About £121 each for 8 friends, 3 nights in the Peak District, with house, food and fuel. Peak vs off-peak prices, the 42-day cancellation trap, and how to split it, every figure sourced.
Eight friends can rent a four-bedroom Peak District farmhouse for three nights this November for about £121 each, including the house, a food shop and fuel (EvenRound calculation from a live listing and official prices, working below). That's about £40 a night. The average UK holiday trip cost £386 in 2025, or about £110 a night (GB Tourism Survey).
| Figure | Source |
|---|---|
| £386 per GB holiday trip, about £110 a night (2025) | GB Tourism Survey, provisional, 30 Jun 2026 (per night: EvenRound calculation) |
| £1,171 average spend on a main UK trip | Sykes Staycation Index 2026 (booking data + OnePoll, 2,000 adults) |
| 51% of 2025 cottage bookings were short breaks of 6 days or less | Sykes Staycation Index 2026 |
| 27% of 2025 cottage bookings included a pet | Sykes Staycation Index 2026 |
| Peak August week: £905 (Northern Ireland) to £1,693 (Oxfordshire); Peak District £1,029 | Which?, 23,600+ cottages, Jul 2025 |
| Property | Off-peak | Peak |
|---|---|---|
| Winn Cottage, Peak District (sleeps 8) | Weekly from £800 | Weekly up to £2,000 |
| Cothill Barn, Herefordshire (sleeps 8+2) | 7 nights £995 | 7 nights £1,950 (Christmas, 5-night minimum) |
| Mutton Barn, Cotswolds (sleeps 10) | Weekly from £1,250 | Weekly up to £2,250 |
| Brightside, Norfolk Broads (sleeps 8) | Weekly from £599 | Weekly up to £2,240 |
Big houses are cheapest in the shoulder months. Sykes says October and January bookings are growing fastest, and 31% of 2026 trips were booked within a month of departure.
Winn Cottage, Bradbourne (4 bedrooms, sleeps 8), three nights from Friday 6 November 2026 at £800, with linen, heating, electricity and logs included.
| Item | Working | Group | Per person (÷8) |
|---|---|---|---|
| House, 3 nights | £800 ÷ 8 | £800.00 | £100.00 |
| Food shop | £33.63 per person per week × 3/7 | £115.30 | £14.41 |
| Fuel, 2 cars of 4 (petrol) | 150 miles at 45 mpg = 15.15 litres × 174.07p = £26.38 a car | £52.76 | £6.59 |
| Shared total | £968.06 | £121.01 | |
| Optional: Kedleston Hall entry | Adult price, National Trust members free | £21.00 |
Most cottage bookings cost 100% if cancelled within 42 days of arrival (Cottages.com booking conditions). If one of eight drops out late, the house still costs £800, so it's £114.29 each for the other seven: £14.29 more per person. Agree up front whether a drop-out still pays their share (or finds a replacement).
Our holiday budget calculator gives you a per-person number before you book. Then start a free group on EvenRound: friends join from a link without signing up, and the settle-up plan works out who pays whom. More tips in how to split holiday expenses without it getting weird.
Figures checked 30 October 2026. Listing prices are a snapshot. Free to quote with a link to this page. More in our cost reports.
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