“The prices already seem crazy to me”: families facing very expensive holidays

2024-03-23 19:18:43

Philippe spied on everything. Languedoc, his favorite destination: “too expensive”; the Mediterranean coast: “too expensive”; the Atlantic coast: “too expensive”. “I looked for mobile homes for three people at the end of July: it’s between 1,500 and 2,000 euros per week,” he chokes up. At these prices, this is not possible. »

Despite his fear of experiencing “the big struggle” in Île-de-France, during the Olympic Games, this accountant from Seine-Saint-Denis, whose finances are already undermined by inflation, does not want to “sacrifice his daily” to leave at all costs. “There is no question of us taking out a loan or paying in installments,” he says. We are already cutting back on the everyday budget, we are not going to put ourselves in even more difficulty…”