My family is fortunate enough to be able to take a European vacation later this year. It's going to cost over $10k, and most of that is going to flights (econo

My family is fortunate enough to be able to take a European vacation later this year. It's going to cost over $10k, and most of that is going to flights (economy) and hotels (decent, but not stellar). A very large percentage of Americans wouldn't even be able to afford the ~$1k/person to fly to Europe, let alone any of the other costs involved. If you think that every American (or even nearly so) would be able to afford an overseas vacation if they just did the research, then I'm sorry, you really are out of touch with reality. Hell, a depressing number of Americans don't even have enough paid days off to be able to afford to take a road-trip-and-camping vacation within the country for any significant length of time.