I booked a round-trip ticket to Salt Lake City to crash at my parents house and visit my sister + some long lost friends in Utah this week. I also wanted to go snowboarding in a place that isn’t -30C for a change! I arrived on February 6th and will head home on the 14th. There’s nothing I love more on earth than travelling, so I’m having a wonderful time on my week away. Additionally, visiting your parents is one of the cheapest vacations to be had.
Why visiting Mom & Dad is easy on the wallet:
Free accommodations.
Free meals.
Free laundry.
Notice the key word “free” in all of those? No complaints here!
The total for this entire trip will come to roughly $1,000 when all is said and done, since I’ve been really good about staying at home to eat. Additionally, his vacation falls right in the middle of my 30-days of no spending, which means I’m not going on a shopping spree either.
Not bad, right? There’s lots of perks to being on vacation.
How I’m spending my time off:
- snowboarding
- going to yoga
- watching movies
- eating everything in sight
- writing
- more writing
- more and more and more writing
- doing taxes
- plotting my ultimate takeover of the world
- reflection and personal growth
- reading books
In short, doing all the things I love. Well, maybe not the taxes, but everything else I love. As per usual, vacation is giving me time to relax, rejuvenate, and refocus on what’s important. A week away so early in the year is giving me a wonderful opportunity to plan 2013.
Books I’m currently reading this vacation:
Hope you’re having a great week!
Sounds like a good week!
Haha, visiting parents is only cheap if you don’t need to pay for therapy sessions when you get back to your own home! =)
BAHAHAHAHAHA. I’m hoping this trip is short enough that that won’t be necessary but we’ll see…
Family vacations are great, my mum also takes us somewhere once in a while, and pays for our trip, a few years ago we went to Egypt and cruised on the Nile it was magical! I enjoy going home too and being a kid again for a few days. Looks like you had a lovely time.
My parents just came over this weekend! I’m down $500 and 20 hours of sleep and rest!
I do not see spending time with family as vacation. They are work!
Don’t get me wrong, I love them. But my parents are like little kids that need to be taken care of.
ROFL. I’m definitely the kid being taken care of here. Poor mom.
Sounds like a nice trip! 30 days of no spending? Damn, that’s quite the challenge! I started a 30 day challenge of no drinking. Also very hard.
I agree with that! it`s especially nice when the parents live in another country, because then it really is a vacation! Only it`s free!:-D