Taking a family of four on a summer holiday now costs an average of £1,212, according to new research.The older the children the more you can expect to spend with the cost rising to £1,393 if they are aged between 16 and 18.
This includes everything from flights, accommodation and food to clothes, phone data and activities.
It’s well known that the school holidays are one of the most expensive times to go away and the research, from Asda Money, suggests it costs around £200 extra per trip to go during these months.
It asked 2,006 adults how much they spend going away and of those asked, 56 per cent said they worry about how much taking their children away will cost and 39 per cent said they felt under pressure to do so.