Vacation Pay: What Do You Do With It?

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June

2026

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Have you received your vacation pay yet? If not, you’ll probably get it soon! Maybe you’ve already made plans for a vacation, a day trip, or a big purchase.

Vakantiegeld is voor veel mensen een fijn extraatje. Toch kan het slim zijn om even stil te staan bij wat je met dit bedrag doet. Met een paar bewuste keuzes kun je namelijk niet alleen vandaag genieten, maar ook investeren in je toekomst.

Hoe kun je het beste omgaan met je vakantiegeld?

Je bent natuurlijk helemaal vrij om jouw vakantiegeld uit te geven. Dat kan een vakantie zijn of een andere bestemming. Volgens onderzoek van het Nibud wordt het vakantiegeld aan de volgende dingen uitbesteed:

Vakantie
Sparen
Korte uitstapjes
Aflossen van schulden
Grote aankopen
Huishoudelijke uitgaven
Achter de hand houden voor tegenvallers
Tekorten op de lopende rekeningen
Verhuizen of verbouwing

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Het kan een slimme zet zijn om je vakantiegeld te sparen of te gebruiken om schulden af te lossen, om je zo voor te bereiden op de toekomst. Je kunt het vakantiegeld natuurlijk ook opdelen en bijvoorbeeld een gedeelte uitgeven aan je persoonlijke ontwikkeling.

Heb jij hulp nodig om goed met je geld uit te komen bijvoorbeeld omdat je nu schulden hebt? Vraag dan hier een gesprek met een budgetcoach aan!

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