[7speter]

1000 dollars for a vacation?

[Brian_K_White]

It is stupid to fixate on the specific number $1000.

It's just a placeholder for wharever number makes sense in the clearly expressed context. Either substitute $5000 or $10000, or substitute whatever location or demographic you imagined (since none was specified) for some other location or demographic. You can't start in the US and vacation in Venice for $1000, but you absolutely can vacation somewhere else and/or somehow else.

Or, just pretend they said whatever other number you like, because the specific amount was not material to the point they were expressing.

[Jensson]

Covers train tickets and hotel for a week if you don't choose an expensive hotel. For a poor person that is much better than nothing.

[firesteelrain]

I just went on business travel with the lowest possible fare and it was more than $1k. Stayed in a cheap hotel too.

And that included zero activities

[margalabargala]

I honestly am not sure whether you think $1000 is way too much or way too little for a vacation, and am curious which you thought.

[MisterTea]

It's an example not to be taken literally.