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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is affordable? We like Aruba and find it affordable but we prioritize vacations over things like clothes. [/quote]

OP here. We usually spend about $300pp on flights (booked far in advance) and $300/night on hotels. [/quote]

Okay, I've got you. I have a similar budget.  I've found that airfare AND lodging in the US is getting to be MORE expensive, though I've always found lodging in the US to be pricier than in Europe.  I would recommend creating a list of places you and your kids are interested in visiting and then starting NOW to follow flight prices.

I took my kids to London for spring break and we only paid $350 pp and our lodging was $1,800 for a beautiful apartment for 1 week (could have found lodging a lot cheaper tbh because I was indecisive for a while and put it off).  I found it to be really pretty affordable because the playgrounds are free, most museums are free or have a discount for kids, tube is free for little kids, and it was a fabulous place to visit.  We ALL loved it and we aren't really the biggest city people but my kids keep asking if we can go back.  We splurged on a couple of things: Peppa pig afternoon bus tea tour, I let them buy too many presents at Hamley's toy store, and we probably splurged on too many pastries. My kids are 4&7 for reference. We did have a layover in Iceland and it was a budget airline but it was 100% fine, honestly in some ways better because it was more of a relaxed experience and the people were friendly on the flights - Play Airlines and I didn't have to pay extra to sit next to my kids.

Flight prices are starting to be available now for next March so I'd start checking & check play airlines directly too; they give discounts for kids. I think you could find tickets between $350-$450 pp to Europe with just a short layover and then find lodging at or under $1,600 for a week.  Ex: Copenhagen you can get fly March 23-30th (week before easter) $366 pp with a large personal item. I brought one extra carry-on this year so it was an extra $100 total and it was plenty for 3 people.  I doubt they have their prices yet but I'm paying $1,400 for 10 nights + buffet breakfast at a nice family hostel so for 6 nights, you'd be looking at $840, so a total cost of lodging, breakfast and airfare at $2,500 for 4 people including 2 extra carry-on's.....

I'd book that price now though for Copenhagen, I bet it will start going up.  I was following prices for Christmas early January and for my December dates, the tickets were $366 but just 2 weeks later they went up to $450 and that is where they have stayed and so I just went ahead and booked ours this week as I had hoped to see more deals with full-service airlines but those just aren't happening so if you see anything around $300-$380, BOOK IT ASAP.

With that specific airline....I've seen a lot of deals for Paris, Copenhagen, and London.  These prices were comparable or less than around the US and lodging is cheaper. Oh, also check out Scott's Cheap flights (new name now is called Going) and they list lots of deals too.  Hopper is an app that used to be helpful, but not so much anymore.  Skyscanner is always great to check out but I haven't found that website to be as good in the past year or so.

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