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One 4 year old, we’ve done 2 international and 1 domestic flights a year over the past 2 years (wanted to start earlier but pandemic had other plans), and smaller road trips throughout. Never traveled without the kid and don’t intend to, since we want her to experience the world with us.
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With kids we try and do a 10 day or so trip every 18 months with shorter 4 day trips maybe every 9 or so months, and then weekend trips that can be done by car in 3 hours or less quarterly or so.
Current ages are 8, 5 and 2. Started when 8 year old turned 1, we went to Hawaii.
We've not spent any time away from the kids since they have been born. We've each only been away from our kids when I have been birthing siblings- hubby stayed overnight at home and I obviously was with the newborn at the hospital. Hubby has missed 0 nights with our oldest, 1 night with the middle kid, and 1 night with the youngest; I've missed 3 with the oldest, 2 with the middle, and 0 with the youngest. I know lots of people would disagree or frown, but (1) we wanted these kids for a long time before they actually entered our lives and (2) we don't have a village. We have talked about going on a trip for our 20th anniversary (the little one will be 6 by then). We'll see if we make it happen.
One 2yr old, currently expecting #2 by end of year.
We did 10 days away (no kids, stayed w long-distance grandparents), and we’ll do 2 weeks with our little one (who will be 3) right after her birthday for a family event.
We get a night here or there when the local grandparents feel like watching her, but harder to plan more than a staycation, as they usually let us know just a few days in advance.
We usually go on 1-2 long weekend trips without kids per year. Also I will travel for work or with friends while partner stays behind and vice versa. We are doing 3 1-week road trips with kiddo this year, and then a few more long weekend ones with him also
I will say, absolutely no judgment, but I do think it’s important for your marriages and partnerships to have some time without kids if it’s logistically and financially possible
I just came to say- I got back from 2.5 weeks in S America with my 1.5 yo and I feel like a new person. It wasn’t super hard but it wasn’t all cake and rainbows. In the end I couldn’t have been more grateful that she got this experience and I got a getaway. ❤️ I’ve only had one long weekend getaway with my husband alone at One year and we’re due for another soon. (Overnight/grandparent help is hard for us)
We’ve got a 4 year old and 1 year old. During the first was peak Covid so zero travel for 2 years.
When the second one was born, we travelled internationally 3-5 times, domestically 2-4 times. Shortest was a weekend trip, longest is 3 months in Europe. All with kids as we can’t really leave them with grandparents just yet (the 1 year old still wakes up multiple times at night for a feed).
We try to a lot these days. Although we are less than 24hrs into our current and ready to pack it in.
1-2 big trips (10h+ flight), 2-4 smaller (1-3h flight), and lots of weekend trips (max 2-3h by car typically less). Zero travel without kids
Always with kids on longer vacation (week+), especially skiing is fantastic, but try to away for a long weekend while kids are parked with grandparents (or somewhere sensible).
Kids are 4 and 5. We probably do 2 trips without kids (long weekends) and 4 trips with kids per year - 2 airplane, 2 driving distance. We probably won’t do anything international for a few more years
Kids are 7 and 2. We can only afford to visit grandparents (2 different cities) given daycare and summer camp expenses.
2 and a half, all our holidays with her. She took more than 10 flights and this year we’re going on a road trip to our holiday destination 6-7 hours away from home. We don’t have family living close by to even have a night out 😅 but holidays I think we would always take her, as we want her to travel as much as we can!
I just have one but we go on probably 4 vacations per year. Usually they are 2-4 days long and that works well. I go on other trips solo throughout the year but usually for a weekend or long weekend. Co-parenting so my kid is with their other parent some.
Our kids are 19 & 21 now. We have had 3 trips without them and two of those were last year. We have two big trips planned this year and both kids are going on both trips. We think this might be the last year that all 4 of of do vacations together.
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I love that your kids are still included. And given how obviously involved you are in their lives, it may be the last for a while but once they settle down with spouses and kids, I bet you'll get more family trips on the books.
4 kids. Twice a year
2 kids age 4 & 2- we usually do 3-4 long weekend trips a year with them
We took one big international trip per year starting at two. We only had one child so it wasn’t that hard. I think the biggest mistake we made was a three week trip to South Africa. It was just too long sharing one hotel room in various cities with three weeks of stuff. I think our kid was 8 or 9. She got headlice at some point and at another point we each became sick with a stomach virus, all at different times and to different degrees of severity. Ten to fourteen days is plenty and budget for an extra room incase someone gets sick so they recuperate and not get everyone else sick. 
We did a 10 day beach trip with our 3 year old and 3 month old but we went to Florida / Hilton head where our parents live. Still didn’t feel like a vacation 🤣 we each usually do a solo trip with friends (long weekend) We also have a wedding in upstate New York. No kids. We decided all our trips the next few years will be where our parents are or at least with other friends with kids
With kids 2-4 times per year mostly stateside and cruises (international). Solo parent so 2-3 trips by myself, usually one big one and a few local ones
When my son was small, we did a week every year, as a family. First trip we took without him was when he was 8, for our 15 year anniversary.