This is probably my last year also. I'm out of state and have had one 4 times now in the last 6 years and went without for in between trips. We get super cheap flights but the hotel costs have become insane. In recent years, as a family of 5 we stayed at CBR for $150 a night with a discount now it's often over $200 even discounted. More recently, we went to Pop with a discount for $140 a night. That used to be $85-90. Maybe not a huge difference for one night but over the span of a week that adds up fast. The food costs and everything else that has increased just add more than I can justify to keep going so often as well. Our income just isn't increasing fast enough to keep up. We've made cuts along the way and dropped things to keep going but there isn't much else to drop at this point.
In a few weeks I'm staying offsite for the first time in over a decade. Using points for a few free nights at a Hampton Inn. I also totally screwed up and didn't realize it was the start of the 2 week block out for local APs so I had to buy a 3 day ticket for my BF.
My pass expires in November so I hope to fit in one last trip to do F&W and check out the new Star Wars section of HS with my oldest, but that may be it for my AP days.
