 for food and few bits.
Total £1,275

Last August not cheap but best value with misprice on Biz class flights & free DDP. 25 nights
flights £1,400
accommodation 16 nts OKW £91/nt(incl free DDP), 2 nights Regal Sun £25/nt
park tickets Disney £650, Universal AP renewal £180
car hire £266
spending money, just tips really approx £500
7 Night Disney Cruise £1,500
Total. £6,000

This August is going to be most expensive, treating ourselves to Biz class flights again. 25 nights
flights £3,500
accommodation 21 nts OKW £100/nt (incl free DDP) 4 nts RPR £100/nt
park tickets Disney £747, Universal AP renewal £320, SW & Busch AP's £500 (2 years)
car hire £500
spending money expecting around £500
Total. £8,500+

 

[jtlover]

I cant remember what it was last year, but this is for this September

Disney Accommodation SSR with free dining for 4 adults in a 2 bed villa £2,818 and disney tickets for 14 days (accommodation is for 10 nights)

Flights with Virgin £1614

Car hire
not done yet but around £350 for a 4x4

Discovery cove £600 approx for 4 adults and including SW in the price

Spending money everyone is doing there own - I am taking £600 for spending and extra money for other food - but havent decided how much yet

We are also going to Universal and IOA but havent decided on which tickets.

 

[amystevekai&bump]

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[luke]

I'll do our last trip and this Augusts!

2 Adults

Last trip was October 08, but like a PP it was with Virgin Holidays so can just give a total like that:

VH - Flight/Car/Wedding at Cypress Grove/Accomodatiom (Hyatt Grand Cypress)/4 nights Disney Wonder - £4400

Park Tickets - two 14 day Ultimates £400 Universal and Sea World £200

Wedding extras (second limo/photos/flowers etc) £900

Wedding Meal at Shula's (private room) - £900

Spending money - about £2500

Total - £9300!



This August:

2 Adults

Flight and Car - £1900

14 Nights at SSR, Two 14 day Ultimates and Free dining £1850

Total so far (without spends, or our 1 night RPR) £3750

 

[Elise79]

Last September - 14 nights (2 Ad 1 Infant with seat on plane):
Package with VH (PE Flights, CSR with DDP (upgrade from free QS), 14d ultimate & Car hire) - £4200
Tickets - 2 Seaworld AP's - £200 (2 year)
Spending Money - £1000 (included buying MNSSHP tickets for 6 adults & food for DD)

Total £5400

This Year - 9 nights (2 Ad 1Ch):
Flights - VA PE - £2350
Accomodation - DVC £750 (calc as 1/50 of purchase price plus this years dues)
Car Hire - £275 (SUV with Dollar platinum ins)
Tickets - using up old MYW tickets
Spending money - £1300
Total - £4675

 

[torsie24]

This is the worst one:

DLRP 2009:

Eurostar (leisure select) for 2 adults with discount: £200

3 nights DLH (only paid for 2 as there was a free night offer): £980

Half Board Premium: £240

I don't remember what we spent, say £200 as I bought a lot of wedding stuff and pins!

Total £1620 - that's for 3 nights during the absolute cheapest season with discounts on travel and hotel.... Wouldn't change it for the world though, what a Disney nut I am!

 

[Scrap_Vamp]

I'm not sure of the totals we paid last year as it was the wedding trip but we did a lot of things we wouldn't normally do, some of which was paid for by our honeymoon registry gifts!

August 15th-29th 2010

Size of 2 Adults

Flights: AA, Heathrow to Miami - £820

Accommodation: 7 nights POFQ with free dining (regular plan) = £800, 2 nights HRH = £180, 3 nights Regal Sun = £130 (but will get cashback), 2 nights ocean front suite at Pelican Grand, Fort Lauderdale = £250

Park tickets: 2 x Annual Pass renewals = £600 (to be used for 3 trips)

Car hire: £200-ish (then cashback)

Spending money: £1000 - although it might end up being more than this


Total: £3980 before cashback

Currently looking at Christmas too - December 18th-27th 2010 (9 nights)

Flights and accommodation at Regal Sun (through Thomas Cook) = £1450, then cashback.

Airport transfers = £50

Car hire = £0

Tickets = £0

Spending Money = £1500

Total = £3000