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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD did a 3 week backpacking trip with a friend last summer after graduating.  They both worked all school year to have enough money to do it, planned it out themselves.  Parents paid for the round trip flights as their graduation gift, kids otherwise fully funded it.  Both spent the rest of the summer working too.

Discovered during the trip that they thought you booked hostels by nights instead of arrival day / departure day so there were a few nights they had to scramble to find a place to sleep.  They got a Euro-rail pass and crammed quite a lot into their three weeks!  Was a great experience.

[b]Definitely not rich.[/quote][/b]

If you have money to buy your kid a r/t ticket to Europe, you are rich. [/quote]

It was $680, and her high school graduation gift.  We own one car, live in a 1000 sq foot apartment, take camping trips for vacation.  You make a lot of assumptions about one plane ticket.[/quote]

I don’t have any extra money after paying bills. Ditto for most of America. [/quote]

Just because you are poor, doesn’t make someone who can purchase a plane ticket for $680 rich.

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$680 plane ticket isn’t the only cost. How much for hotels/food/admissions to museums or historic sites/ etc.

Do you really think a trip to Europe only costs $680. [/quote]

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