17yr Old Doing College Visits Alone?

calmom
Sat, 26 May 2012 22:37:27 +0000

Re post #41. My kids also had free airfare to play around with as well… but only enough to cover single tickets. Hence, they were the ones sitting on the plane.

The OP plans to travel by bus and has not given any indication whatsoever as to the parents’ finances. Given the plan to stay in a hostel (which I don’t think will work because of the age issue) – I’d guess that funds are limited. I’d also guess that the parents would not be all that happy about traveling by bus & staying in hostels – so there could be a pretty big difference it the cost for the kid alone vs. cost of kid + parent(s).

On the other hand, if the parents want to do college visits, they might have brought it up by now. The fact that the OP is making these plans without having first discussed them with the parents may be an indication that the parents are not particularly interested in the school visits. We don’t know anything about family background and culture – so there may be many reasons why the parents would not be all that eager to come along.