As I had mentioned earlier, we are planning a trip to Delhi & Kolkata. I realise that travelling has become a costly affair today.
Apart from the basic airfare / train fare, we have to factor in gifts for the relatives / friends we are visiting, F&B expenses ( if staying with relatives, may be reduced) sight seeing costs, shopping, conveyance. The list just keeps growing. Also if travelling with young children and senior citizens, one has to factor in medical costs too.
If we go for this trip, then we can only think of travelling next year. With my fixed pension, we can't deviate much from routine. It does get frustrating, but we can no longer spend assuming that the future will be managed. Today, managing daily basic costs are getting difficult so taking a holiday is actually the last priority.
other aspect to this is that many of us in the 60 plus generation defined holidays as going back to our native cities / villages etc. This way, costs were kind of controlled and the children too learnt family traditions, saw a different lifestyle and bonded with the extended family. Unfortunately today we have no one to go back to.
I do wish we had better cash flows & investments which we could utilise to break away from the daily mundane routines. But sadly that's just wishful thinking.
Apart from the basic airfare / train fare, we have to factor in gifts for the relatives / friends we are visiting, F&B expenses ( if staying with relatives, may be reduced) sight seeing costs, shopping, conveyance. The list just keeps growing. Also if travelling with young children and senior citizens, one has to factor in medical costs too.
If we go for this trip, then we can only think of travelling next year. With my fixed pension, we can't deviate much from routine. It does get frustrating, but we can no longer spend assuming that the future will be managed. Today, managing daily basic costs are getting difficult so taking a holiday is actually the last priority.
other aspect to this is that many of us in the 60 plus generation defined holidays as going back to our native cities / villages etc. This way, costs were kind of controlled and the children too learnt family traditions, saw a different lifestyle and bonded with the extended family. Unfortunately today we have no one to go back to.
I do wish we had better cash flows & investments which we could utilise to break away from the daily mundane routines. But sadly that's just wishful thinking.
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