Prices for a lads holiday

Hi

Looking to book a lads holiday next year, heard a good budget for flights + accommodation is £500

I know the usual destinations offer cheap drink etc. so is this a good price or is that quite expensive?

Is that for a week?

Yea I'd double that. £500 barely covers a week in the UK now.

Yes for a week


We're going abroad (still looking at the usual places like maga, malia etc)

Hi

Looking to book a lads holiday next year, heard a good budget for flights + accommodation is £500

I know the usual destinations offer cheap drink etc. so is this a good price or is that quite expensive?

especially as your booking very late & it’s already close to school holidays.

It very much depends on how organised you are in terms of when you book flights and accommodation, and when you want to go. It is more expensive if you travel in school holidays. If this is a post-A level trip, it will be cheaper the first couple of weeks of July and after the first week of September. Keep an eye on budget airlines and book as soon as you can once they release flights to bag the cheapest tickets. Easyjet are currently booking to May 2023.

I found that it is usually cheaper to book flights and accommodation separately, but it might be worth checking out package deals to some of the resorts you are interested in too. I use Booking.com to research accommodation. If you find something you like, it is often worth seeing if you can find the accommodation's website and booking direct as it can be cheaper. I don't like AirBnB as the majority of the commission they take is from the purchaser and not the provider, and this can be a considerable chunk.

Sorry I can't help with budget for entertainment, etc once you are there - a few decades have passed since I holidayed with my mates.

July 2023 is the current plan. We've looked at flights but could only find jet2 (which is more expensive) as ryanair and easyjet don't let you book as far in advance like you said

We considered an AirBnB as its then our own space to chill out during the day, but it's difficult finding one cheap enough, and that is happy to host a group of young people, as most prefer families

we're not too worried about money when we're there - most of us have debit cards anyway if we run out. I'm more just wanting to see if £500 for accommodation and flights is about average or is that too much/too little?

a drink with a mixer is 5 euros in malia (as of this year), i'd recommend pre-drinking
book your flight and accommodation separately as it is far cheaper and don't be afraid to browse around
Tripadvisor compares & shows you the cheapest travel agencies to book with for each hotel (generally avoid expedia & booking.com as they tend to be far pricier than agoda or travelrepublic)
don't forget many clubs charge entrance fees and so factor that in

Ah cool, should be fine if we can get hotel and flights cheap enough

looking at flights and jet2 is ridiculously expensive (looking at £400+ per person), any tips? easyjet looks to be the best but their schedule only goes to May as @normaw said, and ryanair only to march. don't suppose anyone knows roughly when they tend to release them for july/august next year?