A woman who worked two jobs her whole life and never traveled abroad saved up for two years to go to Europe on her first ever foreign holiday.<br /><br />Debbie Myers, 65, took the skies this summer and travelled to Europe for the first time, ticking off destinations such as London, Paris and Tuscany.<br /><br />Grandmother-of-four Debbie couldn't hold back the tears when she first touched down in Paris, after saving every penny she had.<br /><br />Debbie, a retail manager, from Seattle, Washington, USA, said: "There really are no words. It was magical and awe-inspiring. <br /><br />"And since it was something I always wanted to do, I was emotionally shocked it finally happened.<br /><br />"Now when I have a bad day, I go back to Instagram and watch our videos again!"<br /><br />Debbie's Europe trip has been a long time coming. <br /><br />She has always wanted to go to Europe, especially Italy, but never thought she would be able to afford going. <br /><br />Debbie even once applied for jobs as a travel agent, and flight attendant, just so she could travel to Europe.<br /><br />So when the world came to a standstill during the pandemic, Debbie's daughter Shannon Galford decided that she would help her mum fund the trip of her dreams.<br /><br />Shannon, 34, said: "I love to travel and my mom has ALWAYS wanted to go to Italy.<br /><br />"No, really. Her whole life she has talked about going, but never thought she would be able to.<br /><br />"I decided after my last trip that I would help make it happen so we started planning.<br /><br />"With covid happening, it gave us time to plan and save."<br /><br />The two women started budgeted and decided to split the cost.<br /><br />Shannon and the rest of the family saved up for hotels and flights so that her mom only had to save for food and a souvenir budget. <br /><br />It took two-and-a-half years for the family to gather the money to fund their two-and-a-half-week Euro trip.<br /><br />Shannon said: "It has been hard for my mom to be able to save and to take the time off of work without having a ton of vacation time.<br /><br />"My mom has worked two jobs my whole life to get by and losing 2.5 weeks of work or saving to take that much time off is really hard.<br /><br />"Being able to take care of her hotels and airfare made a big difference and I was so grateful I could do that!<br /><br />"We’d love to go on another trip but it will take several years to save."<br /><br />After having such a wonderful trip abroad together, Shannon and Debbie want to inspire other mothers and daughters to go travelling together.
