I was in my senior year at my high school. when my parents suddenly announced that our family would be going to London for Christmas break. I realized that the costs involved with this extravagant trip had to be quite a bit but my Dad told me not to worry about it. Come to find out at a later date, that my Dad got a cheap accommodation in London, UK, which made it easy to book. His work gets certain discounts and they offered a tremendous discount on this particular trip. My parents seemed much calmer by the end of the trip and we had a great time too.