They spend an insane amount on travel! It’s not fair to compare their Japan trip to what they are doing nowadays. That Japan trip was before they started their current spending craziness. Plus they were on Disney’s media list at the time, so even if the Japan trip wasn’t paid for, a lot of other things were paid for at that time.I don’t think they spend a lot on vacations, other than Disneyland and Aulani. When they stay in Disney World hotels, I think most of those are DVC points from Holy Moly and other stans. Whenever they go anywhere else, like Anna Maria Island, they don’t have to spend a penny.
They don’t actually go anywhere, not like most of us who travel abroad. They just stay in America. And their vacations aren’t even long. A lot of people go on a two or three week vacation once or twice a year.
When they actually did go to Japan, they had to share a room with Krispy S’more (in a hotel that wasn’t even a Disney one) and they didn’t fly first class. And they only went for about 5 days! That doesn’t scream money to me.
They con their stans into thinking they have more money than they actually do by going on little short “staycations” at the Grand Floridian and the like, which doesn’t include airfare. When I go to the Grand Floridian, I go for two weeks at a time and I have to fly there- I’m not a millionaire. They can only pretend to be extravagant for short vacations in America.
I might be convinced they have money if they went to Europe or Australia for two weeks and had a vacation like most people do.
Just their cruises this year alone are probably almost $200k. They spent more on castmember tips on one concierge cruise than they probably did in all of Japan. Also factor in all the nanny travel expenses. Paying for Tim’s family to cruise. All the new clothes purchased pre-trip and the merch hauls on every trip. They are not cutting corners by any stretch of the imagination.