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[quote=Anonymous]Well, our household income is much lower than yours (about $120,000/year) and we have 4 kids...so we have learned to do thrifty vacations.

We don't fly as a family, EVER.   We only vacation to places we can drive.   Our kids have learned to be patient in the car and of course we bring a lot of entertainment (dvds, hand held video games, etc)

We often camp, or incorporate camping into part of the vacation--for example we did a 10 day road trip to various parts of Canada and camped for one segment of it.

We don't visit attractions that cost a lot of money.   Many of our vacations center around National Parks because we can buy an annual pass for $80 (this also usually goes in hand with camping since many National parks have campsites).  We only go to amusement parks when we are able to get some type of discount/special.

We don't do "beach vacations" to Rehoboth, etc.   Those beaches are only a couple hours drive so we make it a day trip.   We pack a picnic lunch so we can save money by not buying expensive (and gross) boardwalk food.   Yeah, it's kind of a pain to drive home a little sandy, but it's not the end of the world.

Large cities are usually the toughest to do on a budget, because hotels will be expensive and the attractions tend to be things like museums, and admission fees add up.
We usually stay outside the city and drive in (or public transportation if cheaper/more practical--depends on the city/day).   For example, when we went to NYC, we stayed in Jersey city and took the PATH in instead of staying right in the city.    We did a long weekend in Philadelphia and stayed in a close by town in New Jersey and drove in for each day.   A little bit inconvenient (compared to staying right in the city and just walking out the hotel door to attractions) but saves a TON of money, and frankly, we just couldn't afford to do it any other way.  [/quote]

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