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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We made 300k and never went on vacation for 10k or bought anything expensive like a boat. You don't make enough for a boat and ongoing expenses. Take a modest vacation. There is no need to upgrade your car.[/quote]

Airfare alone for a family of 4 is going to be 4k.  Then let's say you spend 10 days somewhere accessible and easy in Europe.  On 6k as a family of 4 for hotels, food, etc.  That's not exactly living in the lap of luxury or being overly extravagant!![/quote]

I think 10 days in Europe is extravagant! Or 10 days anywhere. I have never taken a 10-day vacation in my life.[/quote]

Seriously?  Why not?  Honest question.  Do you have no PTO or vacation time?  A week is never long enough anywhere besides the beach.  By the time you've settled in to wherever you're visiting, it's time to pack up. [/quote]

I have vacation. I never use all of it. I do not even do 7 days anywhere. I use my vacation to visit family. Occasionally 3 nights at the beach with kids. 10 days is extravagant. Many many people do not even take annual weeklong vacations. You live in a DC bubble. [/quote]

You seriously need to get a life. I feel sorry for anyone who might report to you, because you’re going to guilt them into not going away for restorative vacations. Awful life to live. I am an immigrant from Europe and my parents weren’t rich but every summer we went on a 3 week beach vacation to the Mediterranean (various countries), one week in Italy over Easter and 1 week skiing in February. Additionally to visit my great aunt in the mountains for 3 weeks in the summer. This was absolutely beautiful and good for me. I do similar things for and with DCs. People who never travel are either really weird or have very understandable health or financial concerns (in which case I get it).
this is so so sad- maybe lots of people live this way but it isn't a happy or satisfied way to live. I know people who cant take vacations- they do domestic or retail labor but they don't want to live that way-its part of their hard lot in life and they think that they have a hard lot in life and these people live in developing countries or have moved here from developing countries and are struggling to establish themselves. I don't think anyone willingly never takes a week long vacation in a year.  I mean, ppl cant afford fancy vacations and take camping trip or something..

Anyhow- Op, stash the extra cash away for a whole year and then reevaluate.  [/quote]

Most people in the United States can't afford annual family weeklong vacations. Almost no one took them growing up. You live in a coastal bubble that is completely different from average college-educated people.

I make near 200k divorced and single and think a weeklong vacation is an incredibly stupid waste of money. A long weekend, okay? But a week? No. Maybe once a decade. The last vacation I went on like that was in 2009. It was not worth the money.[/quote][/quote]

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