monica9
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 3, 2011
curious if those who have grown children and now retired age regret splurging or being over conservative with their money while they were younger and had young families.
I am always told by family to save my money and I don’t have to go on a vacation every year or stay at a deluxe. Is it out of our means.....somewhat but not really. A $400/night room is not but a 550/night room kind of is. They I started thinking, will that extra $$$ spent really have an impact if it’s a resort I’ve always wanted to stay? Will having to stay in a double bed over a king bed on vacation really make a difference? It does for us. It might mean a restful sleep vs restless which will mean a more comfortable vacation. I have friends who have been saving for a house for such a long time that they keep putting off Disney but really want to go and their kids are getting older. My husband and I would go for the vacation and save a few extra months for the house. I just think of all the people who get diagnosed with terminal illnesses or die in accidents and they never had the oppprtunity to make the memories they wanted to. I don’t want to regret anything and I love the memories I have on vacation with my children.
So, do you regret the way you were looking back now? What would you have done differently?
I am always told by family to save my money and I don’t have to go on a vacation every year or stay at a deluxe. Is it out of our means.....somewhat but not really. A $400/night room is not but a 550/night room kind of is. They I started thinking, will that extra $$$ spent really have an impact if it’s a resort I’ve always wanted to stay? Will having to stay in a double bed over a king bed on vacation really make a difference? It does for us. It might mean a restful sleep vs restless which will mean a more comfortable vacation. I have friends who have been saving for a house for such a long time that they keep putting off Disney but really want to go and their kids are getting older. My husband and I would go for the vacation and save a few extra months for the house. I just think of all the people who get diagnosed with terminal illnesses or die in accidents and they never had the oppprtunity to make the memories they wanted to. I don’t want to regret anything and I love the memories I have on vacation with my children.
So, do you regret the way you were looking back now? What would you have done differently?