Weasley holiday trips

[blpurdom]

No: HPFGUIDX 34551

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Hollydaze" <hollydaze at b...> wrote:
> lucky_kari wrote:
> > > and I vote heartily (with the 
> > > Weasleys) for vacations! 
> 
> Barb wrote:
> > Except that the Weasleys didn't pay for the trip to Egypt out of 
> > pocket; they won a contest.  Otherwise, we don't hear of any 
> > holiday trips taken, not even to visit relatives
> 
> Yes we do... in book 1 Mr and Mrs Wealsey go to visit Charlie in 
> Romania, that is why Ron doesn't go home for Christmas! 

Right.  Only Mr. and Mrs. Weasley went; they didn't take the whole 
family.  THAT would have constituted a family holiday trip!

> And the Weasley's did pay for the trip to Egypt. The competition 
> prize was money, not the holiday. They used that money to pay for 
> the holiday, therefore, strictly speaking, they did pay for it.

That's why I said they didn't pay for it "out of pocket;" they had 
to win a contest, or they normally wouldn't have had this money.  It 
was an unusual event, and one which hasn't been repeated.  Also, 
they had to borrow tents for the Quidditch World Cup, and Ludo 
Bagman got them the choice tickets.  None of that came out of the 
Weasley pockets.  Otherwise, chances are they wouldn't have gone.

--Barb