Comments on: What’s Your Pampering Vacation Budget?

By: StingyFinance

StingyFinance — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 23:52:35 +0000

So I guess you convinced yourself that you needed to go to Hawaii? ;)

By: lazymanandmoney

lazymanandmoney — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:38:46 +0000

Thanks Stingy. I should trick myself into some kind of savings by setting up a separate account. As long as I ask myself if I really need something, it’s really all the budgeting that I need.

By: StingyFinance

StingyFinance — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 13:05:09 +0000

Have a good time in Hawaii! Do you save a certain amount for vacations like this? Or do you just use your regular cash savings?

By: Foobarista

Foobarista — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 05:02:32 +0000

Fish is relatively much cheaper in Hawaii than other food. Our “default” meal ended up being sushi while we were there, since it was cheap, good, and highly available.

By: dimes

dimes — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:27:21 +0000

A vague budget is budget enough, in my opinion. When we went to NYC, we budgeted $2200-2500, not including airfare, and hit right in there. You can generally get a feel for what you’re going to spend anywhere before you spend it, and we could have easily spent six times as much for a week in NYC.