I always hung my nose over colleagues who indulged to far away places then....
Many years ago a friend and his wife indulged (OK, I know) to Hong Kong to stay with folks they'd met in the Service.....lovely cheap holiday it was to be......
But, to start with, they found that after 3 days living with these folks, they couldn't stand the sight of each other, so they had to book into an hotel and start buying food. Later, when they came to confirm and pick up their return indulgence flight, they found they had been bumped off by a Gp Capt and his partner who used the old RHIP to take the seats. So, they had to wait around for a further few days to secure a single flt back that they then had to pay the earth for!
Cheap holiday?
What fun!
Ha! Ha!