Do you buy your parent(s) plane tickets when they visit?

[Anonymous]

We are doing much better financially than my mom. Should I be offering to pay for her visits? Do most people pay for their parents' tickets when they visit?

[Anonymous]

Yes. That's what I always do and but never consider otherwise.

[Anonymous]

I would be happy to spring for relatives' tickets if I thought they would accept them without embarrassment. We are much wealthier than my in laws, but there is no way they would accept airline tickets unless it were a special anniversary gift, etc.

[Anonymous]

No. MIL buys her own tickets. We buy our own tickets when we go to see her.

[Anonymous]

My dad passed away 2 years ago and my mom spends holidays with us. When we travel, I always buy her plane ticket. We sometimes buy the ticket for my MIL.

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

I would if she traveled to see us. We are local. But she's on a fixed income and I'm not. I paid for her to go on vacation with us this past summer.

[Anonymous]

We pay for MIL and SIL. I'm not sure why, but this is the way things are in DHs family. My parents always pay for their own tickets.

[Anonymous]

Here's what I do to get my parents to accept tickets. I tell them we want to see them/come see them, but that it's difficult for us to travel right now with the kid's schedules, my medical issues, etc. I ask them if they would be open to the idea instead of us coming to them, them coming to us. This way they see that I'm requesting they come visit- then I ask if I may buy their tickets since they have so graciously been willing to go through the hassle of the travel. They say they are thrilled to come see us, and they rememberhow busy things were when my siblings and I were young, then they let me buy the tickets. Win-win. (It's probably just a dance all of us play at this point, but it works for us.) Good luck!

[Anonymous]

It depends on the parent. For my husband's mom, we paid. Then, we moved her here to take care of her. We paid for that too.

[Anonymous]

Hell no. We're all adults and should pay our own wY

[Anonymous]

Yes.

I used to go through the routine 14:22 does. Now I just tell Mom that I'll get her tickets online since she finds that process a little intimidating. She always insists she'll pay me back. I say sure. Then when she asks me how much the ticket was, I tell her, "I can't remember." She rolls her eyes, smiles, and has accepted it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. MIL buys her own tickets. We buy our own tickets when we go to see her.

+1

[Anonymous]

No. my father's pension is close to my salary.

[Anonymous]

We pay for IL's tickets when they come to see us because they otherwise couldn't afford it. My parents are wealthier than we are and they pay for their own.