The way I look at it is you were going to go when it was 30-35% exchange rate. Now it is up another 10%. It is more painful but shouldn’t change your plans.
Will a ~45% US Exchange alter your vacation plans for 2025?
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It's all prioritization.
That extra 10% might be that extra push out of other activities and expenses that might otherwise be covered if US travel was slightly cheaper. Especially if budget was tight in the first place.
Personally, I'm not extremely wealthy, but motorcycles and travel are my #1 (only?) priority. I don't eat $200 steaks, I mainly camp and eat groceries on the road. When we fly, we look for cheap flights and fly economy all the time.
But I do like overspending on new motorcycle and I love travel. I think it's great if you're able to ball out on all fronts, but I have to be more focused in where we direct our funds, so like you, a 10% increase for US travel is something I'm okay with.
Except, ironically, at Taco Bell - basically $3 each now for the sorry things they call soft tacos.
Anyhow, my wife and I went out for dinner this evening and while sitting and chatting over such, a plan was hatched for a possible 2 week trip with the camper on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the latter half of the summer. It will be highly dependent on some potential variables at the time (I'll take my own request now and leave politics out of the discussion, but, yeah...), but the dollar won't really effect things in the end - gas is cheaper, groceries, well, gotta eat, and we don't eat out a ton while travelling with the camper, and we tend to be quite frugal when we're travelling with the camper, boondocking a lot, dry camping (we are very, very well equipped for off-grid, including battery powered AC even, so we never opt for big full hookup campsites or whatever), so, we'll see if it happens.
If going across the 49'th isn't in the cards for whatever reason, we'll probably go east again instead.
Politics aside, it's a shame to be priced out of US travel.
Having ridden in a lot of places around the world, the SW US still remains one of the most scenic and unrestricted places for motorcycle/adventure travel on this entire planet.
Prices could be double, and I'd still find a way to make it to places like Utah and Colorado.
Having ridden in a lot of places around the world, the SW US still remains one of the most scenic and unrestricted places for motorcycle/adventure travel on this entire planet.
Prices could be double, and I'd still find a way to make it to places like Utah and Colorado.
