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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure what international travel has to do with SES.

We just have no interest.  Certainly not afraid - not curious and not interested.   Could change as our kids grow.  We aren't against it, just haven't ever had a good reason to go - plenty to see here in the US and we don't have the travel bug.   Going on a trip to walk around Europe doesn't sound relaxing to us.  [/quote]

I can relate.  We actually are working our way around the US with the kids. There is so much to see here! This last summer we did 2 weeks in Alaska, which was such an incredible experience! Being in Denali is almost like being on another planet. We also loved Jackson Hole, WY.  We went with an outfitter and took horses down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and camped, it was unreal. We have a huge map in our study and have tacks where we want to visit, each year we go to at least 2 places (one for a solid 2 weeks). we sprinkle a few 3-4 day weekends in there as well to locations near here.

To say the least, we are an outdoors type of family ( we have all boys as well) and have really enjoyed exploring the US. This summer we are looking forward to spending a week in Bar Harbor Maine, and have never been.

No real desire to leave the country until we have exhausted what is here. We certainly have the travel bug, but just for the US. The cool thing is that my kids are so well versed in American History.  Whenever they are doing a unit in school about some sort of event, we take a trip. For instance, they learned about the battle of Gettysburg and took them to see a battle reenactment and did one of those ghost tours.[/quote]

This is a little strange. No desire to leave the country? No desire to see Rome, or the Acropolis, or Angkor Wat? I grew up extremely working class (factory working mother and teacher father) and we hit all 50 U.S. states for family vacations. My slightly higher-SES family (DH lawyer, myself in tech) travels domestically, but the kids have had passports since they were 8 weeks old and both have been to a few foreign countries at this point (oldest is 4).

Jackson Hole is awesome. But so is Tokyo. So is Giza. So is London. I'd hate to die having only seen a faction of the world's wonders and having only experienced American culture. [/quote]

I'd rather not deal with exhausting long flights and $1200 flights for 5 people.

Oh, and like I mentioned we are more outdoors type people, visiting a large city has ZERO appeal,  like none at all. I live in DC and went or college at Columbia in NYC...I've had enough.

Hiking Mt Kilamanjaro-yes, but I've priced that...20k for all of us, so no.
Hiking the Inca trail-yes
Patagonioa-yes

However for the price of ONE of the above trips I can do 2 domestic trips here and I can see more because the travel time is much shorter.

Didn't need a passport ( I do have one though due to business trips I've had to take all over Asia) but we did do a breathtaking trip to Newfoundland.

Unless you are independently wealthy you can see all that I desire to see in North America and head off to London and Paris and all the other cliché destinations.[/quote]

Okay, now I understand. You're not high-SES, which is what PP said. International travel requires money and time that you don't have.

Sad that you have rationalized that world-class cities like London and Tokyo are "cliché" and have apparently written off the 99% of the world that's not urban due to expense. But totally in keeping with your SES and a middle-class worldview.[/quote]

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