AIBU to think £10k is enough for 10 days in Boston?

They’re going specifically to see friends and their friends live in Boston.

You wouldn’t need to spend £500.

£10k to see Boston is a ridiculous amount to spend and a waste of money. It can be done sooo much cheaper , staying with friends is actually costing her more money.Op would be better of spending a couple of days in Boston and moving on elsewhere.

But why? Why are you insisting on tipping 15% when everyone is well aware the cultural norm (particularly on the east coast) is 20% at minimum? If you are working on a budget you just choose a cheaper restaurant and that solves the problem.

I haven’t been to New York in decades (but grew up there) and it sounds like we won’t be going any time soon! Not sure I’d cope with breakfast for $500!

Funny how times change. When I was a student in 2007, I pretty much traveled around the entire US for several months for not much more than £10K!

Funny how costs increase over 20 years ...

Funny how times change.

When I was a student in 2007, I pretty much traveled around the entire US for several months for not much more than £10K! I wasn’t staying anywhere fancy but I certainly ate well & saw most of the big sites. Even a hotel in Vegas back then seemed cheap.

Go down to the cape - the islands (Nantucket in particular) are fabulous. Not cheap but you can get there on the bus from Boston, doesn’t take that long. Then get the fast ferry over - you could do an overnight but accommodation is VERY expensive there. Boston is great but 4 or 5 days and you’ve seen most of it, it’s not massive.
also those saying £20,000 for 10 days are mental - flights aren’t that bad ( we went last year for £320 each return, they haven’t gone up THAT much) and if you have no accommodation costs you’ll be fine. That’s way more money than we have ever had with teenagers who eat a lot and we’ve always been fine, even in NYC which is very expensive for food.

We spent: £3500 flights (4 x business class with Avios redemption)

£4686 accommodation (included some Hilton Honors points redemption towards the stay in Cape Cod)

£600 car

£4000 spending money including fuel.

So we did the whole trip for just over £12k including spends.

I just can't wrap my head around moral stances on tipping meaning you make an actual person have a worse day than if you'd just gone somewhere else

It's not a moral stance, it's what I personally am prepared to tip. So if it's going to spoil someone's day because I leave, say, $15 rather than $20 then they will be compensated by our wealthy American friends tipping 25%.

We did a 6 week trip on NYC, Cape Cod, Boston, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine with 5. Boston was where we spent the least . Was a bit underwhelmed with the place ( ditto Salem) if I’m honest. Not sure how you’d spend £10 k or 10 days there. Much of what we did in Boston was v low cost and could be done in a couple of days. NYC, Vermont, Cape Cod and Maine were amazing. Can you not just spend a few days in Boston and a week on Cape Cod

I really do get it. When we were in NY we met up with various friends who thankfully took us out for meals (we stayed in a hotel) because the places they chose were mainly pretty expensive. Breakfast out for 4 of us one day was almost $500 (we had eggs and a hot drink each!!).

I hope you have a brilliant time. Maybe you can offer to cook once or twice - use the excuse that you love to explore food shops in other counties (which I actually do!)

My colleague just paid €10,000 to fly back from Hyderabad. Two adults, two children.

Four. Two adults, two teenage boys who eat as adults!

We spent about £4k last summer over two weeks in Boston, Cape Cod and Connecticut (not including accommodation or flights).

I used to go to the states regularly. Went last year for the first time in about 5 years and prices have massively risen for food and portion sizes have reduced. It was entirely possible to take left overs in some places (Olive Garden comes to mind, where you get unlimited salad and bread sticks with your meal) but I found several places had cut out the free bread or salad before the meal so very little leftovers. Also grocery store prices had risen a great deal, especially fruit and vegetables.

Anywhere is a holiday destination if you...erm... go on holiday there.

so after flights that’s £140 each a day for all your food drink and entertainment. That should be ok as long as you’re not going wild and you do some lunches at coffee shops rather than restaurants.
get kids to save up spending money for souvenirs.

I'm curious to know why you think it's not a holiday destination?

2 years ago we costed this for 2 adults, 2 teens, 2 weeks, car hire for 10 days. Came to £12k before we’d eaten or put fuel in the car. We went elsewhere!