- travel cost more than I expected. I was initially excited about taking long trips. Until I saw the total costs. So now I only extend our trips by a few days or a week instead of a few weeks. It all adds up. And I don't have the same itch to stay on vacation for as long as humanly possible like I did when I was working. I now relish coming home and staying indoors doing nothing for a few days.
I'm curious what kind of travel it was. Did you stay in Canada and the US or did you go to countries where dollars go a long way?
Currently in North America.
Even if I only pay $40/night for a patch of dirt to pitch my tent, that's almost $300 more for an extra week. If I am paying $50-60/night for a hotel and have to add eating out to that, it just quickly multiplies.
Adding a few days is cheap. Adding a lot more days just adds up more than I would have liked.
We added a few extra days in Florida after our cruise last March and while I did it mostly with points, it was still a few hundred bucks more to our budget between car rental, additional fees, tolls, bike rentals for cheap fun, and some eating out.
Anyway, I was mostly surprised that I was happy to go home. And not itching to lengthen our trips. 1-2 weeks now sound great to me. I do want to do a 1-2 month Canadian road trip one day...but will wait a little bit longer.
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