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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was a kid, I could tell a family was rich if they flew for all their vacations. Flying was so expensive back then, and kids didn’t fly that much. So if you met a 10 year old who had flown a lot, either his family was rich or his parents were divorced, or both.

That changed as I got older because flying got more affordable with budget airlines. I still think that a vacation where you have to fly us out of reach for a lot of families, especially if you have more than two kids. It’s still and indication of wealth or at least an indication that you are well paid enough to have a decent amount of disposable income.

[b]And yes, where you travel is a class marker. I remember when I got to grad school and encountered truly wealthy people for the first time. I was confused about the selectivity of their vacations. To me, I wanted to go everywhere. Prague? Yes. Norfolk? Also yes? Skiing in Colorado? Yes. Jersey shore? Also yes.[/b]

[b]But wealthy people don’t like to go places where they will interact with people outside their class. Which leads to weird things where going to the Eastern Shore is “better” than going to Hungary because Budapest isn’t “classy” enough to visit. Extremely weird priorities! But you do you— Budapest was awesome (and remarkably affordable).[/b][/quote]

I feel the same way. It seems to me that many "upper class" people I meet go to the same places every year. They "only" ski in Jackson Hole or Aspen. They've never been to a ton of other amazing ski resorts for something different. They own a beach house somewhere on the East Coast so they only go to their beach town but miss out on the many other great beach towns. They only go to a certain resort or island in the Caribbean when they want a winter weather escape, thus missing out on many other great island experiences. I find that a lot of these people have never been to Asia or anywhere in Central or South America. Like you said, they'd go to Saint-Tropez, Antibes, Positano etc. but never Budapest.

I like to go somewhere different each time. I like new experiences and adventures. I think it would be boring to go to the same 3-4 places every year. Does that make me middle class? lol[/quote]

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