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[quote=Anonymous]If I was constrained by budgets I would do a scenic (go out west or NE like to Maine/Nova Scotia) road trip and hit the national parks.  I mean - it's just gas and food really.  You can find reasonable accommodations.  That's honestly the most reasonable price giving you beautiful sights and I think can be very very memorable.  I would do that every year.

I'm a bit more high flying so we go to the 4-5 star accommodations in Europe/Caribbean during high seasons which for a family of 4 is going to be min $10k for 5 days or so without airfare.  But we did an amazing Airbnb last holiday in December for a week in FL for $5600 so add airfare, food, car, that's still about $7500.  hat's our own pool, jacuzzi, 3BR for my 2 kids and DH and I, really really beautiful, upscale convenient locale.  We've also done an amazing place in Palm Springs CA in December, for about the same price a few years ago too.  More $$ to cover airfare to CA but my point is that a lot depends on WHEN you are travelling.

I had a terrible time finding places open for Dec travel this year when I looked this Feb which is why we are simply going to NYC for a few days.  But the Airbnbs are crazy - like $2-3k/night in Manhattan, so I would say that timing is everything.  I'm looking in Sept for Dec high season - I'm sure that's why.  I usually am done planning all our vacations by Feb for the year.  Hell, I'm done with camps for my kids as well.

Our March vacation which I finalized early August for 10 days will be $14k including airfare/private transportation/all activities for 4.  Just to give you a sense of cost. The airfare was RT direct United for $500/pp at great times - so I would definitely plan really early for deals.  If you didn't stay at the high end places with the private tours/transportations and all the many activities we are doing, you could get this trip down to probably $8-10k I'm guessing.  It's really not bad when you consider 10 days for a family of 4 in the Caribbean.  Everything is expensive these days so if you travel, you are going to need to pay up.

My feeling is that you budget for a nice trip every 2-3 years.  The time spent really enjoying yourself is worth it.  I know a lot of people do bare minimum for budgets but when I'm on vacation I'm going to do it up because I'm supposed to.  So yeah, I want to live like I'm a movie star for a couple days LOL 
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