I received money from my parents twice as an adult.
The first time they told me that they would pay for my second year of University. I think they just paid the school directly and bypassed me.
The second time they offered to help out with my wedding. The in-laws were paying for the hall and food and my parents were going to contribute a similar amount to help with the other expenses. For the hall/food the in-laws paid the hotel directly while my parents wrote me a check for the other stuff as it was all small little things and would have been a pain to give them all the bills.
Help with a wedding makes a lot of sense to me as a big chunk of the guest list was written by the parents and we were not at a place in our lives where we could afford to host that many people.
I think it would have been weird for my parents to help me out with something non-essential that was for my enjoyment. I think if you do it, it makes more sense to plan a vacation and invite them with the understanding that you will pay for all or a portion of their trip. Giving them cash to travel seems odd to me.
As a student though I doubt I would have turned down the money.
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