How much we spent on our Florida Vacation for our family of 5! Vacation Budget Recap

[@staceyedelheit5276]

$5000 for a family of 5 for a 1 week vacation is a really great price! The money you saved on flights allowed you to be able to do so much extra. I’m really happy that you had such a great and memorable vacation and that you got everything out of it that you wanted/needed!

[@DearDebt]

Yes!! ❤️

[@judithbuchanan9566]

Good for you Amy! I say the dollar amount doesn’t matter, as long as you & the family had a fantastic time, which I know you did! Thanks for sharing 💖.

[@DearDebt]

Thank you!! It was so fun!

[@frugalnfine]

We spent about $3300 for our spring break, family of 5 as well, but my dad also came along, so 6 total. We used hotel points for 3 nights, so that helped save us some money. Memories are worth it 😊

[@DearDebt]

So true!

[@ScatteredBudget]

Nice to have some left! Happy you enjoyed it! Time away is important.

[@DearDebt]

Absolutely!!

[@sydneysmith1921]

I feel like you did some amazing things and did great with your budget.

[@DearDebt]

Thank you! We had a blast!

[@marialovesdogs79]

We're budgeting $4,500 for our family of three to do a week in Florida later this year(also with free Southwest flights thanks to our reward points). So $5,000 for a week for a family of five is good. I'm budgeting high for food (theme park prices) but planning on doing a grocery order too so we can eat some breakfasts/lunches in our room. Hopefully that will help us come under budget.

[@DearDebt]

How fun!!! It sounds like you’ll have an amazing time 🥰❤️🥳

[@clarapinto9410]

I live in Tampa and I think you did great with the budget. We usually spend more on a family of 4 but we do international trips.

[@DearDebt]

Thank you!! An international trip sounds so fun. We’d love to do one someday, probably when our youngest is a little older ❤️

[@CatBudgets]

Thank you for sharing this ! Really enjoyed seeing how much your family spent ! I hope you all had a great time 🥰

[@DearDebt]

Thank you for watching! It was great!

[@summerjoy247]

Great job! Cost of flights for 5 is our biggest deterrent. Haven’t had any credit cards in ages but now I’m researching to do what you did!

[@DearDebt]

Yes definitely a huge cost! We save a lot by using points. It’s definitely made traveling more feasible for our family!

[@sbeldridge071]

As a Florida native who lives just an hour from Clearwater, I can tell you that is what our budget is for each month of living down here with no fun extras, so I think you did super well!! Glad you guys enjoyed!

[@DearDebt]

Thank you!! It’s such a beautiful area, we loved it. It was our first time in the Clearwater area and we will definitely be back

[@williamwarren9448]

Good for you to share - yes - we went with family to Vegas (yeah not super kid friendly) but the grandkids had a great time - rooms at hotel - no cooking - gas etc - yeah expensive - love my SW credit card and also love my citi cards - points for the win -!!!!! yeah no interest now for 3 plus years - only way to do it - we have spring training in Phoenix and yes - expensive BUT SO WORTH IT - love spring training - glenda

[@DearDebt]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@Stephaniefarrah]

My friend and her boyfriend spent 10K on a week trip to cabo just the two of them. You did great 👏🏻

[@DearDebt]

Ooo that sounds like a fun trip

[@SunshineSM877]

"Intentional living" channel does vacation budget as well and i enjoy watching them.

[@DearDebt]

Ah yes i have watched her channel before but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a vacation budget, I’m going to go check that out!!

[@singleparentfire2363]

I haven’t been on a vacation in years either and have no idea when I’ll ever go on one. I was surprised at the 5K total but then again Florida is expensive and you are a family of 5 so they amount actually seems reasonable for a week.

[@DearDebt]

It was definitely more than I expected but thankful we had it saved!

[@wumic.3404]

Looks like you guys had a great time, thanks for sharing!!

[@DearDebt]

Thanks for watching!

[@bethbeckermeyer1732]

Happy Easter! 🐇🐣

[@DearDebt]

Same to you! Happy Easter!

[@allthingsalecia]

Seems reasonable. I live in FL so I totally understand the costs. I’m so glad you all had a great time. You deserved it. ❤

[@DearDebt]

Thank you! It was worth every penny!

[@BudgetingTheBacon]

Honestly that is the amount I would think Florida would cost for a family of 5. You did great! I talk about mine. I'm budgeting $2,400 for myself for the summer trip. I've been uploading my travel vacation budget updates, lately, since I'm trying to pay for most with my side hustle money.

[@DearDebt]

I’m going to check them out!!

[@Maddie_951]

To answer your question at the end of the video, that’s about what we spend for our family of 5. We usually try to spend a little less on housing, but we’ll spend more on eating out that you guys did!

[@DearDebt]

It was pricey for the house but we booked kind of last minute which didn’t help 😩

[@Maddie_951]

Vacation rentals are SO expensive. It scares me what prices will be in 3-5 years.

[@BudgetingTheBacon]

I bought my summer trip ticket, round-trip, using points too. I paid $39 oop total with insurance. That is going to be the best Delta flight ever!! Really good price for a week rental! I'm trying to pay as less as possible for a rental as I will probably rent for a week too.

[@DearDebt]

Woo! I bet you’ll have a fantastic time this summer 🥳❤️

[@melanierhine593]

The price sounds reasonable to me. My husband and I just spent three months in the FL Keys, it was beautiful and I didn't miss the winter at all, however, FL is expensive! 😮

[@DearDebt]

Yes much better weather in florida than we had in Wisconsin hahaha

[@catharinabra]

I love that you did the baseball game since that’s something your family are interested in. Totally worth the money if you ask me 😉 I belive you did good with the budget for the trip, a huge part of vacation is actually taking a break from the normal routine. My kids are ”adults” if we were to travel with them now (15 and 17) and a trip for 4 adults is a lot… But I have promised them that we’ll go to London so maybe next spring. I need to start a sinking fund for that trip!

[@DearDebt]

How fun!! That sounds like an incredible trip

[@mondoraj]

I haven't been on vacation for years. I like to spend not over $/1000. I'm one person so you did about that much per person!

[@DearDebt]

That’s true! Everything is more expensive as a family of 5 now haha

[@Maddie_951]

We are planning a spring break trip next year around that area! How was the weather? Did you have a pool at your house? Was the ocean water warm enough? I would love the name of the dolphin cruise!

[@DearDebt]

The weather was literally perfect. 75-85 every day. Ocean water was cold but swimable especially on the warmer days. We did have a pool but ended up only using it 1-2 times, it was small. The dolphin cruise was called little toot. It’s a tug boat which is apparently important for dolphins to be attracted to the wake. It was a great time!

[@Maddie_951]

THANK YOU!

[@goodtogo3]

sounds reasonable....how much was in your sinking fund?

[@DearDebt]

We’ve got a few hundred left

[@MamaBear-bl2nc]

We usually spend way more than that for a local trip for a family of 4 and I always wondered how much families usually spend. We'll be heading to FL next year and I was budgeting more like $12k for a week but that would be for Disney and Universal. So some may say that's not enough? I really wished I knew what to expect.

[@DearDebt]

If we had done disney we for sure would have spent a lot more. There’s a lot of Disney travel agents (a lot are free) that could help you plan out your trip and give you a better cost estimate!