This is incredible, but I'm still unsure. WWJ12D: Rich guy edition.
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A friend of MH's who does a lot of business with our company asked us to go to Disney with them in November for 5 days/6 nights (they have 3 boys). We started planning and looking into hotels and whatnot and discovered the only one in our budget for that length of time is one of the cheapest ones. MH called his friend and asked what he had in mind as far as hotel (since we can't afford much). He replied with the Grand Floridian (the most expensive!) and said he is 100% paying for our hotel and not to make a big deal out of it because its already decided.
I'm in shock. I mean, this family is really wealthy, but we don't know them that well and the dad has been selling heavy equipment to my dad's business for years. I'm worried there is some kind of ethical dilemma here and I also just don't feel comfortable taking that kind of money. We are talking like $2000-$3000 for 6 nights.
Its super generous and would be an absolutely amazing trip, but I'm unsure. I asked MH to ask if we can pay for their flights in exchange or even just pay them whatever it would have cost us to stay in the cheap hotel, but I doubt he will let us pay him anything. This is the same man that flew my dad and I to FL on his company's private jet yesterday for deep sea fishing.
WWJ12D? Accept this gift as it is and be grateful? Opt out of the Grand Floridian and insist on paying ourselves and staying at the cheap hotel?
Note: If we do stay at the cheap hotel, we won't be close to our friends and will have to drive/bus to and from hotels to see them.
Re: This is incredible, but I'm still unsure. WWJ12D: Rich guy edition.
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make sure he dosent have a thing for you or hubby first. that might be one of his strings. lol
Take it.
then grab a niiiiiice bottle of wine for a gift, then write a letter of thanks when you get home
LOL @karmb. He and Mh have gotten to be pretty good friends in the past couple years. I have known him for about 10 years but we never did more than say hi in passing until MH began working here and getting to know him (when you go to Vegas with someone for 4 days with everything, including drinks, comped by his company, you get to know someone pretty quickly). The Vegas trip was a business trip, however, and my dad was given an invitation for 2 and invited MH to go with him.
He's a really fun guy and has a 3, 6, and 9 year old boy and we have hung out a few times outside of work with his family, but we def aren't BFFs. I don't know his wife that well, but she seems nice.
But asking your dad is a good suggestion.
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Also, I'm a little disappointed that @lada85 didn't start this thread. I was hoping she was wiggling with rich guy...
Omg this made me laugh so hard!! Not yet for me. Haha!! Love you @Barefoot84
@alou9785 MH went out to lunch with "rich friend" just yesterday and they talked about it. Apparently he gets an expense account and the entire trip will be paid for by his company, but he can take whomever he chooses. This made me feel a little better about it as it's not his personal money, and also since he is also paying for another family to come along as well so its not just us.
Oh, and the room is already booked. The flight, park tickets, everything paid for and done. Meal plan, EVERYTHING. So we can't really treat them to dinner since we have the meal plan, but we will definitely plan for some way to make up for a tiny portion of the trip at least.
So we are going! It might be a little weird and awkward for me, but I'm going to try and get past that and just enjoy myself. A butler suite at the Grand Floridian and the Disney meal plan??? I'm thinking it wont be that hard to enjoy...
Tempting. Verrrryyyy tempting.