Family Travel Tips
« Previous EntriesAlternatives to the DVD Player While Traveling
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Worried your kids spend too much time watching the DVD player on long car trips and vacations? Here are four ways you can unplug them from the DVD player and into something new.
Audio Books - Audio books are a great alternative to the DVD and a great option for anyone in the family who gets carsick [...]
How to Get Ready for a Family Vacation Without Losing Your Mind
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Families spend a lot of time prior to vacation dreaming about all the fun and cool places they will see, but very little time thinking through how much time it will actually take to get everyone packed and out the door. After all packing is no big deal, right? All we have to do is [...]
Planning Your Family Vacation
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Families with purpose are families who dream together and work together to make their dreams and goals a reality.
I spent hours and hours planning our family vacation to Disney world. I read the right books, visited and subscribed to all the popular websites, made reservations in advance, and when all of it was done I [...]
STOP IT! - Keeping Your Cool on Family Vacations
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008A family with purpose is a family who acknowledges their problems and who work together for resolutions. They deal with their problems and issues with open communication and with confidence.
STOP IT! My yelling these two little words into the backseat of the car is usually the first sign that our family vacation is beginning to [...]
How to Create a Family Travel File
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 A family with purpose is a family who strives to manage and balance their lives and who work diligently to prevent their lives from being controlled by outside factors. A family with purpose sets priorities and lives their lives accordingly.
You are thumbing through a magazine and find an article on a really neat fun place [...]
Creative Ways of Finding Money for Your Family Vacation Jar
Monday, April 28th, 2008Now that we have our Family Vacation Jar decorated and sitting proudly in the middle of our fireplace mantle, we are looking for some creative ways of adding money to our jar on a semi-regular basis. Here is what we have come up with so far:
Dad’s Pockets - If your home is anything like ours, [...]
Family Travel Goals
Monday, April 14th, 2008My kids are big dreamers. Recently we sat down as a family to set some family vacation goals and at the top of the family’s list was a family vacation to Hawaii. Obviously the kids don’t grasp the magnitude of what a family vacation for 6 will cost, but since they outnumber us (parent’s remember [...]
Family Vacation Jar
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008Families with purpose are families who dream together and work together to make their dreams and goals a reality.
Family vacations are great opportunities for families to connect and create some wonderful memories. Some of my fondest memories are of family vacations out west in a station wagon with no air conditioning with my parents and [...]
Did You Bring the Camera?
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007Tips for Successful Family Outings
Planning a family outing this month? Here are some quick tips to help keep your family on track and make memories you want to remember rather than forget…
Pick an early weekend in the month. Crowds are typically smaller the first weekend in October. The closer to Halloween the larger the crowds.
Try [...]
Getting Back Into The Groove After a Family Vacation
Monday, July 16th, 2007Sleeping in, relaxing by the pool, spending quality time with the family, and having wonderful memories are all the great aspects of family vacations and frankly the reasons most families take a family vacation year after year. But with all of the great fun, getting back into the groove of things after the vacation [...]
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