Aruba?
My senior class went to Omaha! The class after mine GOT to go all the way to Kansas City to "enjoy" the stockyards!
Hey... I live in Omaha! lol
I get your drift, however. Who ever even dreamed of a trip to Aruba for HS graduation.
Four of us went to Okoboji by greyhound.
My Senior Class trip went to 4 years in the Navy.
I was the only one that went on it.
Never made it to Armpit Aruba.
We went to the exotic locale of Disneyland. On a bus. : )
Our senior class went to a dance, period. My older sister's class went to Catalina, just off our coast. Her class had the last such trip, rumors persisted of students drinking on the way (early 50's). These trips are probably no better than the parents who would rent hotel rooms for kids' parties after the prom and let the kids drink "safely", usually unchaparoned.
I would have never allowed my kids to go to Aruba in high school, bad idea. My husband was assigned there a month at an oil facility 8 years ago, I was sick and couldn't go. He never had a desire to go back on vacation, saw a lot of things that creeped him out. He has expressed grave fears for this girl's returning safely.