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Cost prohibitive is relative. Flying anywhere is cost prohibitive for a lot of families in the US. Buying 4 or 5 airline tickets gets expensive fast, even on l

Cost prohibitive is relative. Flying anywhere is cost prohibitive for a lot of families in the US. Buying 4 or 5 airline tickets gets expensive fast, even on low-cost airlines. The median family vacation in the US is probably a car trip to a destination within 4-5 hours of where the family lives. This isn't as relevant for people without families, but many of them tend to be early in their career, so money and vacation time are bigger constraints.

astura 8y ago
Not buying it. Median family income in households with children in the US is ~$80,000/year, mean is ~$100,500/year[1]. That's enough to afford $1,000 in airline tickets if you wanted to. Millions of people fly to kid-centric destinations like Orlando, Florida a year, and Orlando is incredibly cheap to fly to. It also amazes me how many people bring children on cruises and they even have kid centric cruises. The cost to fly is also at a historic low.[2][3] I see routes I took 10 years ago not increase in price since then. Most people I know are not "travel people" and wouldn't take a "travel vacation" if it was free, so they are not buying airline tickets. Just cuz they aren't buying airline tickets doesn't mean that can't afford them if they wanted to. My point was, if you're going to get onto an airplane it doesn't have to cost you significantly more to travel to a foreign country. Also traveling abroad isn't exactly something one "should" do, some people just don't want to. [1] https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-income-families.html https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-p... [2] https://www.cntraveler.com/story/average-domestic-airfares-near-record-lows https://www.cntraveler.com/story/average-domestic-airfares-n... [3] https://sfgate.com/chris-mcginnis/article/Hawaii-South-Africa-fares-hit-historic-lows-13015004.php https://sfgate.com/chris-mcginnis/article/Hawaii-South-Afric...

astura 8y ago

Not buying it. Median family income in households with children in the US is ~$80,000/year, mean is ~$100,500/year[1]. That's enough to afford $1,000 in airline tickets if you wanted to. Millions of people fly to kid-centric destinations like Orlando, Florida a year, and Orlando is incredibly cheap to fly to. It also amazes me how many people bring children on cruises and they even have kid centric cruises. The cost to fly is also at a historic low.[2][3] I see routes I took 10 years ago not increase in price since then. Most people I know are not "travel people" and wouldn't take a "travel vacation" if it was free, so they are not buying airline tickets. Just cuz they aren't buying airline tickets doesn't mean that can't afford them if they wanted to. My point was, if you're going to get onto an airplane it doesn't have to cost you significantly more to travel to a foreign country. Also traveling abroad isn't exactly something one "should" do, some people just don't want to. [1] https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-income-families.html https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-p... [2] https://www.cntraveler.com/story/average-domestic-airfares-near-record-lows https://www.cntraveler.com/story/average-domestic-airfares-n... [3] https://sfgate.com/chris-mcginnis/article/Hawaii-South-Africa-fares-hit-historic-lows-13015004.php https://sfgate.com/chris-mcginnis/article/Hawaii-South-Afric...