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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks for all the responses.  It was great to hear how many other people also use nice family vacations as a motivator at work.

A few have inquired about where we go.  I'm not sure if some of my friends post here too, and so I hope it's OK if I keep it vague without mentioning specific resorts or hotels.  But we like to go to places like Europe, Florida, the Caribbean, and Colorado for skiing (each spring break).  We're doing a cruise this year too for the first time.  Now that the kids are in elementary school, we're thinking of going on a more-distant international trip.

[b]We like to stay at a 4-star resort or hotel (not 5-star).  We fly coach.[/b]  We like to bring the grandparents with us when they will accept it, and so that can add quite a bit to our costs.

I apologize if I appeared to be smug to some in describing our frugality with respect to our house.  Believe me, I wish we could have both an awesome house and nice vacations!!

Thanks again to everyone who replied.[/quote]

I also live for vacations. The total budget seems to be about $25K. Are you finding the $1000/day for the Caribbean at Christmas? If you would like some advise: Take the kids out of school now while you can and take advantage of off season. You cant do this in HS! International in the summer is super expensive (Europe)[/quote]

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