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Originally Posted by in_newengland
I think it's more expensive for us (USA) to go there than for them to come here. We get a lot of taxes added on due to 9/11. I'm having having sticker shock at the prices lately. If you pay for a married couple and then add in tickets for kids you are talking about a lot of money--not to mention the unfavorable currency exchange which comes into play when you have to stay somewhere, get around, eat out and anything else in a different country. Just trying to answer the question (even though I think it's a little bit rude.)
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I thought it was a bit rude too.
To help with the math though, I will point out that three years ago, my husband and I took our son and his best friend to Germany for graduation. The airline tickets alone cost over $5000. The total trip cost about $10,000. That's a lot of green.
Unless you take kids out of school (and missing over a week of school generally isn't a good idea), you'll pay top dollar during prime vacation time for tickets. OUCH!
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