Holiday budget calculator
Build a budget from your quotes, with clear GBP units and a separate list of costs still to price.
For holidays from the UK or visits to Britain. Start with your real travel dates and quotes. There are no live prices or destination averages here. The optional UK ground example is a planning illustration with international flights outside its scope.
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Your holiday budget
Use your own quotes in GBP. Daily costs apply to every adult and child; no child discounts are assumed. Enter actual party ticket quotes on the whole-party lines. A room rate is multiplied by rooms and paid nights. Changing dates or travellers does not reprice whole-party quotes: replace those amounts for the new trip.
With JavaScript enabled, update the budget to see your known subtotal, missing prices and equal per-person share. The printable worksheet and worked example below also work without JavaScript.
A seven-day UK ground-budget example
These are illustrative planning assumptions, not market averages or live offers: seven days, six paid nights, two adults sharing one £120 room per night. International flights, baggage, entry permission, insurance and other required extras are outside this example.
| Cost | Input and unit | Whole party | Equal share per adult |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation | £120.00 · per room per paid night | £720.00 | £360.00 |
| Airport / arrival transfers | £60.00 · for the whole party, both directions | £60.00 | £30.00 |
| Local transport | £9.00 · per person per trip day | £126.00 | £63.00 |
| Intercity transport | £120.00 · for the whole party, all journeys | £120.00 | £60.00 |
| Meals and drinks | £25.00 · per person per trip day | £350.00 | £175.00 |
| Activities and tickets | £120.00 · for the whole party, entire trip | £120.00 | £60.00 |
| Base total | Before contingency | £1,496.00 | £748.00 |
Sharing adult: £748.00. Solo traveller paying for the same room: £1,108.00. Adding 15% contingency to the sharing example gives £860.20 each, or £1,720.40 for two. This buffer is a planning choice, not a guaranteed price. The equal share is an arithmetic split of the party total, not an adult or child fare.
Printable holiday cost worksheet
Download the blank worksheet (CSV), or print this page from your browser. With JavaScript, you can also export each completed quote above. No sign-up is needed.
Dates: ____________________ Days: ____ Nights: ____ Rooms: ____
Adults: ____ Children and ages: ____________________
Route / airports: ____________________ Quote checked: ____________________
Room, board, baggage and cancellation terms: ____________________
| Cost and unit | Priced / unknown / included / excluded | Entered GBP | Party GBP / source note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation GBP per room per paid night | ________________ | ________ | ________________ |
| Flights / main transport GBP for the whole party, return | ________________ | ________ | ________________ |
| Baggage and seats GBP for the whole party, return | ________________ | ________ | ________________ |
| Airport / arrival transfers GBP for the whole party, both directions | ________________ | ________ | ________________ |
| Local transport GBP per person per trip day | ________________ | ________ | ________________ |
| Intercity transport GBP for the whole party, all journeys | ________________ | ________ | ________________ |
| Meals and drinks GBP per person per trip day | ________________ | ________ | ________________ |
| Activities and tickets GBP for the whole party, entire trip | ________________ | ________ | ________________ |
| Required extras GBP for the whole party, entire trip | ________________ | ________ | ________________ |
| Known subtotal | ________________ | ||
| Optional contingency | ____ % of known subtotal | ________________ | |
| Party total / equal share | ________________ / ________________ | ||
Keep unknown items on your checklist; do not enter zero to make a total look complete. Add visa/ETA, insurance, taxes, card fees, mobile data, departure-airport travel and any mandatory resort fees under Required extras as appropriate. If priced elsewhere, mark the corresponding line Included elsewhere to avoid counting it twice.
Before you rely on the total
The equal per-person figure splits the whole-party cost evenly; it does not predict individual fares. Enter actual child ticket and room quotes, and check occupancy, age rules and whether infants count. Daily rates apply equally to all travellers. If adults and children have different meal costs, use their weighted daily average, then record the calculation in the note.
Included meals, bags and transfers belong in one quoted line only. A partial total is not a complete holiday price. Quotes can change and a contingency only covers the amount you choose to set aside.
Compare two holiday quotes or see the seven-day UK ground budget and its assumptions.