What have you/would you spend on a weekend family getaway (3 nights)? POLL

Just curious to see what you would spend - or have spent - for a 3/4 day vacation with hubby & child(ren) including room, food, activities... NO airfare.

Re: What have you/would you spend on a weekend family getaway (3 nights)? POLL

Depends on the vacation.

We did 3 night in Disney this last Spring. So it was in the higher end. We also went before the prices went up for the high season. We spend about $1200 on hotel and food (3 nights/4 days) but we don't have huge sit down lunch/dinner. We are OK eating a salad. So for our trip to Disney we kept it very reasonable and only went to a "restaurant" type 1 night.

We are going to Great Wolf Lodge and that's expensive too. It's $250 per ight off season/vacation. Otherwise we would spend $400 per night.

I could not justify $400 per night.

Re: What have you/would you spend on a weekend family getaway (3 nights)? POLL

hmm...this is tough. If your staying in a hotel, they can be expensive depending on where you go, I would base how much I am gonna spend on where I am going. Like say I was going to OC, Maryland. I would spend extra bc i would want to be on the boardwalk and close to the shops. KWIM?

But i guess I would say I would spend around 1K.

Re: What have you/would you spend on a weekend family getaway (3 nights)? POLL

I think it really depends upon where you are going, what level hotel you stay at and where you eat. We have spent anywhere from 600-2500 for a vacation that you are describing.

Message edited 9/13/2010 4:32:49 PM.

Re: What have you/would you spend on a weekend family getaway (3 nights)? POLL

def. depends on where your going. We've gone up to Yankee Candle factory/CoCo Key and it was on the lower end while as a PP said they went to Disney for that amount.

Maybe if you included an idea of what kind of vacation it will be, that will help give a better idea where to answer in the poll

Re: What have you/would you spend on a weekend family getaway (3 nights)? POLL

Posted by 2ForMeIn2011

def. depends on where your going. We've gone up to Yankee Candle factory/CoCo Key and it was on the lower end while as a PP said they went to Disney for that amount.

Maybe if you included an idea of what kind of vacation it will be, that will help give a better idea where to answer in the poll

Re: What have you/would you spend on a weekend family getaway (3 nights)? POLL

It really depends on where you are going.

I've done short trips to Europe for 4 days where it was pretty pricey. Airfare obviously swings the max total price.

For local driving, I wouldn't want to spend more than $500 per day max.

Re: What have you/would you spend on a weekend family getaway (3 nights)? POLL

Depends...we did Mystic one year, probably cost like $600 or less total. 3 days

This year we did Lancaster PA 4 nights and everything that could go wrong DID...And we had to rent a car which was over $500 initself...so it was like a $1500 vacation when it was suppossed to be a cheap one. LOL

Re: What have you/would you spend on a weekend family getaway (3 nights)? POLL

We just did 3 days/2 nights in PA. We went to Crayola Factory, Chocolate World at Hershey, and a Day Out With Thomas. We stayed in a 2 room suite in Lancaster, PA. We were planning on Dutch Wonderland, not Hershey, but it rained the entire day, so we had no choice. I spent more at Hershey than I would have at DW.

We spent less than $500, including gas and tolls from NY to PA.

Re: What have you/would you spend on a weekend family getaway (3 nights)? POLL

I'm in the minority here but I say at least $500 per day. Unless you're getting a really great deal or something.

Re: What have you/would you spend on a weekend family getaway (3 nights)? POLL

yea we are doing Great Wolf Lodge at the end of the year and i think we are spending about $1,000 for 3 nights. that's including food and lodging and everything on premises. we priced Disney and they wanted $2,000 without airfare. so we are going with the cheaper of the two. Santa is on a budget this year!

Re: What have you/would you spend on a weekend family getaway (3 nights)? POLL

Thanks! We're thinking of either a cruise, disney or just somewhere in FL for a few nights in Oct. Priced out a cruise and it's just under $1k for a 3-night to the bahamas on a really nice, new, big ship. Disney would probably be a bit more if we did 3 nights & the parks each day...

Just debating whether we should skip a trip this fall, save the money and put it towards something big in the spring.