Meh, still not sufficient information but..
While traveling to his travel destination by car with his wife, the man exits the car temporarily to do his business in the washroom - probably at rest or gas station on highway. When the man is in the washroom, his wife, still in his car, tries to drive the car to move it into different location but ends up damaging the car on the process, making it inoperable. The man seeing the damage at the moment he stopped out of the washroom, realizes his vacation is over because not only he lack the means to travel, but need to bring it back to where he live to get it fixed and the price of fixing it will probably delve into the money he saved for the vacation.
(sound of blue spike epically slashing through the air)