mm1971
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Okay so we have started thinking about a trip next May 2014 yeah I know a long ways off but we need to start saving.
Long story short DD 14 mentioned it to her best friend of years and years and she said she wants to go.
Pretty sure her parents will let her and pretty sure that the finances are not a problem as both her and my DD did a school field trip to DC with my DW.
Now for finances there is a clear monetary amount in the dining plan and airfare its an added person so I can point to it and say its "X" amount of dollars. This is the easy part.
Here is the hard part and I dont know how to approach it. As on one hand I'd love to take her and my daughter would love to have her and it would make us a party 6 which would make rides so much easier.
The issue with going from 5 to 6 is hotels. At 5 we can stay at POR but when I hit 6 we then have to go to a value family suite. I am fine in values but a value suite is more than POR. Just looking at numbers I am getting about a $350-400 difference.
I know not a huge difference but I am sure there will be several additional costs associated like bigger rental car to airport, extra food, etc.
I guess the question is how to factor all this out? Do you even worry about it? Or just say heck with it and be glad that you could bring a friend to the Magic and love that your daughter got a trip of a life time with her best friend.
This is a tricky one. Since it came about from a friend kind of asking to go, I would discuss it with her parents and see if and what they would be willing to pay for. Only after that would I make a final commitment.
If on the other hand I asked one of my children's friends, I would pretty much expect to pay for everything and any contribution would be appreciated, but not expected.