Who pays airfare for your family to visit your parents for Christmas/holidays?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:just curious.

DH, I and our 4 young kids go visit my parents every year around Christmas. The airfare costs around $1500. The rest of the siblings live close and drive there.
My parents only come visit us every 5 years or so, despite us giving an open invitation to the whole family. We wish the 2 of them would visit more, rather than us schlepping our family of 6 on a plane.
I also wish they would offer to pay for all/part of our airfare sometimes. (We both work, and my Dad still works, so we all have some disposable income)

So, when you visit your parents for the holidays or whenever, who pays for tickets? or do you alternate who visits whom?

Whoever can afford easily. If your parents can't then isn't it cheaper for you to buy two tickets for them instead of buying 6 tickets for your family?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never understand this. Adults pay for their own travel expenses. If you can’t afford it, you don’t go.

This!

[Anonymous]

I knew something was up with this post when I saw a family of 6 could travel for the holidays for $1500. Yep, 2017.