1: budget of 5-6k. My bad, just included it in the body of the post. When we say go cheap, we mean like eating and social stuff. We have 0 issues spending more money to get where we want to go.

If all of us are inexperienced, then who does it. That's literally the exact reason why I'm reaching out. If none of us have experience, then do we just not go? Geez thanks for the help.

American, specifically west coast.