OK, then specify a smaller budget you poor, welfare abusing, no job mongrel.

The arguments against are pretty much exactly what I initially wrestled with. Then I decided to do something I normally wouldn't by deciding I'm up for anything that particular weekend. My wife is way more excited about this trip than a normal trip. Hopefully her excitement doesn't come crashing down due to a bad trip.

A couple of you have commented on the making memories aspect and that's exactly what this is about.

This is just one of several three or four day trips we're taking this year. As I mentioned before it is hard for me to be gone from the office for more than two consecutive weekdays. We already took a family (youngest is 18) trip to Vegas in early March. We're taking this surprise trip in June. We're going to northern MI with another couple in August. Then we're headed back to Vegas with several friends the week of Halloween. We might even sneak a short Branson trip in there somewhere.

And yes I could have have easily chose a budget of $1300, or whatever, instead of $4000.

First class round trip from the middle of the country -- ~$1200
A couple nights at a very fancy hotel -- $1000
A couple dinners that are classy as shit -- $500
A few more nice meals and drinks -- $200

Hell, that's almost 3 grand without any entertainment or other transportation... it could obviously be done for less, but once I looked up first class airfare, I changed my mind on how hard it would be to spend that kind of cash on a long weekend if the experience is the priority over cost.

Imagine being enough of a pleb to pay full price for an entire trip.

Crazy.

Thats the thing, they don't really provide you with anything but airfare (and I saw nothing about being first class) and lodging. They suggest things to do there, but don't actually provide it.

My wife got Uber fare, prepaid meals at some of the local restaurants, and museum tickets.
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ah, that must be a different company than the one they profiled on TV I followed up on, or a more expensive package

It's the one linked in the OP. She specified a $5000 budget.
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I'm betting they have heard this request a time or two.

Actually, before she found out where she was going, I had a running joke with my wife about them sending her to Cleveland. It was the worst vacation spot I could think of. LMAO
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Will be funny when they send him to STL and he gets three nights at the Four Seasons to chew up a big chunk of that 4k.

Looking at the map some poor schmuck went to Cincinnati.

I'd demand my money back.

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