How much is too much

glatt · 08-11-2017, 09:43 AM

Everyone has a different price point.

For me, we spend about 10,000 for a family of four to go overseas for a week or so. If doing a domestic vacation, I'd expect to be more in the 4,000-5,000 range for a family of four. For a car trip, I'd expect a week to be around 2,000 - 3,000 for a family of four.

The real question is what can you afford, and what do you value? What is that money buying you?

You can do a trip for much much cheaper if you plan it by yourself. Tours are nice because you can check out mentally and you have a group to share it with but you pay for that.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-11-2017, 11:06 AM

Spend as much as you can beg, borrow, and steal, after all we deserve the best vacation pictures you can get.

Seriously though, it depends on where you want to allocate your discretionary funds. If you want to party every weekend then it's less for vacation and vice versa. But weighing cost vs the potential experience, that's purely personal. When you get to the old folks home what are the pictures you took and the pride in saying been there, done that, worth?

08-11-2017, 11:06 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Spend as much as you can beg, borrow, and steal, after all we deserve the best vacation pictures you can get. Seriously though, it depends on where you want to allocate your discretionary funds. If you want to party every weekend then it's less for vacation and vice versa. But weighing cost vs the potential experience, that's purely personal. When you get to the old folks home what are the pictures you took and the pride in saying been there, done that, worth? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-11-2017, 09:43 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Everyone has a different price point. For me, we spend about 10,000 for a family of four to go overseas for a week or so. If doing a domestic vacation, I'd expect to be more in the 4,000-5,000 range for a family of four. For a car trip, I'd expect a week to be around 2,000 - 3,000 for a family of four. The real question is what can you afford, and what do you value? What is that money buying you? You can do a trip for much much cheaper if you plan it by yourself. Tours are nice because you can check out mentally and you have a group to share it with but you pay for that.

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