We are knee deep in college cost. My oldest did 2 years at Carroll CC and now is at Salisbury, since he's a transfer student there wasn't any dorms for him, so he's in a apt with three others. Definitely not cheap. Needless to say he loves Salisbury and being close to the beach. My second son started in the fall at a Jr college in North Carolina on a baseball scholarship, did very well came home with a 4.0 but hated the school. He decided to transfer to Towson, and will begin in a couple of weeks. No more dorm space available so we told him he could commute. Since he's playing baseball he told us the coach wanted him close to the college, incase he calls a meeting or practice at last minute. That means an apt which means added expense. My youngest is a senior in HS and has already been accepted at Penn College for the fall. That's 3 in college at the same time, holy cow just thinking about the cost, my head is spinning.
Fortunately, we can still do our family vacations, I have a vacation fund which helps cover the cost of our trips. Not sure how many more years the boys will be traveling with us, so our family trips are priceless.