My husband is panicking on the total bill for an Alaskan Cruise for us, our 3 kids and his mother. His mother has traveled to Alaska, but the rest of us haven’t. I have always wanted to take my kids to Alaska and see it with them.
Our kids will be 10, 13 and 16 at the time of the trip this summer. I’m wanting to take them on one big family trip before my oldest graduates (she will be a junior in the fall) and family trips with all of us become impossible. I am taking my husband’s 68 year old mom (his dad passed away) because this will be the only time our kids and us will go on a big vacation with her as well. She’s not able to do this any longer due to health reasons.
$12,000 includes airfare, parking, excursions in 3 ports, the cruise with 2 rooms (one balcony room and one interior), taxes, etc. Everything out the door for 6 people.
I have this money saved, it’s just sitting in an account waiting for a trip one day and won’t affect us financially by being spent. He’s panicking and saying it’s too much for 8 days of vacation and we could go alone without them “one day when we retire”. That going to Hawaii would be $7,000 (we’ve gone there twice with the kids).
But I would rather spend this money now and take a bucket list vacation with all of us. If we go later, I think we will wish we experienced it with our kids, too. This type of trip is not something my kids will be able to afford while they are young adults, establishing careers or starting families.
Does this pricing seem unreasonable? What would you do?
Submitted February 27, 2023 at 01:54AM by VanityHaven https://ift.tt/zQqrdaP
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