Comments on: Cheap Vacation Not Cheap, But $2,723.77

By: Megan Patterson@facebook

Megan Patterson@facebook — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:01:35 +0000

I do not understand what a time share is. Explain it to me!

By: sony_b

sony_b — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:48:51 +0000

My boyfriend’s grandmother took us on a free cruise/tour to Alaska last summer. She paid the fare, and our only expense was supposed to be plane tickets from SF to Vancouver. $5k later, we had a great trip with no regrets, but won’t be accepting any “free” vacations again any time soon. Basically, she didn’t realize that shore excursions weren’t included, and we ended up paying for all three of us. She never asked how much it cost, but I’m pretty sure if we had all just paid our own way, the total cost to BF and me would have been about the same or less.

By: OhMarie

OhMarie — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:36:24 +0000

Oh, I did this EXACT THING immediately after graduating from high school. A friend’s mom had a Disney time share that she let us use and JESUS our free vacation ended up being expensive. It was a learning experience for my 18 year old self.

By: jill

jill — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:58:19 +0000

that is a good question! i feel like i might not have made it through the books if i wasn’t on vacation but they were kind of perfect for vaca because they are so empty/full of sex…i’ve downloaded the third one but haven’t started it yet.

By: Maxie@twitter

Maxie@twitter — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:47:47 +0000

You get a slow clap for getting through two “50 shades of grey” books. I tried to read the amazon preview and it sort of made me want to die, but also sort of made me want to read all of them immediately. Is it worth it (ie: trashy/interesting enough) to overlook the crappyish/redundant writing?