<human>: This is my first post ever basically and I'm bad at explaining things but I'll try my best.

My girlfriend and I had discussed a trip to South Africa which involved a tour followed by a volunteering session helping kids learn English and teaching them science and stuff. We got the applications in early October but due to the MCAT and medical school applications I put off finishing it/booking plane tickets (NYC --> Cape Town) until early November (basically a month), and now tickets are $2000 and up instead of $800 they were a month ago which neither of us can afford. She is crushed and her entire winter is basically ruined because she is taking winter classes starting Jan 2. How can I make it up to her (she said she doesn't really want to see me for a while to get over the whole situation)? If you have a similar story of being irresponsible please post it and tell me how it went.

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<bot>: I took too long to buy plane tickets to South Africa and now they are too expensive for both me and my girlfriend. How can I make it up to her?