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whine/vent
my parents 50th anniversary is this September. About 2 weeks ago, my mom springs on me that they want to take us all on a week long cruise to Alaska in September. I'm sort of shocked, but excited about the idea. We have made other vacation plans for the summer, and DH has very limited leave and my leave has to be closely coordinated w/ my small staff. So. ... we're in a bit of tailspin trying to make sure we are able to leave and that we'll be paid for it. I also have concert tickets during the time they want to go. So, I've been looking at various cruise lines and options, looking at excursions and trying to figure out what we can do w/ DD and what we can't. So, this has all been going on - and while initally DH was a little skeptical and dreading it a little bit, he's on board finally and excited and worked out his leave and figured out how he could get some additional leave.
This weekend, I talked to my mom and she showed me the cruise that my sister had found - which I thought my mom was going to plan w/a travel agent, but she kept having trouble coordinating times to talk to the woman, so my sister took it upon herself to try to plan it. My sister did a great job and is a great researcher, but she always goes overboard and does everything super triple plus luxury instead of just, regular very nice. So. .. the cruise she ended up proposing, was going to end up costing about 10K over what they expected. But, alot of that is BS extravagance w/ extra concierge and butler services, etc. I found lots of options that were less, but still very nice. So. .. now my mom is freaked out and they decided to just scrap the whole thing.
I'm annoyed b/c there are other very good options that are perfectly fine, nice ships - big rooms w/ balconies, good activiites, good flight options, etc.
Ugh - I know its totally their decision and we were guests and this wasn't my decision, but I got excited about going and then pow - now we're not. I wish she'd done a better job of pricing it out before she proposed the idea and got me on board!
Re: whine/vent
That stinks! I would have been bummed too if I got all psyched for a vacation plan and then have it disintegrate.
Good luck!