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[quote=Anonymous]My mom is turning 70 next year and invited my family of four to her destination birthday trip. It's a 7-day European cruise. For a family of four, I'm guessing it will cost us about $6K-$8K for the room, taxes, gratuity, airfare, etc. I'm trying not to have my knee jerk reaction be to say no to her, but this sounds like a lot (but I think I could afford it). I have 2 small children, and I'm not into cruises. It's not as if she'd go alone - she has a few friends who want to go on this trip, but I'm just not into it, especially not a 7 day European cruise with kids who go to bed at 7pm. DH said I could go alone if I wanted, but if I were going to commit to a 9 day trip (with flights to and from Europe), I'd rather it be with my nuclear family.

I found this article about party etiquette for modern times. Birthdays are covered in part 6.
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/06/229284/celebration-party-etiquette-rules

Is it horrible if we just say no? I've already hedged that we're not really interested and that the cost for 4 of us is prohibitive, but she didn't seem to accept that as an answer. I'm assuming I'll just have to be tough and tell her outright no, but I'm trying not to be a jerk about it. She definitely deserves a trip and she's not asking for us to pay for it outright.

Full disclosure: my mom is a travel agent and I'm pretty sure if she gets enough people to go on the trip she either gets an upgrade or free room for herself. 
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