Having Fun Together on a Family Vacation

Family Vacations are wonderful opportunities to spend quality time together, exploring and trying new things. Your family vacation can be great whether you make it an extravagant affair or more of an inexpensive trip. The thing that makes the vacation great isn't so much what you do, but how you do it.

Be sure to have easy access to snacks and water at all times on your family vacation. If you get caught in lines or on the road, nothing can ruin the day faster than kids (or parents) who are tired and hungry. Avoid too many empty calories like high fat or high sugar snack foods. They can produce negative behaviors that you don't want to deal with in a car or out in public!

Family vacations inevitably involve people in various age ranges, so the planning process needs to take into account the needs of family members at different stages of life. Small children handle vacation the best when we adhere to their regular routines as much as possible, making ...