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To go, or not to go
That’s the question. Well, life consists of many other questions, but when it concerns travel, this one is mightily important don’t you think?
The reason I’m writing about this, is because it has happened multiple times that I’ve wanted to go somewhere. Started looking around for destinations, looking in the agenda for some lull-time in between clients [hint hint – this never happens in real life!] and then look at the budget to see if we can afford it or not.
As this is a new year and new decade, I have promised myself not to do this any longer: no more weighing alll the drama life throws at us versus going away for a refreshing time off. Looking for a destination is definitely not a problem: do you know how many countries there are in the world? As we live on an island, venturing far away costs quite a penny [would love to visit Africa, Asia, Australia just to name a few], and with a family the bank account would have to be a tad more flush to be able to manage even the plane tickets. BUT it’s on the radar as we are already planning our world trip in 5 years time yay!!
Usually we either venture to the Caribbean itself or to the United States as those are affordable places to visit (see? We touched base on money already) and lends itself easy to manage with no language barrier even for the kids of 5 and 7.
The biggest challenge in answering the to go, or not to go question lies in time-frame. As the kids are in school, we are severely bound by their vacation times. And you guessed it: unless I book a flight 800 years in advance, the prices are astronomical when you are flying in the ‘danger zone’. To give an example, a return trip to Miami from Curacao in the April vacation booked today, will cost $518 per person. Family of 4 (or gasp: 5!) will have to pay over $2,000 and guess what? That’s just for leaving the country!!! Same amount of days somewhere in November with no vacation time for the kids levers at $314 which is around $1,200 so that $800+ difference can be used for lodging, car and what not.
For now, we’ve gotten our eyes on an April vacation so our answer is TO GO. There is no better day than today, because come tomorrow there will be yet another set of challenges.
How do you answer this question within your family? Do you book things way in advance or do you do a spur of the moment type thing? Leave your comments below as usual!