I spent years trying to make family vacations perfect. Giving up made them fun again.
Source: Business Insider ·
Traveling with my kids was more like an endurance test than a break. When I lowered my expectations, family trips finally became fun for all of us.
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The author said she always loved traveling and assumed not much would change when she had kids. She now admits she was wrong about one thing.Courtesy of Annabel Lee.I love traveling and was looking forward to bringing my kids along with me when I became a parent.But what we want in a vacation differs, and I spent years feeling exhausted by our family trips.I've changed my expectations for what family vacations should look like, and we're all much happierFor years, when people have asked me how my family vacations were, I'd smile and say something along the lines of, "Great, but I need another one to recover."The truth was, while I'd been away to relax and have fun, I usually felt exhausted by the time I got home, thanks to conflicting expectations about what we all wanted to do. My husband, our kids (now 7 and 9), and I have tried trips to hotels in Cornwall, holiday parks in France, and cottages in Wales, but none were what I would describe as restful.Our trip wish lists are very…
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