Even with the ready supply of cheap airplane tickets and cheap vacation packages, the current tough economic times have resulted in grandparents more frequently picking up the expense of the entire family vacation or flying grandkids in for a visit.
The Best Western Plus North Shore Inn in Portland, Texas has reported seeing more than ever three generations of a family checking in at one time, with grandparents usually paying the tab.
The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Best Western Plus Longbranch hotel has witness a marked increase in the number of weekend visits by guests bringing along grandchildren.
Travel experts attribute such trends to being byproducts of our turbulent economy. Sometimes grandparents pay because families might otherwise not be able to take vacation and/or they simply want to spend more time with their families.
Travel agencies have seen a growing number of multi generational excursions on cruises and at all-inclusive resorts. Often it is the grandparents paying the bill.
There is a tendency in times of economic tension for people to want to spend more time with their family and friends. The desire to do so before it is too late is felt particularly strongly by many grandparents.
So long as the grandparents have the means to pay for travel and/or entire vacations, such gestures help ensure that extended families spend more time together.
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