Family Travel Hints, Part A

Stay on a Schedule

Stay as close to your normal sleeping and waking hours as possible. It might only be going from 7:00am to 5:30am, but that will make everyone react differently. Take some time at the end of your day's activities to wind down, not go straight to bed. Nap times are also important, especially if they are a part of your child's normal routine.

Child-made Decisions

Give your child reasonable choices to make throughout your vacation. Perhaps the option of swimming or playing in the park. Also, your child will really enjoy picking out, or at least having some say in picking out, your actual vacation destination, such as a campground, beach, or city.

Personal Travel Bags

They can be used for souvenirs, memorabilia, snacks, toys, books, sunglasses, or other personal items. Whatever kind of bag it s, it should have a closure so nothing can fall out. Pack it early, for sure.

Limiting Daily Activities

Just a couple of unusual events per day should be sufficient.

Stay Within Your Budget

Set daily limits on what you will spend, but if you happen to go over one day, be sure to cut back that much on the next day's activities. Never promise to your children an event or destination, because you might not be able to fulfill that promise due to cost concerns. Here's a good thought: put aside some extra money for emergencies, but if you don't use it, have one last surprise fling on your last day or night!

Phone Home

Every few days, check with the house sitter and answering machine. Call your office and friends, when you feel the need, too.

Something For Everyone

You don't have to do all activities as a group, but each family member should have something special as an event of his own. Split up and do something each portion of the group would like, if you have to.

Don't Over-expect

Instead, downplay and understate the vacation. Don't say it's going to be awful, of course, but don't say it will be the best one ever, either. Even make fun of the dud event of the vacation, the one that just didn't turn out right, or well, at all.

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