So as some of you remember, we had to postpone our 2015 trip because of my mom's illness. We managed to go in February 2016 and had a great time as usual, but there were definitely some bumps in the road because of being worried about leaving my mother and traveling with another family that we had not traveled with before.
Fast forward to the next trip, originally planned for October for the Big Meetup. After I booked, my boss informed me that my vacation times now fell into a blackout period, so we rebooked for November 8th-12th. That was good and even saved us a few dollars plus my daughter was already going to be out of school for the NJEA convention that week.
All was going well until yesterday when JetBlue opened their bookings. $1500 for 3 of us to fly, which is about $700 more than we budgeted. I thought maybe it was a computer glitch until I started looking at other airlines. Nope, that is the standard price for that week due to the high demand of flights from NJ to Orlando 
My husband has very limited vacation days, I do not. So, as of now, it will just be me and the little one heading down while my husband stays home. It saved us a ton of money, and it will be a nice experience for just the two of us to get some alone time as she heads into her middle school years. Honestly, I think my husband might actually be relieved to not have to go to the World again this year 
We are looking to head to Mystic, CT for a long weekend this summer, so we can all do something together. So I guess all's well that ends well, and I managed to save what I thought was a doomed trip!
