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Is the Building of Experiences and Memories Worth the Cost?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Recently, an extended family trip to Hawaii got put on hold due to costs. As it turns out, my estimate for a 2 week trip to Hawaii (one week on Oahu and one on the Big Island) would have been over $20,000 US Dollars. Naturally, my spouse and I had a discussion on how much we wanted to fund for our two sons and their families.

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How to Plan a Multi-Generation Family Vacation

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

But our best trip was in 2012, when we funded a trip to Yellowstone with our two sons, their wives and our grandchildren. Here is what I did (and am currently doing while planning a dream trip to Hawaii for all of us). She was in her seventies at the time, my spouse and I in our forties and our kids were tween and teen.

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