7 Tips For Enjoying A Fantastic Family Vacation

When planning a family vacation, we often deliberate over travel destinations that offer the most value for the money we’re spending. Based on the brochures or websites we eagerly review, we expect everything short of rainbows and unicorns. While there is nothing wrong with this logistical approach, it does have one serious drawback: it’s incomplete. Preoccupied with details about travel, expenses, and available amenities, we tend to leap to the conclusion that the vacation will achieve its grand objective of making us instantly happy.

Here’s the thing: high expectations often result in keen disappointment. No vacation is perfect, and although this might sound sacrilegious to say, things can go wrong. Given the possibility of mishaps, delays, and frustrations, along with bad weather, food, and moods, here are six ways to exponentially improve your probabilities of still having a fantastic vacation:

1. Establish a comfortable “base camp.”

Where you stay will have a huge impact on your family’s moods. When considering luxurious accommodations, hotels aren’t your only option.

• Timeshares offer deluxe accommodations with kitchens, living rooms, and patios.
• They provide recreational opportunities such as golf, tennis, and swimming.

Staying at a timeshare gives you the freedom to do things your own way, like turning up the music, and the flexibility of preparing your own meals. This might be important if any family members are on a restricted diet for health reasons.

2. Carpe diem: “Seize the day”