Most expensive vacation you’ve ever taken?

[Anonymous]

Tough to say. Most of our vacations for our family of 3 over the past 20 years have been in the few thousand dollar range at most. The most expensive was maybe $5k for a cruise we took.

[Anonymous]

Trip to Japan in 2024 for two people, 12 days, private guide and transportation for most of the trip, lots of “experiences” and business class tickets. Much, much more than we have spent on other trips but we were belatedly celebrating a significant milestone and decided to go big.

[Anonymous]

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Oops! Forgot to include price of 45k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am so glad I did so much traveling around Europe when I was young and stayed in hostels and slept on trains. My mind and memory are full of the sights and sounds from those days and I don’t need to spend $40K to do it again.

If I were doing it again I’m much more interested in renting out a villa with friends or family and doing day trips. Or visiting friends and family who live in great places abroad. That’s how you keep it reasonable.

Renting a villa with friends can be fun as well. But so can luxury trips with family (or friends). As long as you can afford it, why not? Planning a holiday trip to Europe, 2 weeks, airfare alone is over $20K, So with 2 hotel rooms for 14 nights, I'm guessing we will easily hit $35K+ for the trip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two week trip in Rwanda and Southern Africa. Over $100k for four adults.

What made it so expensive? Wondering bc my West African friends always talk about how cheap it is to visit different African countries, including South Africa. Unfamiliar with Rwanda but thought it was still high conflict. What did your 2 week experience include at $25k/adult?

[Anonymous]

$25K in Tahiti for 2 weeks, 2 people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two week trip in Rwanda and Southern Africa. Over $100k for four adults.

What made it so expensive? Wondering bc my West African friends always talk about how cheap it is to visit different African countries, including South Africa. Unfamiliar with Rwanda but thought it was still high conflict. What did your 2 week experience include at $25k/adult?

Not PP but that sounds right if it includes gorilla trekking for multiple days + Singita-level lodges. Permit for 1 person for a single day of trekking is something like $1500 now in Rwanda. Add in the Singita or O&O Gorilla’s Nest for $4-5K pp a night during high season and it adds up fast.

If anything it should have been closer to $150K for 4 adults for 2 weeks.

[Anonymous]

3 week honeymoon to Mauritius and South Africa. Worth it. And we did pay with points for some lodging.

[Anonymous]

10 days in Hawaii for 4. 40k

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two week trip in Rwanda and Southern Africa. Over $100k for four adults.

What made it so expensive? Wondering bc my West African friends always talk about how cheap it is to visit different African countries, including South Africa. Unfamiliar with Rwanda but thought it was still high conflict. What did your 2 week experience include at $25k/adult?

Bet it was Singita....if so, its worth it.