Europe: 'We've Been Saving Up for Our First Trip Overseas'

Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, May, 2006

A trip to Europe has been a long time coming for three young women from Girl Scout Troop 542 of Savannah, Ga. Kaley Boyles, Maria Finocchiaro, and Caroline Jackovich have been working for more than a year to fund the vacation. "The rule in our troop is that each girl must raise her share from babysitting, chores, car washing, and so on," says Sallie Boyles, troop leader (and mother of Kaley). "They're supposed to earn the money-not be given it-to make them really appreciate things."

If there's a badge for planning ahead, Sallie deserves it. "I'm obsessive," she says. "I have to plan everything!" More than a year and a half in advance, her group sent deposits of $190 apiece for a chalet in Switzerland. Now they need to fill in the rest of the trip.

Maria thinks it...

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