how far does your travel spend go?
this is mostly out of curiosity since no one i know talks about this irl — two questions:
what’s your average yearly travel spend?
how far does that go? feel free to include lots of detail here! some conversation starters:
your demographics (age, income, household size, kids or no kids, if you travel from a hub)
number of vacations
international vs domestic
obligatory travel (family/weddings/bach parties etc) vs just for fun
level from ultra budget to ultra luxury for each vacation
how far in advance you plan them
if you use points or airline/hotel cards
if you pay cash for any specific upgrades
if you pay for trip planning tools, including a travel agent
if you plan everything out or just wing it when you get there, and what you’ve noticed is the cost of one way or the other
if you pay for friends or family or if they ever pay for you
if you count food/shopping on a trip as part of this budget
curious about pretty much any aspect of this!! none of my friends talk about money at this level of detail but everyone online seems to be taking insanely luxurious vacations and claiming they paid little to nothing for it because “points” and that simply can’t be the vast majority of people. i know some people play the points game but there’s so many other factors that i want to hear about! and i want to hear from people who spend real money