Quick Tip: Skyrocketing Ticket Prices Aid in Avoiding In-Law Vacations
This month is Avoiding the In-law Vacations Month. The Donkey provides quick tips for avoiding any and all minor and major vacations with your in-laws.
Fare Wars
It’s that time of year again: families are beginning to talk seriously about summer vacations. Yesterday my brother-in-law sent an email out to the entire family to solicit details on the upcoming reunion my wife’s family is planning. The wheels began turning and I thought, “How am I going to get out of this trip this year?” Luckily, there are several great options I can share with you this month so you can be ready to avoid a disaster.
One technique that has proved quite effective is delaying the purchase of the plane tickets. Here’s how it works: Your wife is going to be really excited once she receives the email from her brother and want to purchase tickets immediately. Don’t panic; use a cool head and explain to her that you should wait for some really great prices. As the weeks and months pass, don’t bring up the tickets. If your wife mentions them, try to hold off for that great deal that is just around the corner. At some point, hopefully just a few weeks before the trip, your wife will panic. Do a quick search for the tickets and let out a horrible gasp as you see the outrageous price. If the prices are good, you might be stuck. You could scroll through the pages to find some expensive tickets and then have your wife look. “How can we afford these?” you ask. With a little guilt and an explanation of the family budget, you just might be able to avoid the trip. (NOTE: Waiting until less than 2 weeks before the trip will greatly increase the likelihood of success since discount tickets are rarely available on short notice.)
12 Responses to “Quick Tip: Skyrocketing Ticket Prices Aid in Avoiding In-Law Vacations”
As one of the in-laws The Donkey is trying to avoid, let me just say that I am deeply offended. We are holding a conference call later today with all family members EXCEPT the Donkey Family and are going to seriously discuss UNinviting you. If you don’t want to come then you can just stay home.
As an added bonus, that way my family can have two rooms at the reunion. Who wants a donkey hanging around anyway? What on earth would we feed it?
(I guess I get two rooms at the reunion anyway since the Donkey offered to sleep with his brother-in-law.)
By Nancy on Mar 14, 2008
once again the donkey tries to do something noble and is lambasted for it. he is just trying to step back and let his in-laws have some alone time- you can’t win
By phillyz on Mar 14, 2008
Donkey, help me out here, what can I do to avoid it if I’m in driving distance to this reunion?!
By Kelly on Mar 14, 2008
I don’t have any in-laws, but I hope to one day avoid the ones I will have.
By tom on Mar 14, 2008
Kelly, just watch the gas prices. How can you possibly afford those, either?
By Emily on Mar 14, 2008
What about short day trips to your inlaws? How can those be avoided
By Doc on Mar 14, 2008
thank goodness i love my in-laws. this will never be a problem - but in case i start hating them, what a great idea. may i also suggest moving to a location out of range of even thinking about flying home. let’s say Turkey for example? and maybe do it for like 2 years, so the avoidance wouldn’t be so obvious. that would seem to work and at least allow for a short break.
By celine on Mar 14, 2008
I now feel quite torn. I like the donkey, I would like to see him at said family reunion. But if he doesn’t want to be there… it’s miserable for everyone, right? Does this also mean that I can share a room with Nancy?
By chelsea on Mar 14, 2008
Donkey, you’re an ass.
By Matthew on Mar 15, 2008
Does the Donkey really think he’s going to fool anyone with this ploy?
By Jane on Mar 17, 2008
It pains me to see poor Chris treated so poorly for trying to be a good man. Hang in there Chris, there is a light at the end of the tunnel man.
By jaysizzle on Mar 21, 2008