Bf won’t travel

positivevibes • Feminist, advocate, stoner💋

So my bf and I have been together over three years, and we’ve never gone a trip that required us to fly. Recently his mom offered us a FREE trip to Aruba for a family wedding. It would be a once in a lifetime opportunity and the memories we would make would be unreal. But, he doesn’t want to go. He says it’s because he’s too scared of flying due to some bad experiences he’s had on planes in the past. He’s not even trying to overcome him fear and won’t listen to any advice to help him like taking a sleeping/anxiety pill. I don’t want us to miss out on this trip and regret it. Any advice to get him to change his mind?