Tips on How To Have Fun on Your Next Family Vacation.

Everyone loves to go on vacation, but sometimes the trip can be stressful. You want everyone to have fun, you want it to be memorable, and you want everything to go smoothly. Creating an agenda where there are enough adult activities to keep the adults happy and enough kid activities to keep the kids happy isn’t easy. Here are a few tips that might help tip the balance in your favor and make your next trip a smashing success.

Brainstorm as a Group 
One way to make everyone happy is to make everyone feel like they had a part in the decision-making process. Get the whole family together at the table and brainstorm a list of places to go and things to do. This ensures that everyone gets to have their say about what they want to do and things they’d rather not do. Just don’t forget to buy some travel insurance at a place like Instainsure. This will make everything less stressful.

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Take Turns Planning
One fun thing to do is to designate one day per person and have them be in charge of planning that entire day. Letting one of your kids plan the activities for the whole day, including meals, can be very empowering and a good life lesson about responsibility. It also guarantees that they will get to do at least some of the things they want to do on the trip.

Surprise Them All 

Are you already a planning genius? Then why not make the trip destination a complete surprise? If you can manage it, a mystery trip can be a lot of fun, as long as you are certain that everyone will like what you have planned.

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Unplug a Little

Everyone is so dependent on technology these days; it might be fun to collectively disconnect from the internet for a day (or more) and plan a day of activities where you don’t need your phones or tablets. Plan a nature hike, or a day at the waterpark, or an activity-filled picnic. Years ago, people survived without being constantly plugged-in to technology, you can do it for a day and see what it was like.

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Do Some Good

Something sure to be memorable is to plan some volunteer work on your trip. Planning a trip around volunteer work will be a great life lesson for your kids. It will also give them a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction knowing that they made a real impact on the lives of other people.

Instead of planning your next vacation around a tourist trap, get the whole family involved and plan it together. Not only will it be more fun, but it will be less stressful for you. You deserve a good time too!