Originally Posted by
MissFixit 
So, is he planning to spend around $40,000 to take a 15 year old on a two week trip where they will literally be in transit most the time?
Looks that way! And, we both are going to need new cars soon and he hates having a car payment so where's the money for that going to come from? Our son will be 16 soon and that means he will be driving which also means our insurance will be increasing, too.
Oh, and son just told me that he mentioned a trip to a tennis event he wants to attend next March and how he wants to plan it out better so we get a good hotel rate, etc and AH says, "Oh, you're not going to be able to go on that trip. Our BIG trip will take the funding for that little one you want to go on." Son was livid and I assured him that I can save enough money in the next 11 months so that we can go for a few days or I could send him with his friends who always go every year. It's insanity at it's finest!