Kari C in SC Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Who has vacation plans this year? Where are you going? We are undecided on a family trip this year. Looking for inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We are shooting for disney world, disney cruise or going to Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elinor Everywhere Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We are going to France for June. Will be staying with friends for a few days and then renting a house for a few weeks. The first two weeks of the house rental is family, the last week is Girls' Week. Some of my friends are coming over to stay with my dd and me. Very much looking forward to getting back over there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilliant Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We are going on a cruise to Alaska. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 my dad offers us a week at hilton head every year but my sister is going this year and she's such a wild card I have declined if she goes. So we *may* go to Hilton Head depending on who else is going. It's budgeted but we won't know until closer. But our other trip will be Orlando in December. We try to go to FL every other year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 In February, we are going to Disney World for a week. In April, we are taking a week-long Caribbean cruise on the Disney Fantasy. In June/July, we are taking a 12-night Mediterranean cruise. That's all we have planned so far. We love to travel. :D It is one of the reasons that I love homeschooling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We are going on a cruise to Alaska. We took an Alaskan cruise in 2012. We loved it!! Alaska is amazing. I hope you have a great time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idnib Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We're going to explore Yellowstone and the Dakotas. We're also going to Chicago and planning to visit the Natural History Museum, Shedd Aquarium, and the Museum of Science and Industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We go camping for week in Maine. I love our ocean vacation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Does the Northeast leg of College Visit Road Trip count as a vacation? I think it does, as we're squeezing in a trip to visit my MIL (who is that most excellent kind of grandma who not only doesn't mind that we're staying only two days but is practically shooing us out the door, lovingly, as she tries to get to her various classes, commitments, and appointments). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We will be going to Myrtle Beach in September for a huge family vacation. All kids/grandbabies will be there. I'm so excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnIslandGirl Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Our next big trips are to Beaches Turks and Caicos in February and the Iberostar Maya in Mexico for Cinco de Mayo. Living in New England, I love to travel to warm destinations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Well our vacations are generally just a few days within our state. This year we will probably go to Portland for a few days and go to the Homeschool Convention. Also we generally go camping for a couple of days at the coast. In a cabin or yurt. No tents for me. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We are going to Sedona, Flagstaff, and the Grand Canyon for my birthday in April. Then we are thinking about a trip to San Diego in August, to escape the heat here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckles Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I wish we could go to Texas, but by the time you add up air travel for 4 at 369 bucks a pop (I checked yesterday) it is way out of our budget this year. We would drive but it takes 3 days one way. Dh only gets 7 days off. I'm hoping to take the girls to Disneyland for a couple of days in March. We have season passes, and the commute isn't too terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 My oldest is having our first grandchild in June and several kids have camp in late July into Aug. Two kids are looking for summer internships across the country and another one is taking summer college classes locally. All this means our vacation plans are very tentative and close to home. I think we're going to look at renting a cabin in Western MD. It's only about 3hrs from here so it gives flexibility to those who are working nearby. I have no idea when we will are going to squeeze it in though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home'scool Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We just came back from a trip to Beaches in Turks and Caicos, and in May I will be going to Disney World with my sister. Can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running the race Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Right now the plan is a cruise to Alaska. I can't wait! I haven't really started planning it yet. I have to work around all our summer activities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idnib Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I wish we could go to Texas, but by the time you add up air travel for 4 at 369 bucks a pop (I checked yesterday) it is way out of our budget this year. We would drive but it takes 3 days one way. Dh only gets 7 days off. I'm hoping to take the girls to Disneyland for a couple of days in March. We have season passes, and the commute isn't too terrible. When we had this problem we rented a car (cheaper than flying even for 3 days) and drove one way and flew back. Another idea is to drive and then let DH fly back while you drive back more slowly. I can't tell how old your kids are but if you feel you can, it's a good option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Last year I took my adult son with Autism with me when I went to California to see my family. This year some of us may drive down to Nashville for a weekend as Sister Thomas More (my s-i-l) is celebrating 25 years with the Dominicans. I may be taking a dd or two on college visits. That is about it. Most extra $ (haha - what is that?) goes to college tuition now. Our last real vacation was flying all six of us to California about four years ago. The kids have simply aged out of family vacations :-( and finances are tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We've got three trips planned, all involving college visits for oldest DS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We will be driving cross country this summer from California to Chicago. We do this nearly every summer because we love it. In the fall we want to go to Europe for three to four months. I am still in the planning stages of this trip, and I am hoping it all comes together. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckles Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 When we had this problem we rented a car (cheaper than flying even for 3 days) and drove one way and flew back. Another idea is to drive and then let DH fly back while you drive back more slowly. I can't tell how old your kids are but if you feel you can, it's a good option. Thank you! This is a fabulous idea. My kids are old enough they just don't want to do it. I might make them. I'm so ready to see my cultural home for a couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elinor Everywhere Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 In the fall we want to go to Europe for three to four months. I am still in the planning stages of this trip, and I am hoping it all comes together. :) I wanted to do this, but now my kids are in public school part or full time, and we can no longer vacation while school is in session. Bummer! But one of these days I do want to take a long vacation back east. It's usually cheaper for us to go to France, so we do that, but there is so much beauty and history on the east coast that I want my kids to experience. I hope you get to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idnib Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We will be driving cross country this summer from California to Chicago. We do this nearly every summer because we love it. This is our plan for the trip too. We're thinking of going through Yellowstone and the Dakotas, Minnesota, down to Chicago. Have you ever done a route like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroe1 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Alaska with Adventures by Disney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caroljenn Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We just got back from NYC for Christmas and New Year's - Bucket List item completed! We may be going to Washington DC in May for a rocketry competition, but won't know until April - yikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyday Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Wow! Some of y'all go on really big vacations. We go to Topsail Island every summer for a week in July with my family. We are planning on going to Disney World spring 2014 when dh gets back from deployment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We take several a year usually. Because of my older dd's medical issues, I am not sure yet. We are contemplating a Caribbean cruise in March but aren't sure we will do that because of dds problems and house issues. We definetely want to visit Memphis this year, go on some birding trips and maybe start college visits for youngest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We're going to Disney World for 10 days in May!! Star Wars Weekend events are included. :D In August, we will probably go out to see my mother-in-law .. who lives at the beach in Delaware. It's nice to have a free place to stay at the beach for 3 or 4 days in the summer! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Texas, the San Antonio area specifically, to see my parents. St. Louis, Mo, because I'm tagging along DH to a church thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We go to the beach with my parents every year. We took a big trip last year (2 week driving tour of the SE including Great Smoky Mts. , Nashville, New Orleans and Atlanta) so we weren’t planning anything big this year. Dh recently is really wanting to go to Niagara Falls so that’s a maybe. We have a family wedding to go to in NYC in the fall so that will turn into a mini-vacation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cafdog Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We tend to go on a lot of family trips, largely because I'm not too fond of this town we live in. Any excuse to leave!! We are going to Palm Springs for spring break (an extended family tradition). Summer fencing Nationals are in Columbus, OH this year - another trip. We had so much fun on a Grand Canyon trip last fall, that we are going to try a hiking trip in Lassen National Park (in Northern CA) this fall. No electricity and no hairdryers in the cabins!! That's about as "roughing it" as I can take. :laugh: We are planning on a Disneyland trip again in the late fall. ....and a few trips to visit family in the PNW throughout the year. No wonder my kennel bills are so high! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We're going to NYC & DC in April. My kids have never been to the East coast before. We're really looking forward to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We're taking a family vacation to Disney World in early June to celebrate dd17's graduation :) Ds has been at his year-round campus job for a year now (he works in IT) so he's able to schedule time off when he wants. I hope we can get to Colorado for a long weekend to visit my sister and her husband-----that will probably be just dh, dd13, and me since the college kids will be busy. The three of us might go away for a few days this spring while dd17 is on a band trip. In the fall dd and I will take a lot of field trips to various colonial sights for American history :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violamama Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We're going to the Florida keys next week with the whole family. Like 20 of them. We've never flown with the boys- should be interesting. We did a week in Bend, Oregon, exploring the volcano and mile long lava tube cave. We also dug for thunder eggs (similar to geodes) and it was completely awesome. We go to the Oregon coast for two separate weeks- one for my work, one for pure pleasure. We like camping, but this year renting houses and inviting the grandparents has been a blast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilliant Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 ... That's all we have planned so far. We love to travel. :D It is one of the reasons that I love homeschooling! Me, too! When the kids were younger we drove all over the California/Nevada/Arizona with dh on his business trips. Fun times. Then he got a job that required more air travel, and the kids started taking too many classes that they couldn't miss, and now we rarely travel as a family. (one of them is in college now, and the other is a senior who's taking classes at the local CC, and they don't even have the same spring break this year!) We took an Alaskan cruise in 2012. We loved it!! Alaska is amazing. I hope you have a great time! Thanks! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilliant Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 ... No wonder my kennel bills are so high! I feel your pain. I'm always shocked at how much the incidentals to travel add up (such as boarding the dog or parking the car at the airport). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug's Mom Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We don't have any firm plans, but we would like to go to Portland OR again. We were there in Sept. & had a blast. I would like to take dd to PA to visit my aunt & uncle before they get much older. Mostly we travel so that we have a reason to ride on the train. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We are going to single parent's family camp for a week again this summer (it is a bible camp). We love attending a family bible camp each summer, and found this one last year that we loved. depending on finances after taking care of normal expenses and few other things, if there is enough $ left over we are going to drive to the west coast this summer for a week of camping there and back in the mountains and do some ocean side science while we explore the area. Hoping if we do that to have enough to go to the Vancouver aquarium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renthead Mommy Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We have trips to Portland, OR, and Nashville, TN scheduled. We also have plans for a trip back to NJ/NYC/LI, one to Hilton Head with a stop in Charlotte, time at a lakehouse in Michigan, a trip to Chicago and one to San Diego and upstate NY but we don't have dates for those yet. We were looking into a Scandinavian trip, but by this point we are running short on time and we have friends pcsing to England next year, so we'll do be Europe stuff next year instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reign Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We are planning on Disney world in early September. My mother wants to go too. After finding out my dad just had to mention the girls being in school by then. I had to laugh and say "but I'll save money this way looks like another year of homeschool!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We hope to be heading south scouting out colleges for my high school junior. Plus, my oldest might be getting married in GA this summer, so that probably should count. We also try to head to upstate NY to visit family (it's where I grew up). And, we always go away for our Anniversary - that could end up combined with one of the others pending schedule of the others. Most trips center around colleges and family since we have two in college and one soon heading there. In two years we'll be back to "normal" vacations again, but I'm enjoying what we have while we still have a boy or two with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamatohaleybug Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Disney World in a week (woohoo!!) for a week and then a week in a beach house in June in NC. Probably at least one other big vacation in the fall but not sure where yet. Hoping for a trip to Europe for my 40th in January next year, but just starting to think about that. Love to travel! Have fun deciding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissad2 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I know that we will go to TN a few times. My kids love Dollywood and we buy season passes. I'm trying to plan something for mid-February but I'm not exactly sure what yet. I would love to do Disney but I just cant fit it in the budget right now. Thinking of taking the kiddos to the Great Wolf Lodge for a couple of days.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmiraGulch Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 We're taking a long weekend in Jacksonville in March for my aunt and uncle's 50th wedding anniversary. I wouldn't count is as a vacation since it's just a long weekend, except my sisters and their husbands will be there, too, so it will be a blast! Caribbean cruise in April. Norway, Key West or an all-inclusive in Negril, Jamaica in late summer. We can't decide. That one will be just DH and me, though, so the girls can spend some time with their father in Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Pretty sure we are. Going from Cental Valley California to Salem, OR for a family reunion, but we're making a vacation/field trip out of it. Since we're studying California history this year, we'll likely stop at Sutter's Mill (where gold was discovered) and a few other historical places. We'll probably stop at Lassen Volcanic National Park and Mt. Shasta. That won't be till summer, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 We go camping for week in Maine. I love our ocean vacation! Give a yell if you get close to northern Maine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristineW Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 We're going to a 90th birthday party for DH's grandma in Quebec City. Hopefully, we will also be going to Jekyll Island, GA with my mom. Christine W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 We may head east into Canada and check out further than New Brunswick. Other than that we just got back a few months ago from GA/FL/AL. We also did Harpers Ferry and Washington DC in 2012. If we get lucky dh will have to go to Boston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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