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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I think you’ll have a great time. Be prepared for meal costs and on the ground expenses—they will add up.[/quote]

Thanks PP. We're really excited about it. And yes I told DH to expect our overall spend to hit $30K after all is said and done. He nearly fell over, but we both agree that after years of not taking vacations while all of our friends went away for 2-3 weeks every summer, doing domestic vacations only when it was in the budget, and saving where we could that it's our turn to just go and do it! I have family all over Europe so it will be nice to see them also.[/quote]

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