17-year-old cancels trip to Destin, Florida after mom insists they go to Disneyland instead, the internet supports her decision: "At this point I'm over it"

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Jul 24, 2025 4:00 PM EDT

Hey there ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Summer is the time for adventure, for vacations, and trips of various kinds. Some people have their annual family trip to their private cabin on the Tahoe lakeside, others book their exotic trip to Thailand, or maybe you and your girlfriends are planning a European getaway. Regardless of if you're single, dating, lonely, man, woman, child, parent, or what not, people are traveling this time of year. 
Tourism is at a high this month, and I'm certainly excited about my trip too. I'm going to Budapest with my best girl friend. We'll eat, drink, shop, go to museums, and hopefully find a nice Hungarian man to show us around the city. 
 

Traveling with other people can be a pain, which is why I prefer to travel alone. If you do travel with family, your not-so-nice qualities might come out. Suddenly our 14-year-old selves are staring at us straight in the face. Read the full story below. 

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    AITAH for wanting to cancel the whole trip

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    So I (17) had originally planned to take my mom and immediate family to Destin Florida. I have been saving money from my job
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    and had the hotel covered. I had a hotel picked out and everything. I then told my mom about the trip and she said "We
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    should just go to Disney".... I said well Disney is higher and the prices for tickets and a hotel are insane. She proceeds to want to
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    change the hotel and tell me what she wants the hotel to be. I'm like ok that's fine. But she keeps looking at hotels in
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    Orlando for Disney and is no longer enthusiastic about going to Destin.
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    I then think about maybe making the drive to Orlando to go to the Disney park for a day and just get tickets for that day. I ask my
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    grandmother if we can get a loan because I know what I have saved isn't going to be enough for Disney tickets. I originally thought
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    about the loan when my mom said she didn't want to just go walk around Destin but also wanted to buy things too which i
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    understand. My mom is now saying she can't go because her friend is sick and she has to sign my sister up for school... At this point I'm over it because she's
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    changed hotels 3 times and is always complaining about something regarding the trip. We're supposed to leave Thursday.
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    I wanted to do this to have a nice vacation for our family but now I just kind of feel like it was doomed from the start.
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    BasilFawlty 1991 ⚫9h ago OP, cancel it. Your mom is clearly ungrateful and will just complain. Cancel the hotel stay and save the money. Spend it on yourself!
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    marbiter01123581... • 9h ago NTA - You're 17. 17 year olds don't pay for family vacations. Save your money and spend it on something nice for yourself.
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    ZoeWickedB2 • 9h ago NTA. u were literally planning to pay for the whole thing and she kept changing stuff and acting
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    like it was her trip. i'd be frustrated too. it's ur money and ur effort, she shoulda been more grateful
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    shammy_dammy • 9h ago NTA. She wants Disney? She can plan and pay for Disney. Cancel it all.
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    KoviRlynn ⚫ 9h ago Nah babe, you are not the a hole, you were being generous af and they acted entitled. You're 17 and trying
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    to plan a whole fam vacay?? That's wild impressive, and if they can't appreciate it, cancel that mess and treat yourself instead.
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    Left_Bug_4209 • 9h ago NTA. Why would you pay for a family trip and your mother wouldn't contribute financially? Especially when
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    she's demanding more and more expenses to pay out of your pocket? You're a kid. She's the parent. She's supposed to be the one paying for family vacations.
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