The Ramblings Of Jenn Shuey

Hubby and I are currently trying to plan a trip to Europe. We know it’ll be awhile before we get to take this trip, but if I can come up with some general pricing for what we want to do I’ll have something to work with. It makes it easier for me to save that way because I have a set goal. We may not be to the stage where we’re getting passports and boarding planes yet, but we know we’ve got to start somewhere.

Hubby wants to go to Amsterdam and Ibiza. My list is much longer than that. I’d like to start in Ireland before hitting Amsterdam, but that’s by no means where I’d like to spend the entire trip. If I’m in Europe, I want to go everywhere and see everything. This isn’t going to be some small trip. We’re planning to take at least two weeks.

Why? We figure we’re 26, no kids, and we’re full of energy. Why not? If we don’t take our dream trip now then we might not ever get a chance to take it. There will be kids in our future, a house to build, probably even unforeseen expenses. Then we know we’d probably have to wait until our kid’s are out of the house before we’d have a chance to take the trip. We don’t want to wait that long. We want to live in the moment, and we want to do it now.

Yeah I don’t see it as something we’ll get to do within the next year, but if I start saving now that brings us closer to the day we can make the trip. I’m setting my goal now, and I’m going to try to have all the cash saved up within 2 years. There’s a good possibility it’ll be before then, but I just want to make sure this trip is going to be one we’ll remember forever. We’re not going cheap. Everything will be just the way we want it, and if that costs us a fortune, oh well. It’ll be well worth it to us.