Families anticipate spending more than \u00a33,000 on average entertaining children over the school holidays this year, according to a survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On average, parents expect to fork out \u00a33,045 keeping youngsters occupied outside term time during 2024, American Express found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The estimate is on a \u201cper child\u201d basis, so families with more than one child are likely to end up spending more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The research was released as families prepare for getaways during the Easter holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u00a33,045 total comprises sports activities, clubs, toys, books, magazines, games consoles, tech devices, meals out, days out, TV subscriptions and films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Families anticipate spending more than \u00a33,000 on average entertaining children over the school holidays this year, according to a survey. On average, parents expect to fork out \u00a33,045 keeping youngsters occupied outside term time during 2024, American Express found. The estimate is on a \u201cper child\u201d basis, so families with more than one child are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1500],"tags":[1138,1689,1688,1687],"class_list":["post-56375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-news","tag-children","tag-easter","tag-entertainment","tag-families"],"yoast_head":"\n