Vacation’s Over… May 7, 2008
Posted by Matt in family, vacation.Tags: disappointment, family, Los Angeles, vacation
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Early this year we decided to take the proverbial plunge and splurge on a large family vacation for the summer. By February, we had purchased four round trip airline tickets to the place of our desire for a bargain total of under $900. Our lodging would be completely free of charge in the home of some of Diana’s family and many of our meals and activities would also most likely be taken care of.
Destination: Los Angeles, California
Time: Mid-June
But, as I seem to talk about so often nowadays, uncertainty never ceases to reign, sneaking up behind us unawares and snatching the object of our yearning. Today, we received a message that Frontier airline is leaving Memphis on June 1, but that they would be happy to refund the money for our tickets and they are sorry for “any inconvenience this may have caused.”
Inconvenience!? They just snatched the plane tickets from our very grasp, leaving us at a loss for words as to how we will ever explain this circumstance to two very excited little girls that have been literally dreaming of their upcoming visit to Disneyland, as well as the other activities we had planned.
So, how much are four plane tickets for that time frame now? Around $1,800.
Ouch. There are few things I’ve dreaded in life as much as I do having to explain this to my girls…
Well, we found out later last night that there are flights departing from Little Rock that would save us around $100 per ticket, but that’s still a good bit more than we had originally planned on spending.