Okay please hear me out.
We are a family of 5 and have had a lot of financial difficulties. We have only recently (last 4 years been able to take family holidays here in the uk. We usually rent out a nice cottage in the countryside and we've had some lovely times together.
Now that the kids are in their teens, they want to explore the world and go abroad. They like exploring, sight seeing etc so a resort hol isn't something they'd like. I've had a look at some flights and accommodation prices for Istanbul / Marrakech as thought those destinations would be reasonably cheap ( correct me if I'm wrong!) and it comes to £4000 for accomodation and flights. No idea how much food and excursions would cost but thinking it might be an extra £2k.
£6k is just too much for us. And would take years to save up for.
Then I thought that what if I took just one child for a long weekend somewhere in Europe. It would be around £600 for both us and then the following year I could take another child. We'd still do the yearly UK holidays as a family but this way each child gets to go abroad too.
YABU - stupid idea and unfair on the other kids
YANBU - sounds great