This is a pretty light and funny situation, so don't think anyone in this thread is a bad person, but its technically a moral dilemma so yeah.  Basically, my friend invited me over on a trip to Arizona with his family in June, which I thought was very fun.  He told me all my costs would be covered, and I said I just needed to get my parent's permission.  So I relayed the situation, and they were fine with me going, but they adamantly refused to let his family pay for anything.  (Btw, for context, both of our families have the adequate resources to pay, so no one would be struggling).  HIS parents then adamantly refused to let my parents pay, and it was a back and forth till we settled on them paying for the tour and my family paying for the flight.  I can provide more INFO if need be, but who in this situation would you rank as "TA".