Anonymous wrote:Are people seriously planning to drop thousands of dollars on luxury travel with all the shit going on right now? Unbelievable.

Why not? We are on a luxury trip right now! And what’s going on? Just some badly needed house cleaning from what I read in the US news.

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Anonymous wrote:Are people seriously planning to drop thousands of dollars on luxury travel with all the shit going on right now? Unbelievable.

Most of us don't work for the Feds. Some of us are supportive of what's going on. Many of us are in professions that don't rely on the Feds.

Supportive of completely eliminating USAID? I mean that's one of the bright spots in US soft power...

Anonymous wrote:Are people seriously planning to drop thousands of dollars on luxury travel with all the shit going on right now? Unbelievable.

Most of us don't work for the Feds. Some of us are supportive of what's going on. Many of us are in professions that don't rely on the Feds.

If things get really bad, I'm going on a long extended vacation. I'm retired and can afford to just get out of here for a while.

Navel-gazing again, OP. Tsk, tsk. Do you realize that most of Americans are NOT federal employees and do not believe for one second that there will be a recession, massive layoffs, a stock market crash, or whatever else you're fearing?

It's hard to be sympathetic when you're this dumb. And you're not looking good vis-a-vis all the MAGAs on here who just love reading posts such as yours.

Anonymous wrote:Are people seriously planning to drop thousands of dollars on luxury travel with all the shit going on right now? Unbelievable.

Yes, bucket list destination trip with my mom -- a mother/daughter trip we were discussing for years.

Honestly -- planning bucket list destinations whether on the smaller or larger scale is perfectly fine.

Don't like it? Get off the Travel Discussion forum.
Don't like it? In the famous line from the great Alice TV series....you can "kiss my grits".

It is the only thing I can find to look forward to in the midst of this shitshow.

Yep planning travel same as ever. The stock market could tank but frankly the dollar could implode the way things are going. Definitely can't count on the future and may as well enjoy regular life now.

I don’t drink, or smoke, or do any drugs. I don’t have a significant other, I haven’t dated in years. I have few if any friends. No social life. Don’t play a sport. But what I do have is a love for travel. So I’ll be taking some trips OP. Sorry if you think that’s crazy.

You sound jealous.

I mean why the hell not? Should life simply stop? Why can I not live to the fullest if I'm able to? I would counsel you to be grateful enough and not waste the opportunity and your good fortune to be able to if it were possible!

Anonymous wrote:Are people seriously planning to drop thousands of dollars on luxury travel with all the shit going on right now? Unbelievable.

Who are you so triggered?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. I'm still in the process of planning our summer vacations. It's not "luxury" but when you have a family of 5 any trip is in the thousands.

Our financial and job situations have not changed at all.

+1. We live well below our means and have ample savings in “normal” times. If the $hit really hits the fan I don’t think we’ll regret that last vacation.

+1 covid and family health crises have really shaped my "take the vacation" perspective.

same here

Well, I paid for tickets to England for a trip this fall a couple of months ago. So. I'm going. And I'm planning it now and I'm enjoying planning it.

I'm a fed and DH is fed SES. The times are stressful, but ffs I'm not going to freeze in fear. Come what may.

I am turning 60 this year. How long should I wait?