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Holidaymakers will splash out an astonishing £293,038.04 on sun, sea and sand during their lifetime, according to a new survey.

The average person will go on at least two holidays every year, for a minimum of one week each time.

And on every holiday they will spend at least £2,363 on travel, accommodation, drinks, food and entertainment - that's a yearly collective total of £4,726.42.

The average age to begin holidaying away from parents is 16, which means people will go on the equivalent of 124 holidays across a period of 62 years, assuming they live until the average age of 78.

Travel and accommodation alone means that people spend £758.17 on every trip abroad, or £94,013.08 across their lifetime.

The poll of 6,000 people, conducted by www.onepoll.com, revealed that after paying for the actual holiday, food and drinks are the next most expensive part of any trip.

People will spend £290.62 on food and £197.94 on drinks each time they leave the country.

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a collective total of £977.12 spent eating abroad every year, or £60,581.44 across a lifetime.

John Sewell, spokesman for www.onepoll.com said: &Quot;These figures really are staggering, money suddenly seems so much easier to spend when we're abroad enjoying ourselves."

Brits certainly know how to enjoy themselves - the average person will spend £225.85 on action packed adventures and day trips per holiday, that's £28,005.40 over 62 years.

And another £176.55 is spent on night-time entertainment; which includes pub crawls, karaoke, children's discos and shows and night cruises.

Other outlays include £171.17 worth of gifts to take home for family and friends, £167.41 on clothes, and £142.35 on duty free.

And whilst the holiday itself is costly, most people spend at least £233.15 on advance preparations - buying items such as clothes, toiletries, towels, sunglasses and books to take away.

John Sewell, for www.onepoll.com continued: "Despite the current financial climate, families are still likely to take a break a couple of times a year, and however stringent we try to be, it's hard to deny our children luxurious holidays where possible.".