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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is funny how people make a big deal about going on vacation and do a ton of unnecessary planning.  We go, we do, we have fun.  None of it, is a big production or a big deal.[/quote]

+1. It also comes from spending “too much” money on the vacation. It requires you to put more pressure on extracting “value” (fun? Memories?) from the vacation. [/quote]

I think this symptomatic of life in America right now though (at least for parents). Most people get 2-3 weeks PTO the entire year which has to cover all sort of things like daycare closures, school breaks, etc. Add in inflation and people are stretching themselves to take time off and travel. It makes it feel high stakes.

It’s probably easier to just dust it off if you’re in a position to be able to take a lot of time off during the year and have plenty of money to plan fun things. But travel is an absolute luxury for many people so I can get why a splurge that ends up disappointing would feel like a hit because you know it may be a very long time until you get to do something like that again.

And it’s easy to say don’t put too much effort into planning or spend too much when you’re not in the position of having to carefully budget each hour of PTO or travel dollar. Many people have to carefully plan to even get to take trips a lot of posters on here would consider minor travel. [/quote]

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