re: How much do you all save/plan for a family vacation?

We save money every pay period, but it isn't really allocated to anything in particular. If we have to dip into that to go on a trip, we do, sometimes we can just cut back on our current monthly budget and not take money out of the savings. It really just depends on the trip, we also use credit card points for flights and such.

We do a lot of trips where we piggy back off of a conference or training that my wife attends, so that limits flight cost, and a couple hotel nights.

It also helps that for most vacations the cost is broken up, we may pay for flights one month, and then lodging another month.