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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW is worth, our net worth is about 2.5M and I just booked an East Africa safari trip for a family of four for 55K including flights.

I know we spend a LOT more on travel than most people in our income bracket (hence our net worth "only" 2.5M).  But it is worth it to us.[/quote]

We find ways to take trips like this but because I work really really hard at it (I only wish my husband understood how hard), we spend a fraction.

For a 10-day safari in Kenya for our family of four, it cost us $16K.  Used points for flights for two of the air fares.  And because I had been on a safari in Kenya as a teenager and traveled the entire country, I knew what itinerary I wanted and felt comfortable booking everything directly.  I also booked for the start of the rainy season, gambling that climate change had impacted rainfall in the Masai Mara.  And I was right.  No rain -- and absolutely no crowds at all!  We had the camps almost to ourselves.  Then I just hired a driver recommended by a friend at the World Bank in Nairobi.  All of this cut our cost in half.

I guess my point is that you can have these bucket list adventures without breaking the bank.  If you are willing to do a ton of research, gaming the points system, etc.  [/quote]

I'm the PP you quoted and I agree with you.  Every experience can be done for a range of costs based on how much effort/work you want to put into it yourself, how much risk you want to take, and how much luxury you want.

I want to put in little of my own effort, feel confident that things will go as envisioned, and to feel luxury.

Both approaches are valid.[/quote]

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