daffodilly:
It makes me a bit mad when people make judgements on what a family can or cannot afford holiday wise - I always assume the only "cost" to be traveling and even that may have been paid by a Grandparent or Auntie/Uncle or something. Even people on benefit deserve a chance to visit relatives etc.
You've got me wrong daffodilly, I wasn't being judgemental, it's just that they seem to be particularly broke again at the moment and with little visible means of support, and I genuinely imagined that they would struggle to fund the trip.
I grew up as one of 4 kids with Dad working full time and Mom returning to work part time when I reached a certain age (me being the youngest) and I know that we didn't have a holiday every year as the cofffers just didn't stretch to it, and that was with parents who didn't drink or smoke.