The time I almost got into CR England

No they were done yearly we’d choose a different place to go every year my sister in law was a travel agent so she would put together these packages and my brother would more or less finance them and we’d pay him back monthly or you had the option to pay all at once~needless to say they’re no longer together which ended our vacations lol

 

Yeah man it was great had a nice little run, all legit started out we would do the Wisconsin Dells water park vacation and once that got old we expanded it to the other trips fun times for sure

 

When I was in The Netherlands a few years ago, 10% was customary for tipping. We gave 15%. In Norway, 6% was customary, we gave 10%.

Europe can be very expensive. Going to Sweden and Norway can cost more than a Vacation to Hawaii (it did for us). $7 for a gallon of fuel, $12 for a beer at a restaurant (I think the $5.50 I paid tonight at Outback is bad enough), $120 is the cheapest you’ll find a hotel for (usually $200-$250). Oh, and that doesn’t include linens. Yes, outside of the major cities, you have to rent linens for another $20-$30 lol. Airbnb is probably cheaper though.

Plane flights to Europe can be cheap if you are flexible. $600-$700 RT is reasonable depending where you are flying. Zurich for some reason is usually pretty expensive.

The Netherlands/Germany from personal experience aren’t too expensive. Cheaper than Hawaii, but slightly more expensive than Alaska. The Scandinavian countries on the other hand are ridiculously expensive.

 

You would be surprised how little you can spend going to some pretty far off places. I spent a month island hopping in the Philippines last year and spent less than 4 grand grand including airfare. And I could have done it for half that much if I wanted to but I often hired drivers instead of taking the bus to my next destination and I stayed in way nicer places than I needed to. Not to mention traveling to some of the more expensive places there like Palawan and Boracay.

 

The waiters in The Netherlands only make around $10.50 an hour on average. And in Norway, it’s typical to make $12-$14 an hour on average for servers. My mother-in-law is a server and she averages around $16-$20 an hour with hourly plus tips. If the servers in the Netherlands don’t get tips, then they make far less than the average server in the US despite having a higher cost of living.

Amsterdam is one of the cheapest places to fly to in Europe. Flying to Paris, Rome, Oslo, etc is more expensive.

 

You can fly to the Philippines for around 700 if your flying a direct flight from say new york or la. Last time I went it was about a grand out of Minneapolis.