<p>I vote with BrownParent…take the Europe trip. Would this be your only chance to get to Europe? I think the purpose of a grandparent trip is to share the experience of a lifetime WITH them. College visits are very student oriented, and honestly, if you visit all these colleges on a single trip, they may start to blur together.</p>
<p>It may be hard to feel this as a young person, but grandparents can invest a ton of time, energy and money into you, and yet not all grandchildren are as emotionally invested in their grandparents. Of course, most grandparents will go and do no matter the return on their investment.</p>
<p>Thirty years from now, you may not even remember a whirlwind college tours trip. But making memories with someone who loves you, in a faraway land…those memories could end up being priceless. Take the trip, and take time to ask questions. Discover all kinds of neat things about your grandparent, how they lived, what were their favorite things growing up. It’s your lineage too. And surely you can ask for stops at some of your interests along the way.</p>