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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is eye opening considering how many people on DCUM act like it’s super pitiful if your annual vacations are to places like Rehoboth and Orlando. I also don’t understand how people are spending this little.

We are going to Key West for Spring Break and staying in 1 hotel room at a mid-level full service chain (Marriott, Hilton). Our flights and hotel alone are $6-7k once you factor in checking 1 big suitcase for all 4 of us, Uber to/from airport, resort fees and taxes, etc. It’s easily a $10k trip with a car rental, meals out, and excursions like renting kayaks and swimming with dolphins. And it seems like we always stay at really dumpy hotels compared to other families we know in a similar income bracket!

We’re traveling to a wedding on the West coast this summer and will tack on a national park trip afterwards. I’m sure the whole thing will cost $20k and we’ll be gone 2-2.5 weeks. A trip to Europe or South America would be equally costly. [/quote]

We stay at dumpy hotels too. We went to London and found a place that was about $350/night. Great location, but wow, no one was enthused when we walked inside our room. The nicer places were $500-$700 and that definitely puts us over budget.

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London is notoriously expensive for hotels and flights. You can do virtually any other city in Europe for far less money.[/quote]

Absolutely planning to for our next vacation. Any recommendations?[/quote]

I went with my husband only to Azores this summer while my kids were at summer camp.  We found it cheaper there and I believe mainland Portugal (which we did not go to) is even cheaper than the island.[/quote]

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