11/06/2026
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conducts research on retirees aged over 65 in terms of how much they spend. When I had a look at their most recent data, for a couple who are retired to live what they consider a "comfortable" retirement which includes travel/holidays have approximately $7,500 per year allocated for this.
It is important not to get caught up with what you see/hear from everyone else or different articles online because what you spend is individual to you.
For some retirees I advise - $7,500 per year is more than ample, other clients will look at the $7,500 per year figure and tell me that will just cover flights alone for international travel and will need a lot more.
The other thing to consider, retirement and plans aren't always a straight line, some retirees might just have a few trips that they would like to allocate for over say a five year period of $30,000 per year - then after that, the $7,500 per year figure might suffice.