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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Price seems reasonable to me. It’s a lot of money but travel has gotten very expensive—and I assume you need two hotel rooms.

It won’t be super luxe at this price, IME. Nice, sure, but I don’t think your hotels will be the swanky kind of “4-star”—work it out and see.

People will say it’s lot but I think people with young kids don’t realize how expensive it is to travel with teens/young adults. It’s basically doubling the cost — twice the hotel cost, twice the restaurant bill (or, really, more, and even more if the kids are old enough to drink), adult tix to museums and activities. [/quote]

Yes we will be getting 2 rooms. And I'm aware that 4 star in Europe is middle of the road, which we are absolutely okay with. We are "Marriott/Hyatt" type travelers. We've never stayed at a Four Seasons or Ritz level hotel, and have never flown first or even business class. Sadly even with our middle of the road travel and accommodations, it's $$$$.  We've been saving up for this trip for a few years. I know for some it seems extravagant - and yes I know we are so very fortunate to even be able to consider doing this - but for us it's our last chance to really travel with our grown children before they go off and start lives of their own. DH will be retiring in 3 years time so after that it's solo travel going forward. [/quote]

It sounds like a nice trip, OP, and we did the same thing with our college-aged kids only to find out that it was NOT the end of our family travels.  That is, we still travel together on occasion and sometimes with grandchildren in tow.  So don't put too much pressure on this one trip.  I agree with the others that fewer destinations would be better for two weeks, especially if you've not been there with your children before.  For example, London plus day trips warrants 2 weeks on its own; and it would be easy to spend 14 days with Venice/Florence/Rome alone.  I like to do my own planning, but I'm sure it comes to about $15-20K (hotels/trains/meals/activities) without airfare for two weeks, so the price is reasonable.   If it comes out a few thousand cheaper than your quote, it's because I like to choose non-chain hotels that are characteristic of the locations, but there are plusses and minuses to that.   The exchange rate is very favorable right now, so I hope your travel agent is passing that on. [/quote]

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