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

let me use your $2800 hotel example

for us, I would have to add

gas $400 (8 hour drive for me)
food to cook $300 (4 people for a week)
drinks $200 (not big drinkers)
eating out $500 (my family would want to eat out a few times, plus on the road food)

so even with your "cheap" hotel accommodations, I'm pushing $5k without considering all the other random shite that comes with vacation