I truly cannot wrap my head around our HHI jump from $150k to $260k

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Anonymous wrote:We made 300k and never went on vacation for 10k or bought anything expensive like a boat. You don't make enough for a boat and ongoing expenses. Take a modest vacation. There is no need to upgrade your car.

Airfare alone for a family of 4 is going to be 4k. Then let's say you spend 10 days somewhere accessible and easy in Europe. On 6k as a family of 4 for hotels, food, etc. That's not exactly living in the lap of luxury or being overly extravagant!!

I think 10 days in Europe is extravagant! Or 10 days anywhere. I have never taken a 10-day vacation in my life.

Seriously? Why not? Honest question. Do you have no PTO or vacation time? A week is never long enough anywhere besides the beach. By the time you've settled in to wherever you're visiting, it's time to pack up.

I have vacation. I never use all of it. I do not even do 7 days anywhere. I use my vacation to visit family. Occasionally 3 nights at the beach with kids. 10 days is extravagant. Many many people do not even take annual weeklong vacations. You live in a DC bubble.

this is so so sad- maybe lots of people live this way but it isn't a happy or satisfied way to live. I know people who cant take vacations- they do domestic or retail labor but they don't want to live that way-its part of their hard lot in life and they think that they have a hard lot in life and these people live in developing countries or have moved here from developing countries and are struggling to establish themselves. I don't think anyone willingly never takes a week long vacation in a year. I mean, ppl cant afford fancy vacations and take camping trip or something..

Anyhow- Op, stash the extra cash away for a whole year and then reevaluate.

Most people in the United States can't afford annual family weeklong vacations. Almost no one took them growing up. You live in a coastal bubble that is completely different from average college-educated people.

I make near 200k divorced and single and think a weeklong vacation is an incredibly stupid waste of money. A long weekend, okay? But a week? No. Maybe once a decade. The last vacation I went on like that was in 2009. It was not worth the money.

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Anonymous wrote:We made 300k and never went on vacation for 10k or bought anything expensive like a boat. You don't make enough for a boat and ongoing expenses. Take a modest vacation. There is no need to upgrade your car.

Airfare alone for a family of 4 is going to be 4k. Then let's say you spend 10 days somewhere accessible and easy in Europe. On 6k as a family of 4 for hotels, food, etc. That's not exactly living in the lap of luxury or being overly extravagant!!

I think 10 days in Europe is extravagant! Or 10 days anywhere. I have never taken a 10-day vacation in my life.

Seriously? Why not? Honest question. Do you have no PTO or vacation time? A week is never long enough anywhere besides the beach. By the time you've settled in to wherever you're visiting, it's time to pack up.

I have vacation. I never use all of it. I do not even do 7 days anywhere. I use my vacation to visit family. Occasionally 3 nights at the beach with kids. 10 days is extravagant. Many many people do not even take annual weeklong vacations. You live in a DC bubble.

this is so so sad- maybe lots of people live this way but it isn't a happy or satisfied way to live. I know people who cant take vacations- they do domestic or retail labor but they don't want to live that way-its part of their hard lot in life and they think that they have a hard lot in life and these people live in developing countries or have moved here from developing countries and are struggling to establish themselves. I don't think anyone willingly never takes a week long vacation in a year. I mean, ppl cant afford fancy vacations and take camping trip or something..

Anyhow- Op, stash the extra cash away for a whole year and then reevaluate.

Most people in the United States can't afford annual family weeklong vacations. Almost no one took them growing up. You live in a coastal bubble that is completely different from average college-educated people.

I make near 200k divorced and single and think a weeklong vacation is an incredibly stupid waste of money. A long weekend, okay? But a week? No. Maybe once a decade. The last vacation I went on like that was in 2009. It was not worth the money.

This is a you problem honey. Yes, most people take vacations. Even people making little money.

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Anonymous wrote:We made 300k and never went on vacation for 10k or bought anything expensive like a boat. You don't make enough for a boat and ongoing expenses. Take a modest vacation. There is no need to upgrade your car.

Airfare alone for a family of 4 is going to be 4k. Then let's say you spend 10 days somewhere accessible and easy in Europe. On 6k as a family of 4 for hotels, food, etc. That's not exactly living in the lap of luxury or being overly extravagant!!

I think 10 days in Europe is extravagant! Or 10 days anywhere. I have never taken a 10-day vacation in my life.

Seriously? Why not? Honest question. Do you have no PTO or vacation time? A week is never long enough anywhere besides the beach. By the time you've settled in to wherever you're visiting, it's time to pack up.

I have vacation. I never use all of it. I do not even do 7 days anywhere. I use my vacation to visit family. Occasionally 3 nights at the beach with kids. 10 days is extravagant. Many many people do not even take annual weeklong vacations. You live in a DC bubble.

You seriously need to get a life. I feel sorry for anyone who might report to you, because you’re going to guilt them into not going away for restorative vacations. Awful life to live. I am an immigrant from Europe and my parents weren’t rich but every summer we went on a 3 week beach vacation to the Mediterranean (various countries), one week in Italy over Easter and 1 week skiing in February. Additionally to visit my great aunt in the mountains for 3 weeks in the summer. This was absolutely beautiful and good for me. I do similar things for and with DCs. People who never travel are either really weird or have very understandable health or financial concerns (in which case I get it).
this is so so sad- maybe lots of people live this way but it isn't a happy or satisfied way to live. I know people who cant take vacations- they do domestic or retail labor but they don't want to live that way-its part of their hard lot in life and they think that they have a hard lot in life and these people live in developing countries or have moved here from developing countries and are struggling to establish themselves. I don't think anyone willingly never takes a week long vacation in a year. I mean, ppl cant afford fancy vacations and take camping trip or something..

Anyhow- Op, stash the extra cash away for a whole year and then reevaluate.

Most people in the United States can't afford annual family weeklong vacations. Almost no one took them growing up. You live in a coastal bubble that is completely different from average college-educated people.

I make near 200k divorced and single and think a weeklong vacation is an incredibly stupid waste of money. A long weekend, okay? But a week? No. Maybe once a decade. The last vacation I went on like that was in 2009. It was not worth the money.

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Anonymous wrote:We made 300k and never went on vacation for 10k or bought anything expensive like a boat. You don't make enough for a boat and ongoing expenses. Take a modest vacation. There is no need to upgrade your car.

Airfare alone for a family of 4 is going to be 4k. Then let's say you spend 10 days somewhere accessible and easy in Europe. On 6k as a family of 4 for hotels, food, etc. That's not exactly living in the lap of luxury or being overly extravagant!!

I think 10 days in Europe is extravagant! Or 10 days anywhere. I have never taken a 10-day vacation in my life.

Seriously? Why not? Honest question. Do you have no PTO or vacation time? A week is never long enough anywhere besides the beach. By the time you've settled in to wherever you're visiting, it's time to pack up.

I have vacation. I never use all of it. I do not even do 7 days anywhere. I use my vacation to visit family. Occasionally 3 nights at the beach with kids. 10 days is extravagant. Many many people do not even take annual weeklong vacations. You live in a DC bubble.

You seriously need to get a life. I feel sorry for anyone who might report to you, because you’re going to guilt them into not going away for restorative vacations. Awful life to live. I am an immigrant from Europe and my parents weren’t rich but every summer we went on a 3 week beach vacation to the Mediterranean (various countries), one week in Italy over Easter and 1 week skiing in February. Additionally to visit my great aunt in the mountains for 3 weeks in the summer. This was absolutely beautiful and good for me. I do similar things for and with DCs. People who never travel are either really weird or have very understandable health or financial concerns (in which case I get it).
this is so so sad- maybe lots of people live this way but it isn't a happy or satisfied way to live. I know people who cant take vacations- they do domestic or retail labor but they don't want to live that way-its part of their hard lot in life and they think that they have a hard lot in life and these people live in developing countries or have moved here from developing countries and are struggling to establish themselves. I don't think anyone willingly never takes a week long vacation in a year. I mean, ppl cant afford fancy vacations and take camping trip or something..

Anyhow- Op, stash the extra cash away for a whole year and then reevaluate.

Most people in the United States can't afford annual family weeklong vacations. Almost no one took them growing up. You live in a coastal bubble that is completely different from average college-educated people.

I make near 200k divorced and single and think a weeklong vacation is an incredibly stupid waste of money. A long weekend, okay? But a week? No. Maybe once a decade. The last vacation I went on like that was in 2009. It was not worth the money.

You seriously need to get a life. I feel sorry for anyone who might report to you, because you’re going to guilt them into not going away for restorative vacations. Awful life to live. I am an immigrant from Europe and my parents weren’t rich but every summer we went on a 3 week beach vacation to the Mediterranean (various countries), one week in Italy over Easter and 1 week skiing in February. Additionally to visit my great aunt in the mountains for 3 weeks in the summer. This was absolutely beautiful and good for me. I do similar things for and with DCs. People who never travel are either really weird or have very understandable health or financial concerns (in which case I get it).

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Anonymous wrote:We made 300k and never went on vacation for 10k or bought anything expensive like a boat. You don't make enough for a boat and ongoing expenses. Take a modest vacation. There is no need to upgrade your car.

Airfare alone for a family of 4 is going to be 4k. Then let's say you spend 10 days somewhere accessible and easy in Europe. On 6k as a family of 4 for hotels, food, etc. That's not exactly living in the lap of luxury or being overly extravagant!!

I think 10 days in Europe is extravagant! Or 10 days anywhere. I have never taken a 10-day vacation in my life.

Seriously? Why not? Honest question. Do you have no PTO or vacation time? A week is never long enough anywhere besides the beach. By the time you've settled in to wherever you're visiting, it's time to pack up.

I have vacation. I never use all of it. I do not even do 7 days anywhere. I use my vacation to visit family. Occasionally 3 nights at the beach with kids. 10 days is extravagant. Many many people do not even take annual weeklong vacations. You live in a DC bubble.

this is so so sad- maybe lots of people live this way but it isn't a happy or satisfied way to live. I know people who cant take vacations- they do domestic or retail labor but they don't want to live that way-its part of their hard lot in life and they think that they have a hard lot in life and these people live in developing countries or have moved here from developing countries and are struggling to establish themselves. I don't think anyone willingly never takes a week long vacation in a year. I mean, ppl cant afford fancy vacations and take camping trip or something..

Anyhow- Op, stash the extra cash away for a whole year and then reevaluate.

Most people in the United States can't afford annual family weeklong vacations. Almost no one took them growing up. You live in a coastal bubble that is completely different from average college-educated people.

I make near 200k divorced and single and think a weeklong vacation is an incredibly stupid waste of money. A long weekend, okay? But a week? No. Maybe once a decade. The last vacation I went on like that was in 2009. It was not worth the money.

I mean we don't make a lot of money but when daycare is closed for a week straight before it opens for the fall session there's nothing to do but take a vacation. We only take vacations when daycare is closed and the summer is the only time that we actually travel. Unfortunately because of daycare and other things we don't actually take the whole week off we end up working on average 4 hours a day so that we end up taking 20 hours each but it's our American life.....

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Anonymous wrote:We went from $150 to $260 and I feel like we have less money now. Our mortgage is lower than yours and we don’t have daycare costs.

You make 260k/yr, have LESS than 2.4k in monthly housing costs, and don't have daycare costs.... and how exactly do you feel like you have less money? Youre in the 1%

Probably because we stopped counting every penny and started spending more. Nothing big aside from vacations. We travel a lot more now. We still drive our basic cars until they die.

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Anonymous wrote:We made 300k and never went on vacation for 10k or bought anything expensive like a boat. You don't make enough for a boat and ongoing expenses. Take a modest vacation. There is no need to upgrade your car.

Airfare alone for a family of 4 is going to be 4k. Then let's say you spend 10 days somewhere accessible and easy in Europe. On 6k as a family of 4 for hotels, food, etc. That's not exactly living in the lap of luxury or being overly extravagant!!

I think 10 days in Europe is extravagant! Or 10 days anywhere. I have never taken a 10-day vacation in my life.

Seriously? Why not? Honest question. Do you have no PTO or vacation time? A week is never long enough anywhere besides the beach. By the time you've settled in to wherever you're visiting, it's time to pack up.

I have vacation. I never use all of it. I do not even do 7 days anywhere. I use my vacation to visit family. Occasionally 3 nights at the beach with kids. 10 days is extravagant. Many many people do not even take annual weeklong vacations. You live in a DC bubble.

this is so so sad- maybe lots of people live this way but it isn't a happy or satisfied way to live. I know people who cant take vacations- they do domestic or retail labor but they don't want to live that way-its part of their hard lot in life and they think that they have a hard lot in life and these people live in developing countries or have moved here from developing countries and are struggling to establish themselves. I don't think anyone willingly never takes a week long vacation in a year. I mean, ppl cant afford fancy vacations and take camping trip or something..

Anyhow- Op, stash the extra cash away for a whole year and then reevaluate.

Most people in the United States can't afford annual family weeklong vacations. Almost no one took them growing up. You live in a coastal bubble that is completely different from average college-educated people.

I make near 200k divorced and single and think a weeklong vacation is an incredibly stupid waste of money. A long weekend, okay? But a week? No. Maybe once a decade. The last vacation I went on like that was in 2009. It was not worth the money.

This is really depressing. I can't imagine not having taken a week away with my family in 13 years when I could afford it, and had the vacation time to do so to boot. So sad

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Anonymous wrote:We made 300k and never went on vacation for 10k or bought anything expensive like a boat. You don't make enough for a boat and ongoing expenses. Take a modest vacation. There is no need to upgrade your car.

Airfare alone for a family of 4 is going to be 4k. Then let's say you spend 10 days somewhere accessible and easy in Europe. On 6k as a family of 4 for hotels, food, etc. That's not exactly living in the lap of luxury or being overly extravagant!!

I think 10 days in Europe is extravagant! Or 10 days anywhere. I have never taken a 10-day vacation in my life.

Seriously? Why not? Honest question. Do you have no PTO or vacation time? A week is never long enough anywhere besides the beach. By the time you've settled in to wherever you're visiting, it's time to pack up.

I have vacation. I never use all of it. I do not even do 7 days anywhere. I use my vacation to visit family. Occasionally 3 nights at the beach with kids. 10 days is extravagant. Many many people do not even take annual weeklong vacations. You live in a DC bubble.

this is so so sad- maybe lots of people live this way but it isn't a happy or satisfied way to live. I know people who cant take vacations- they do domestic or retail labor but they don't want to live that way-its part of their hard lot in life and they think that they have a hard lot in life and these people live in developing countries or have moved here from developing countries and are struggling to establish themselves. I don't think anyone willingly never takes a week long vacation in a year. I mean, ppl cant afford fancy vacations and take camping trip or something..

Anyhow- Op, stash the extra cash away for a whole year and then reevaluate.

Most people in the United States can't afford annual family weeklong vacations. Almost no one took them growing up. You live in a coastal bubble that is completely different from average college-educated people.

I make near 200k divorced and single and think a weeklong vacation is an incredibly stupid waste of money. A long weekend, okay? But a week? No. Maybe once a decade. The last vacation I went on like that was in 2009. It was not worth the money.

This is really depressing. I can't imagine not having taken a week away with my family in 13 years when I could afford it, and had the vacation time to do so to boot. So sad

It’s horrifying to me. I can’t imagine the lack of interest in seeing more of the world. When I was young, my family had very little in the way of savings, but we still took a few camping/fishing trips every year, which we all loved. We were comfortably MC by my HS years and upgraded to driving vacations to national parks or other sight seeing destinations and would stay at Holiday Inns along the way—also super fun. I think it’s quite worrying that OP’s family has never taken a family vacation. I hope they don’t end up like the PP.

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Anonymous wrote:We made 300k and never went on vacation for 10k or bought anything expensive like a boat. You don't make enough for a boat and ongoing expenses. Take a modest vacation. There is no need to upgrade your car.

Airfare alone for a family of 4 is going to be 4k. Then let's say you spend 10 days somewhere accessible and easy in Europe. On 6k as a family of 4 for hotels, food, etc. That's not exactly living in the lap of luxury or being overly extravagant!!

I think 10 days in Europe is extravagant! Or 10 days anywhere. I have never taken a 10-day vacation in my life.

Seriously? Why not? Honest question. Do you have no PTO or vacation time? A week is never long enough anywhere besides the beach. By the time you've settled in to wherever you're visiting, it's time to pack up.

I have vacation. I never use all of it. I do not even do 7 days anywhere. I use my vacation to visit family. Occasionally 3 nights at the beach with kids. 10 days is extravagant. Many many people do not even take annual weeklong vacations. You live in a DC bubble.

this is so so sad- maybe lots of people live this way but it isn't a happy or satisfied way to live. I know people who cant take vacations- they do domestic or retail labor but they don't want to live that way-its part of their hard lot in life and they think that they have a hard lot in life and these people live in developing countries or have moved here from developing countries and are struggling to establish themselves. I don't think anyone willingly never takes a week long vacation in a year. I mean, ppl cant afford fancy vacations and take camping trip or something..

Anyhow- Op, stash the extra cash away for a whole year and then reevaluate.

Most people in the United States can't afford annual family weeklong vacations. Almost no one took them growing up. You live in a coastal bubble that is completely different from average college-educated people.

I make near 200k divorced and single and think a weeklong vacation is an incredibly stupid waste of money. A long weekend, okay? But a week? No. Maybe once a decade. The last vacation I went on like that was in 2009. It was not worth the money.

This is a you problem honey. Yes, most people take vacations. Even people making little money.

You clearly grew up in a big city near the coast. I did not. I grew up where average people live. Almost NO ONE took a weeklong vacation. Even my grandparents...and my grandpa was a doctor...only did it once every few years.

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Anonymous wrote:We made 300k and never went on vacation for 10k or bought anything expensive like a boat. You don't make enough for a boat and ongoing expenses. Take a modest vacation. There is no need to upgrade your car.

Airfare alone for a family of 4 is going to be 4k. Then let's say you spend 10 days somewhere accessible and easy in Europe. On 6k as a family of 4 for hotels, food, etc. That's not exactly living in the lap of luxury or being overly extravagant!!

I think 10 days in Europe is extravagant! Or 10 days anywhere. I have never taken a 10-day vacation in my life.

Seriously? Why not? Honest question. Do you have no PTO or vacation time? A week is never long enough anywhere besides the beach. By the time you've settled in to wherever you're visiting, it's time to pack up.

I have vacation. I never use all of it. I do not even do 7 days anywhere. I use my vacation to visit family. Occasionally 3 nights at the beach with kids. 10 days is extravagant. Many many people do not even take annual weeklong vacations. You live in a DC bubble.

this is so so sad- maybe lots of people live this way but it isn't a happy or satisfied way to live. I know people who cant take vacations- they do domestic or retail labor but they don't want to live that way-its part of their hard lot in life and they think that they have a hard lot in life and these people live in developing countries or have moved here from developing countries and are struggling to establish themselves. I don't think anyone willingly never takes a week long vacation in a year. I mean, ppl cant afford fancy vacations and take camping trip or something..

Anyhow- Op, stash the extra cash away for a whole year and then reevaluate.

Most people in the United States can't afford annual family weeklong vacations. Almost no one took them growing up. You live in a coastal bubble that is completely different from average college-educated people.

I make near 200k divorced and single and think a weeklong vacation is an incredibly stupid waste of money. A long weekend, okay? But a week? No. Maybe once a decade. The last vacation I went on like that was in 2009. It was not worth the money.

This is really depressing. I can't imagine not having taken a week away with my family in 13 years when I could afford it, and had the vacation time to do so to boot. So sad

It’s horrifying to me. I can’t imagine the lack of interest in seeing more of the world. When I was young, my family had very little in the way of savings, but we still took a few camping/fishing trips every year, which we all loved. We were comfortably MC by my HS years and upgraded to driving vacations to national parks or other sight seeing destinations and would stay at Holiday Inns along the way—also super fun. I think it’s quite worrying that OP’s family has never taken a family vacation. I hope they don’t end up like the PP.

I said we did not go for a week. 3-4 days max. There is nothing sad about it. And btw, when I was a kid, we did it every few years and it was completely miserable. I lived abroad for a summer and that was not a vacation. I was an adult. My kids can do that if they want. There is no reason to schelp around spending tons of money for weeklong vacations. People in other countries don't do this.

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Anonymous wrote:We made 300k and never went on vacation for 10k or bought anything expensive like a boat. You don't make enough for a boat and ongoing expenses. Take a modest vacation. There is no need to upgrade your car.

Airfare alone for a family of 4 is going to be 4k. Then let's say you spend 10 days somewhere accessible and easy in Europe. On 6k as a family of 4 for hotels, food, etc. That's not exactly living in the lap of luxury or being overly extravagant!!

I think 10 days in Europe is extravagant! Or 10 days anywhere. I have never taken a 10-day vacation in my life.

Seriously? Why not? Honest question. Do you have no PTO or vacation time? A week is never long enough anywhere besides the beach. By the time you've settled in to wherever you're visiting, it's time to pack up.

I have vacation. I never use all of it. I do not even do 7 days anywhere. I use my vacation to visit family. Occasionally 3 nights at the beach with kids. 10 days is extravagant. Many many people do not even take annual weeklong vacations. You live in a DC bubble.

You seriously need to get a life. I feel sorry for anyone who might report to you, because you’re going to guilt them into not going away for restorative vacations. Awful life to live. I am an immigrant from Europe and my parents weren’t rich but every summer we went on a 3 week beach vacation to the Mediterranean (various countries), one week in Italy over Easter and 1 week skiing in February. Additionally to visit my great aunt in the mountains for 3 weeks in the summer. This was absolutely beautiful and good for me. I do similar things for and with DCs. People who never travel are either really weird or have very understandable health or financial concerns (in which case I get it).
this is so so sad- maybe lots of people live this way but it isn't a happy or satisfied way to live. I know people who cant take vacations- they do domestic or retail labor but they don't want to live that way-its part of their hard lot in life and they think that they have a hard lot in life and these people live in developing countries or have moved here from developing countries and are struggling to establish themselves. I don't think anyone willingly never takes a week long vacation in a year. I mean, ppl cant afford fancy vacations and take camping trip or something..

Anyhow- Op, stash the extra cash away for a whole year and then reevaluate.

Most people in the United States can't afford annual family weeklong vacations. Almost no one took them growing up. You live in a coastal bubble that is completely different from average college-educated people.

I make near 200k divorced and single and think a weeklong vacation is an incredibly stupid waste of money. A long weekend, okay? But a week? No. Maybe once a decade. The last vacation I went on like that was in 2009. It was not worth the money.

You seriously need to get a life. I feel sorry for anyone who might report to you, because you’re going to guilt them into not going away for restorative vacations. Awful life to live. I am an immigrant from Europe and my parents weren’t rich but every summer we went on a 3 week beach vacation to the Mediterranean (various countries), one week in Italy over Easter and 1 week skiing in February. Additionally to visit my great aunt in the mountains for 3 weeks in the summer. This was absolutely beautiful and good for me. I do similar things for and with DCs. People who never travel are either really weird or have very understandable health or financial concerns (in which case I get it).

I could care less how people/my reports use their vacation time. I visit family or stay home and relax.

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Anonymous wrote:We made 300k and never went on vacation for 10k or bought anything expensive like a boat. You don't make enough for a boat and ongoing expenses. Take a modest vacation. There is no need to upgrade your car.

Airfare alone for a family of 4 is going to be 4k. Then let's say you spend 10 days somewhere accessible and easy in Europe. On 6k as a family of 4 for hotels, food, etc. That's not exactly living in the lap of luxury or being overly extravagant!!

I think 10 days in Europe is extravagant! Or 10 days anywhere. I have never taken a 10-day vacation in my life.

Seriously? Why not? Honest question. Do you have no PTO or vacation time? A week is never long enough anywhere besides the beach. By the time you've settled in to wherever you're visiting, it's time to pack up.

I have vacation. I never use all of it. I do not even do 7 days anywhere. I use my vacation to visit family. Occasionally 3 nights at the beach with kids. 10 days is extravagant. Many many people do not even take annual weeklong vacations. You live in a DC bubble.

this is so so sad- maybe lots of people live this way but it isn't a happy or satisfied way to live. I know people who cant take vacations- they do domestic or retail labor but they don't want to live that way-its part of their hard lot in life and they think that they have a hard lot in life and these people live in developing countries or have moved here from developing countries and are struggling to establish themselves. I don't think anyone willingly never takes a week long vacation in a year. I mean, ppl cant afford fancy vacations and take camping trip or something..

Anyhow- Op, stash the extra cash away for a whole year and then reevaluate.

Most people in the United States can't afford annual family weeklong vacations. Almost no one took them growing up. You live in a coastal bubble that is completely different from average college-educated people.

I make near 200k divorced and single and think a weeklong vacation is an incredibly stupid waste of money. A long weekend, okay? But a week? No. Maybe once a decade. The last vacation I went on like that was in 2009. It was not worth the money.

This is really depressing. I can't imagine not having taken a week away with my family in 13 years when I could afford it, and had the vacation time to do so to boot. So sad

It’s horrifying to me. I can’t imagine the lack of interest in seeing more of the world. When I was young, my family had very little in the way of savings, but we still took a few camping/fishing trips every year, which we all loved. We were comfortably MC by my HS years and upgraded to driving vacations to national parks or other sight seeing destinations and would stay at Holiday Inns along the way—also super fun. I think it’s quite worrying that OP’s family has never taken a family vacation. I hope they don’t end up like the PP.

That is literally my worst nightmare. No thanks. I'd rather visit my relatives.

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OP- no boat. Happiest day of owning a boat? The day you buy it and the day you sell it. It is a hole in the water where you put your money. Insane ongoing operating costs. Really a terrible financial decision. Do the car or the vacation (not to Europe for 10 days though- geez DCUM is so out of touch! just somewhere close ish and fun for all of you). Good luck.

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Anonymous wrote:We made 300k and never went on vacation for 10k or bought anything expensive like a boat. You don't make enough for a boat and ongoing expenses. Take a modest vacation. There is no need to upgrade your car.

Airfare alone for a family of 4 is going to be 4k. Then let's say you spend 10 days somewhere accessible and easy in Europe. On 6k as a family of 4 for hotels, food, etc. That's not exactly living in the lap of luxury or being overly extravagant!!

I think 10 days in Europe is extravagant! Or 10 days anywhere. I have never taken a 10-day vacation in my life.

Seriously? Why not? Honest question. Do you have no PTO or vacation time? A week is never long enough anywhere besides the beach. By the time you've settled in to wherever you're visiting, it's time to pack up.

I have vacation. I never use all of it. I do not even do 7 days anywhere. I use my vacation to visit family. Occasionally 3 nights at the beach with kids. 10 days is extravagant. Many many people do not even take annual weeklong vacations. You live in a DC bubble.

this is so so sad- maybe lots of people live this way but it isn't a happy or satisfied way to live. I know people who cant take vacations- they do domestic or retail labor but they don't want to live that way-its part of their hard lot in life and they think that they have a hard lot in life and these people live in developing countries or have moved here from developing countries and are struggling to establish themselves. I don't think anyone willingly never takes a week long vacation in a year. I mean, ppl cant afford fancy vacations and take camping trip or something..

Anyhow- Op, stash the extra cash away for a whole year and then reevaluate.

Most people in the United States can't afford annual family weeklong vacations. Almost no one took them growing up. You live in a coastal bubble that is completely different from average college-educated people.

I make near 200k divorced and single and think a weeklong vacation is an incredibly stupid waste of money. A long weekend, okay? But a week? No. Maybe once a decade. The last vacation I went on like that was in 2009. It was not worth the money.

This is a you problem honey. Yes, most people take vacations. Even people making little money.

You clearly grew up in a big city near the coast. I did not. I grew up where average people live. Almost NO ONE took a weeklong vacation. Even my grandparents...and my grandpa was a doctor...only did it once every few years.

I grew up in rural Minnesota. We went to the Wisconsin dells. You have no idea what you're talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:We made 300k and never went on vacation for 10k or bought anything expensive like a boat. You don't make enough for a boat and ongoing expenses. Take a modest vacation. There is no need to upgrade your car.

Airfare alone for a family of 4 is going to be 4k. Then let's say you spend 10 days somewhere accessible and easy in Europe. On 6k as a family of 4 for hotels, food, etc. That's not exactly living in the lap of luxury or being overly extravagant!!

I think 10 days in Europe is extravagant! Or 10 days anywhere. I have never taken a 10-day vacation in my life.

Seriously? Why not? Honest question. Do you have no PTO or vacation time? A week is never long enough anywhere besides the beach. By the time you've settled in to wherever you're visiting, it's time to pack up.

I have vacation. I never use all of it. I do not even do 7 days anywhere. I use my vacation to visit family. Occasionally 3 nights at the beach with kids. 10 days is extravagant. Many many people do not even take annual weeklong vacations. You live in a DC bubble.

Well I grew up in a rural area too and nobody took weeklong vacations annually, especially out of state.
this is so so sad- maybe lots of people live this way but it isn't a happy or satisfied way to live. I know people who cant take vacations- they do domestic or retail labor but they don't want to live that way-its part of their hard lot in life and they think that they have a hard lot in life and these people live in developing countries or have moved here from developing countries and are struggling to establish themselves. I don't think anyone willingly never takes a week long vacation in a year. I mean, ppl cant afford fancy vacations and take camping trip or something..

Anyhow- Op, stash the extra cash away for a whole year and then reevaluate.

Most people in the United States can't afford annual family weeklong vacations. Almost no one took them growing up. You live in a coastal bubble that is completely different from average college-educated people.

I make near 200k divorced and single and think a weeklong vacation is an incredibly stupid waste of money. A long weekend, okay? But a week? No. Maybe once a decade. The last vacation I went on like that was in 2009. It was not worth the money.

This is a you problem honey. Yes, most people take vacations. Even people making little money.

You clearly grew up in a big city near the coast. I did not. I grew up where average people live. Almost NO ONE took a weeklong vacation. Even my grandparents...and my grandpa was a doctor...only did it once every few years.

I grew up in rural Minnesota. We went to the Wisconsin dells. You have no idea what you're talking about.