How Many Work Hours Will the Holidays Cost You?
Gifts are only one part of the bill. Put the entire season in one place before December borrows money from January.
- ✓ Combines gifts, food, travel, events, and extras
- ✓ Sets a practical per-person gift ceiling
- ✓ Checks the total against cash already available
35.4 hours
of take-home working life for the season.
- Holiday total
- $708
- Gift budget per person
- $56
- Funding gap
- $108
- 8-hour workdays
- 4.4
The price tag is only the beginning.
A $708 holiday budget costs 35.4 work hours at $20 take-home per hour—before interest if any of it follows you into the new year.
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Before you decide.
What should a holiday budget include?
Include gifts, wrapping and shipping, food, travel, decorations, events, charitable giving, tips, and a small buffer.
Does the calculator tell me what I should spend?
No. It shows whether your chosen plan fits the cash you have and how much working time it represents.