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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So do most people not travel during holidays, spring break, and summer?! Just sene kids to camp?[/quote]
We travel for holidays to visit family - so NY for Thanksgiving and NC for Christmas. Neither one costs us money besides gas and tolls.

We travel for spring break but keep it somewhere driving distance. Cabin in the mountains, Charleston, Williamsburg, etc.

In the summer our kids are in camp because both parents work full time. There is a week between camps closing down and school starting - we visit the NC relatives at the beach normally.

Yes, we could get more culture elsewhere but our kids are on the young side and I didn’t really want to fly before they were vaccinated.  It’s always interesting to hear budgets from other households - we are at $300k HHI and [b]our travel budget is maybe $1k a year[/b]. [/quote]

Curious what kids age 4-12 would find interesting in Charleston? Older kids might like colonial Williamsburg. [/quote]

Dolphin boat; beach combing; plantation with swamp garden and farm animals; aquarium; kayaking;  children's museum; older kids learn about slavery, the Gullah culture, etc.  [/quote]

I just don't see how you can do all that for $1K a year.  Our last trip we did a plantation tour, swamp tour and an aquarium.  For a family of 5, just those 3 activities cost over $500.  It's 1,000 miles r/t to Charleston, so figuring 30 mpg (which would be great for a minivan) that's at least another hundred in gas, plus I assume you do at least a few meals out for a trip, and maybe have to pay for parking at some of those places like the aquarium.  So that gets you to $1K right there on one trip.  I think some of the people that have low travel budget are only counting hotel and airfare in that budget.  When I do a budget, I do it all in because some trips have cheap airfare but expensive activities, while other trips are expensive airfare but activities are mostly free.

We're another family with only family on the other side of the country, and they live in an apartment so no room for us. (And, because they live in a warm climate, Christmas is high season for them.)  We spend several thousand just to see them annually -- not sure whether I should consider that part of our "vacation" budget -- it's more just like a "family" cost.  It should probably be a different line item on the budget.  I never buy my parents presents, though!  They always say "your visit it more than enough of a present".  [/quote]

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