Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Google Affordable Family Travel Lately?

We like to travel and I am always looking for a fun place to visit from state and national parks to theme parks, cities, beaches and mountains - it's all good.  But, have you done a search on family travel?  Did you come to realize you needed to scale back the results so extravagant trips costing $10,000+ were not included.  I quickly learned that most travel marketers have a completely different idea than I do or that I would venture most have of what is family travel.  Even when I caveated my family travel searches with the foreword of "Affordable"  I still got back an interesting list of options requiring flights, purchasing passports, etc.  Umm...., this isn't what I was looking for, but thanks for making me feel like we are poor.  We are a family of five, so a trip involving a flight would eat most our travel budget for the year.

 Heading out of the country to an amazing resort hotel that happens to have a kids drop-off program, where those who prefer can ditch their kids (for an exorbitant sum), is not what I consider fun family travel and I am pretty sure most cannot afford.  These places and their marketing campaigns are comical. Yet, publication after publication tout what a great time can be had.  Sure, the writer had a great time, they were comped for the entire trip!

The Family travel I am going to share is geared to families with accommodations providing space and privacy for everyone, especially a place to cook meals. It will be affordable, and will usually contain a bit of adventure.  Getting out of our comfort zone is an amazing experience for our kids and it's even better when they witness their parents doing it too.

I am looking forward to sharing the trips we've taken over the years, what we've learned and hoping to find new places to go.  From Disney to DC we've got tips and tricks.

So what are you doing this summer for an affordable family trip?  Are you taking a day trip here and there, spending a week at the beach, lake or in the mountains?  Let me know!

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