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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Family of 5 (but often bring our ap so 6), hhi 900-1.2m, we spend most weekends at our second home in winter to ski, and a lot of the summer there as well. We also take 3-4 other vacations in normal times, plus 1-2 trips to see family. I think we probably spend @$50-100k/year on travel depending on the year. That’s not for first class and 5* hotels, that is just what it costs. We usually do europe at least once a year (haven’t been since 2019) and often rent a house and just stay for 3-4 weeks, doing day trips. Hoping we can resume that this summer especially since working remotely is accepted as a norm now. Big expensive trips in the past was @$25k for taking extended family to Disney for Christmas week, Hawaii for 9 days in Feb (rented a house with pool in one place, stayed in a resort just a couple of nights), dh and I try to take one nice trip a year just us. Jade Mountain was probably our fanciest, we’ve also done long weekends in various places in the US and Europe. [/quote]

Good grief.
Sounds like you spend most of your income. 
Second home, $125K annual travel. Even 1.2M won't stretch that far. 
Our income is similar, and we don't do half what you do. And we don't own a second home. We're frugal I guess, but college and retirement funds are paid up. That's just us. We're not materialistic, and we don't care about staying in fancy hotels/resorts. Just do stuff we enjoy like museums, galleries, theater, dance, music events in large cities, outdoor events, hiking (no camping I hate camping) in beautiful places. We don't travel to Europe often. I guess we're homebodies. [/quote]

We don’t, but you sound like a judgmental homebody. We have a net worth of @$10M and save a ton every year. We aren’t materialistic either, we value experiences and we have family and friends in Europe who we want to visit. [/quote]

+1. That person sounded ridiculous. Much better to spend money on cultural pursuits than the Delaware shore, like so many in the DMV. It never ceases to shock me that people spend so much money to visit mediocre destinations. What a waste. [/quote]

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