I have a friend that did this and said it worked great ...I thought it was an awsome idea and will use it when my kids get older...for other vacations as well as Disney ones.
They have 3 children 12, 9 and 4
a few months before the trip they told each one of them that as of RIGHT NOW each child has $100.00 to spend on the trip on ANYTHING they choose to spend it on ...BUT...money can and will be deducted for poor behavior leading up to the trip...example.. ifthe 12 and 9 year old fight something terrible and after so many warnings to stop but just keep fighting they each will have 10.00 deducted... having to have chores or tasks repeated many times and still not being done ...or whatever works for your family the 4 year old did not get the whole concept so much but he older two sure did!! Worked like a charm for them!
Also if I remember right the parents said they would buy one snack type food each day and after that they had to spend their own money. Kept the "gotta haves" down to a minimum.
Thought this might help someone...
Brenda
They have 3 children 12, 9 and 4
a few months before the trip they told each one of them that as of RIGHT NOW each child has $100.00 to spend on the trip on ANYTHING they choose to spend it on ...BUT...money can and will be deducted for poor behavior leading up to the trip...example.. ifthe 12 and 9 year old fight something terrible and after so many warnings to stop but just keep fighting they each will have 10.00 deducted... having to have chores or tasks repeated many times and still not being done ...or whatever works for your family the 4 year old did not get the whole concept so much but he older two sure did!! Worked like a charm for them!
Also if I remember right the parents said they would buy one snack type food each day and after that they had to spend their own money. Kept the "gotta haves" down to a minimum.
Thought this might help someone...
Brenda