ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Not only “caro-carburante”, but also “caro-vacanze”. A week at the sea in high season weighs more and more on the budget of Italian families. According to the elaboration of the Anasf Study and Research Centre, the National Association of Financial Consultants, which groups over 13,000 associates, for a family-type of Lombardy (taking as a model of research) 7 days of summer holiday 2026 cost on average 2.325 euros. The reference scenario is that of a nucleus composed of two adults and one child, with two income from dependent labour in the private sector that, on the basis of data INPS 2024, can count on an average gross annual pay of 24.486 euros per head, for a family net income of approximately 3.300 euros per month and 48.972 euros gross per year. The format used previews a departure from the metropolitan area of Milan with destination the Adriatic coast of central Italy in the first week of August 2026. Duration of stay: 7 nights for two adults and a child between 4 and 10 years with car transport to medium segment gasoline. The accommodation in 3 star hotel facing the sea, triple room with full board, with early booking. There is also an excursion. “The estimated cost of EUR 2.325 affects 70-80% on a household net monthly.” To this “the inflation effect is added, estimated at 3%, and the possible use of the instalment of the stay, which can lead to an increase of up to 20% between interest and commissions.”.
“The result – says the president of Anasf, Luigi Conte – is that for many families the holiday becomes an extraordinary expense increasingly difficult to sustain.” According to the survey carried out by Ipsos-Doxa, 54% of those who will not leave this summer indicate economic motivations, ten percentage points more than 2025. “The numbers – Count adds – tell a clear photograph. Inflation, fixed costs and volatility of markets progressively erode the ability to save and weaken the economic serenity of families -as is happening for expensive fuel. The holiday risks becoming a luxury for the middle class.” “To avoid having to choose between renounce or indebtedness it is essential to put at budget the cost-value of the holidays in the annual financial planning, as well as other ordinary expenses such as the rata for the purchase of a house and the monthly utilities. We believe that they serve policies that support the purchasing power and increase the financial culture of citizens so that even the most common spending choices, such as summer holidays, do not end up compromising the balance of the family budget”, concludes President Anasf.
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