It’s astronomically expensive to be single in Australia right now, and that especially rings true when it comes to travel.
If you’re among the millions of Australians who suggest a long weekend getaway on the coast or in the bush with your closest group of long-time friends, I’m taking a guess you’re not single, and you probably have kids.
This stands to reason, considering the virus that shall not be named kept us from international travel for a couple of years, and gave us ample time to save for our next holiday.Domestically, though, things get really interesting. According to Tourism Research Australia, in the 12 months to September 2024, Australians spent $110.3 billion on interstate and intrastate holidays alone, with an average spend of $963 a trip, or $277 a night. This equated to a cool 397.
You may be well and truly out of your backpacking around Europe on a shoestring budget era, but enjoying the best Airbnbs can still be expensive, and having a designated driver to ferry you to and from the afternoon winery tour, instead of having to pay $75 a head for the shuttle bus, is always a win.
Here’s an example: Say you book a four-bedroom beach house for three nights, at $500 a night, with three couples and one single person coming along. If you’re in a couple, the total accommodation spend comes out to under $200 a head for the entire trip. Far too many people avoid money discussions like the plague and just hope for the problem to go away. But when you don’t talk about a major issue in your life with the people you love, you can quickly start to feel unappreciated or undervalued, or that your friends and family either don’t care or aren’t really paying attention to how your life differs from theirs.
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