[disneysteve]

Originally Posted by LivingAlmostLarge

Well disneysteve, I think my DH plans on a private jet and 5 star hotels. We're too old now to backpack and we don't want to stay at rat motels anymore. We like staying in nicer places and eating whatever we want. Also we enjoying drinking and paying admission to places instead of freebies like before.

Same here. In high school, I went camping a few times on vacation. In college and med school it was the Econo-Lodge or Days Inn for $25/night. In the early years of our marriage, it was the Quality Inn or Holiday Inn Express for $59/night. Now it is typically a Courtyard or Residence Inn for $99/night and occasionally something a little nicer for $129 or so/night. For a special occasion, it might be a Renaissance or the former Rhiga Royal in NYC for $300/night. You know what? Those $300/night places blow away all the others. If and when we can afford to stay at those kinds of places regularly, we certainly will consider it. Is it extravagant? Sure. That's why it costs so much. But if we have it to spend, we'll do it.