Venting - Birthday parties are getting ridiculous

Just got invited to a "destination birthday" where parents are expected to rent a party bus for a 7yo's birthday. PLUS chip in for a pottery painting class. PLUS buy a gift. It's in 2 weeks and honestly I can't even figure out logistics for my family to go.

I get that people want to do special things for their kids but ngl this is getting out of hand. We're doing a park and pizza party next month and calling it a day. Am I being cheap or is everyone else seeing this escalate too?