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Hellobee Boards Topic: How often will you plan to have family vacations? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 22:59:26 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1532249 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:13:58 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1532249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ At least one big trip over the summer & as many smaller trips our budget will allow. We usually go to DC 1-2x/year and now that C is older we will likely go to the beach with my mom a few times per year. yellowbird on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1532247 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:12:13 +0000 yellowbird 1532247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We will do one week long vacation and several long weekends each year. Maybe even two week long trips. I get really burnt out at work without a break. Mrs. Train on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1532221 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:50:30 +0000 Mrs. Train 1532221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ If visiting family doesn't count we have never been on a vacation. :( I count all of ours as our trips. We take the kids to Utah, Colorado, we went to buffalo last year. We are about to go to DC but it's all to visit family. I am going to count those otherwise we just camp. And usually we can't do more than one flying trip every couple of years. 6 planes tickets is painful to the budget. snowjewelz on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1532187 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:32:47 +0000 snowjewelz 1532187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Once a year at least! Either 1 big trip or a few small trips. I travelled a lot with my family so I would really like to allow our kids to see the world too. DH doesn't really care either way since he didn't grow up traveling. chopsuey on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1532184 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:30:27 +0000 chopsuey 1532184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 2x a year. Winter and summer. JerricaBenton on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1532176 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:25:28 +0000 JerricaBenton 1532176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Probably every other year for a big trip because we travel to see family every year and we usually accompany dh on a business trip and make that a mini vacation. Three trips every year is too much for me. I like to travel but it's definitely a bit stressful for me. MediaNaranja on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1532174 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:24:51 +0000 MediaNaranja 1532174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We haven't traveled in a long time, but hope to take a weekend away in the near future in the southern part of the state. In the future, we hope to visit dh's home country every 2-3 years, and then do smaller trips in between. Mrs. Chocolate on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1532166 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:17:33 +0000 Mrs. Chocolate 1532166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think once a year would be nice but probably smaller trips and a big one every few years We love cruising but they are pricey as our family grows so hopefully we can start saving for one again sometime when the kids are older and can appreciate it more Synchronicity on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1532087 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 07:33:40 +0000 Synchronicity 1532087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I would love to do at least one trip a year, even if it's just renting a cottage or staying in a nice hotel somewhere new. Lots of trips to the cottage and to visit family in between :) lamariniere on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1532010 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 00:42:17 +0000 lamariniere 1532010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @bisous: :happy: bisous on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1531945 Sat, 29 Mar 2014 22:06:00 +0000 bisous 1531945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We hope to do at least one big trip and one small trip (road trip or long weekend) each year! @lamariniere: I saw your pics on Instagram! Beautiful! :) tysonja on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1531048 Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:25:46 +0000 tysonja 1531048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Once or twice a year we fly cross country to visit my family for 2 weeks. We love going there and hanging out with them so it does seem like vacation:). We can't afford any other big or small vacation during the year yet, but maybe in the future! Pepper on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1531045 Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:18:21 +0000 Pepper 1531045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ At least one big trip a year, with smaller trips throughout the year as well. I love traveling and it's important to me. I want to show LO as much as I can. lamariniere on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1531039 Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:08:15 +0000 lamariniere 1531039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @yoursilverlining: same with us. We've been on a travel hiatus since September for the end of my pregnancy/birth of the baby and we are finally (!!) taking our first trip today! My husband and I both have major wanderlust, so we usually travel quite a lot. I'm glad my baby gets to break in her passport! mrsjyw on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1530909 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:21:09 +0000 mrsjyw 1530909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ at least one family vaca...we do road trips in mi between and dh and i will try to do a just us vaca hopefully too! 808love on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1530904 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:16:28 +0000 808love 1530904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 3-6 even if it's camping for a weekend mrs.shinerbock on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1530443 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:33:05 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1530443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. Bee: I agree, but DH doesn't. We usually take 1 trip to visit DHs family each year (international, but all we have to pay for is plane tickets) and 1 trip with my family each year. I would also like to take another trip with just us and LO(s) each year or add a few days /another location to the family trips, but DH really resists that and prefers to spend ALL of his vacation with his family. blackbird on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1530434 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:28:53 +0000 blackbird 1530434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mrs. pen, they would!!! She loves kids. And a science museum? Win. sunny on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations/page/2#post-1530431 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:26:56 +0000 sunny 1530431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Hopefully once a year we will be able to either visit family or go on a vacation and a few times a year go on short road trips. Mrs. Pen on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations#post-1530421 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:24:07 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1530421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @blackbird: I heard the children's museum there is amazing! I haven't been. We stayed at a gorgeous hotel - my brother booked the suite so I'll have to ask him what it was... Once J is old enough for car rides I am so down with that (maybe kindergarten age??) He and little E would just adore each other ;) Rainbow Sprinkles on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations#post-1530417 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:23:00 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1530417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ One week-long trip with DH's family, a long weekend trip with my family, and hopefully a short (2-3 day) trip just the four of us, even if it just means going to the beach cabin. Mae on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations#post-1530415 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:22:45 +0000 Mae 1530415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think when our LO is younger I'll hope to do more like, 1-2 long weekends with DH and have my parents watch her rather than do a big vacation. Once she is a bit older, probably plan one vacation every year or every other year. It might be a little hard because with my ILs living out of state + some out of state friends, we end up traveling just to visit people a bit, but those aren't really vacations. Kimberlybee on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations#post-1530413 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:22:32 +0000 Kimberlybee 1530413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We travel to visit family a lot (not a real vacation but lots of good eating). I would like to take a big trip once a year. blackbird on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations#post-1530412 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:22:31 +0000 blackbird 1530412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yesssssssssss. :heart: I want to go back! It's only about 6 hours away from us. Mrs. Pen on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations#post-1530403 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:19:04 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1530403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @blackbird: yeah same here about landlocked and not having many places that are easily accessible... hey maybe we should meet up in Chicago ;) I road tripped there with DH and my older siblings for a marriage conference awhile ago... took about 8 hours and I loved visiting! blackbird on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations#post-1530390 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:16:09 +0000 blackbird 1530390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ At least a big trip once a year! We are kind of landlocked, so that sucks..I think once the kids are older, we will do more stuff. We can go to Chicago for the weekend, etc. it's hard to go somewhere once a year when you're in the midst of pregnancy+having babies, etc, though. CupQuakeWalk on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations#post-1530372 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:11:55 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1530372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ A big, nice vacation (not invoking visiting family and not involving just weekend trips a few hours from home): 1x a year Everything else: usually 2-3 a year farawayyama on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations#post-1530352 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:04:34 +0000 farawayyama 1530352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH and I debate over this. To me taking 5+ trips a year is completely logical! The goal, once we are financially back on our feet, is NZ every 18 months to 2 years (it's my home country), where we will most likely end up camping somewhere with my mother (the lady is an addict!), and a big vacation in the US or elsewhere every second summer, plus little trips as I see fit. I love camping and road trips. I grew up with a mother who loved to go on holiday, and always found a way to get us on holiday, even when there was no money. We went whenever she could concoct some way to get us there! I remember one year we couldn't even afford campground fees, so Mum called a friend who was a principal in a small, tourist town an hour away and arranged for us to camp as a family on the sports field and use the principal's house for showers! Charm54 on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations#post-1529212 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 10:35:03 +0000 Charm54 1529212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Hopefully one big trip a year (to Disney if I had my pick!) and a few long weekends away to places closer like PEI/Maine etc. That is if we are fortunate to have the means to do so! Freckles on "How often will you plan to have family vacations?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-will-you-plan-to-have-family-vacations#post-1529203 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 10:32:50 +0000 Freckles 1529203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We usually have two family trips a year, and visit our family twice a year as well.