Leah asks:

Is it better to indulge in some luxury on vacation (for example, getting a king sized bed or a fancy rental car), or do you prefer to "rough it" so home feels more luxurious?

#1:  I can't tell you what my revealed preference is on this because the only time we tried to take an actual vacation we inadvertently caused a pandemic through our hubris instead (not really-- correlation is not always causation unless you're the protagonist in a work of fiction).  I'm pretty sure the house we rented was in a good location but not as nice as our current house, which is pretty par when you live in a nice house in the middle of nowhere.  I remember when we bought our house out here, for the first time going to conference hotels was no longer nicer than where we lived (previously we'd lived in ancient urban apartments or dorm rooms).

In general, I think we have a minimal standard of what's good for travel-- in NYC that may be a tiny hotel room, in the rural Midwest it might be a nice AirBNB.

I am not at all a fan of roughing it.  Count me out of hiking trips unless there's a cabin with running water and electricity involved.

#2:  We do not "rough it".

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