What % of income for WDW Vacation?

[JamesMom]

I was reading the thread about what every one does for a living to support their multiple trips to WDW and thought this might be a more interesting question.

Please reply with the percent of your gross annual income on Disney vacations. To make sure we are comparing apples to apples, keep the following in mind:

Vacation = transport to/from destination, hotel, car, food, tickets (AP and the like) and purchases on and for the trip.

DVC Owners = please include annual assesments in your figures.

Income = Gross household income from employment, gifts, etc BEFORE taxes, insurance, savings, etc.

Also please post your percent per year and how many trips per year that covers. For example:

Travel 3 times to WDW, live in florida = 6% of salary.
Travel 1 time to WDW every 2 years from UK = 15% of salary/2 = 7.5% per year.

This way we can get an general idea of the percent of income we spend on Disney trips without actually revealing our income. After a week, I can calculate the mean, mode and range (all that statistical stuff) on the data.

Hopefully this will be of interest to other nosey people, LOL!

 

[JamesMom]

Ill respond first.
I posted 10-13% for our upcoming trip.
Our last trip was in 2001 and our next trip will probably be in 3-4 years. We haven't been on a vacation of any kind in 5 years so this will be nice

Enjoy the poll!

 

[addicted_to_WDW]

2 trips per year from Maryland (totalling 9 or 10 nights) - Roughly 4.5% of income.

 

[WIDisneyFan]

1 trip per year (typically 7 nights) from Wisconsin - approximately 2.5-3%

 

[boomhauer]

2 trips a year, totalling on average about 20 nights = About 10-13%. That includes food, souveniers, tickets, etc.

If we're just talking hotel, tickets, flight = 5%.

 

[MomofKatie]

1 trip per year, usually 7 nights- approx 3.5% of yearly income.

 

[Va-bear]

Once a year...spending, usually, 2% [ 7 nites], but this year maybe 3% [10 nites].. .

Fun poll.

 

[I'mNoPrince]

We did 4 to 5 % but this also included our financing for 12 months for our DVC . I figure I would have spent that much on our rooms anyhow and this year was a bit over the top with an extra trip .

But thats for 7 nights in June DVC
3 nights in Oct Ap rate room
4 nights Dec DVC

All flights and rentals , tickets estimated Souvies and food.

i would have no problem if we went up to the 7 or 8% mark as we both work really hard and our Disney time is very cherished

 

[BillSears]

2 trips last year and 2 trips this year each trip 7 nights long. Averaging about 3.5% per year or 1.75% per trip.

 

[karibritt01]

We did 4.5% for our trip last year, and have budgeted the same for this year. We do spend another 2-3% on non-Disney vacations each year as well. Love Disney... but not willing to give up the beach!

 

[starbox]

I answered wrong on the poll because I considered "my" income, not DH and I combined. We each have things we pay for, and vacations come out of "my" budget. Vacation spending is probably close to 10% of my income, but closer to 4% total.

We are DVC owners and use a portion of our points at a DVC beach property - so that amount gets us 2 weeks at WDW and 1 week at the beach each year: including tickets/food/souvineers/recreation.

100% of our vacation money is spent with the mouse, would not have it any other way

 

[karibritt01]

Starbox... you sound like me. We split our bills, and I pay for most vacations. When the kids started asking to go back to Disney this year, DH says, "Talk to Mommy... she's paying for it." Needless to say, we will be going back the week after school lets out!

 

[starbox]

Starbox... you sound like me. We split our bills, and I pay for most vacations. When the kids started asking to go back to Disney this year, DH says, "Talk to Mommy... she's paying for it."

Isn't it great to be the favorite parent?

I lured my kids through letting me go to graduate school & study and write papers by telling them that "When mommy gets her degree, she'll get a job and take you to Disney World."

I will say that out of all the expenses that I have to pay for, I'm always happy to pay Disney. Can't say that for Uncle Sam.

 

[jillyjoey]

4-5%

Based on 1 trip to WDW, 1 trip to Outer Banks & 1 long weekend trip to somewhere within 3-5 hour drive. This included all costs including cost of boarding 3 dogs.

We've only done this 1 year. Would love to make it an annual event. We'll see

 

[keishashadow]

too much, it's an addictive habit

We're DVC, so our costs are lower

2 WDW trips year = approx 3%; if we add on a cruise = 5%

doesn't include beach trips , when i can swing them.

We've started to travel more lately, consider it our pre-retirement.

 

[sorul82?]

Three trips per year, average stay 5 night, two times we drove, and flew once. 6% of our annual income.

 

[scorp111]

Approximately 6%, 2 8 or 9 day trips per year, sometimes a 3rd shorter trip thrown in. Now from VA, previously from NC and from Canada.

 

[Sk8Leigh]

I said 6-7%, but it could have been 5%. I actually calculated it out at 5.2%, but figured I was probably forgetting something or underestimating souvineers, which I'm addicted to.

I calculated based on 2006 when I had one trip each to DL and WDW, both four nights each, six total in a deluxe, and seven days in the parks.

I had two trips in 2004, one in 2005, and this year I might actually have 3 , so 2006 seemed like a good average.

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

For us, our annual trip per year (which has included other activities in the Orlando area plus a few days in the Keys) works out to 3-4% for the Disney portion. We are thinking of adding a second trip per year which would bump that up to 5-6%.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

I'm curious (not that I'd ever find out- just saying I'm curious) if a higher % of income is spent when doing cruise vacations rather than park vacations... or if those that take cruises simply still use about the same % of their income but their incomes are higher? Just something I wonder- of it the stats of this poll will be flawed since it includes both cruise vacations and park vacations.

In any case, I voted the average of our vacations because we don't take the same kind of vacation to be able to vote on just one. I can take one WDW trip per year at about 2% of our income or I can take several in a year that range 4-5% or I can take a cruise every 2yrs (but for us includes a family of 5, 2 staterooms, etc.) that is probably closer to 8%. So it's hard to say. So I voted in the 6% range.