Would you rather...

joyfullyfound · March 2013

If you could only take one vacation a year, would you rather go alone as a couple (just you and DH) or take the kids?

Friends of ours take go on a vacation internationally every year, and leave their two boys home with their grandparents. I can appreciate their reasons, but DH and I were discussing it last night, and we see more value in taking vacations as a family.... If we're going to spend the money, I'd rather bring the kids and create fun memories all together.

How about you?

ETA: This isn't to say I wouldn't LOVE a vacation alone with DH... But I'd prefer to just do a weekend getaway that's just us, and do longer vacations that include DD.

id012 · March 2013

I think it depends on where my vacation was. If we are renting a beach house on the shore I would much rather take Ds.
If we are flying to an all Inclusive resort I just want to go with dh. I would say maybe every 5 years I would go alone with just

12bailey18 · March 2013

As toddlers: Definitely just DH and me.

As school age, where they're old enough to walk, go to the bathroom by themselves, and remember the vacation: Definitely as a family.

DH and I are in the middle of planning a vacation just the

Chapter79 · March 2013

Do I have to pick?

We usually take 2 bigger vacations a year. One is with our daughter- usually a beach trip. The other is just DH and I, and it's typically NYC. Both vacations are the same amount of days. Both are important to

lindslalala · March 2013

Just DH and I. When our kids are older I would prefer a family vacation. But taking a 1yo on a vacation is more work than fun for anyone IMO.

Cherryblossoms07 · March 2013

Ideally I would want both. I would absolutely love a vacation with only DH and I! Realistically family vacations are easier for us though. If I had to choose one I would choose family vacation.

penguingrrl · March 2013

If I had to choose right now (well, in about a year) it would be just me and DH. Once all the kids are school age I would choose a family trip. Taking toddlers on vacation isn't really fun for anyone and they aren't getting that much out of it. Once they'

Allycat11 · March 2013

For longer vacations I would rather go as a family. I have great memories of family vacations growing up and not so great memories of my parents leaving us with other people while they went away for a week or two at a time. We will on

LatteLady5 · March 2013

I pick family vacation. I think (eventually) it would be awesome to take a mother's helper or SIL (the unmarried one) on an extravagant vacation so I could still have the family time but get time with just DH and me.

I also only have one toddler

peacelove&mama · March 2013

I'd rather go as a family. DH and I are content with the occasional night at a hotel, although it's been a long time since we did that.

That said, a week at an all inclusive resort with a bar in the pool and drinks in coconuts... That's awful

EnglishMajor03 · March 2013

I would take my week and split it between a few nights away with H and then a few nights away as a family with the kids.

catycate · March 2013

If it's all I could take in a year, I'd take the kids. But I would probably skip every third year or so and just do me and DH.

Chapter79 · March 2013

LatteLady5:
I pick family vacation. I think (eventually) it would be awesome to take a mother's helper or SIL (the unmarried o

crystalite2004 · March 2013

If I could only take one a year, I would want a family vacation. Right now I need a solo vacation!

nekorayne · March 2013

Take the kids. My family only went on a few family vacations when I was a kid/teen and I wish we would have done more. I feel they make great memories and is good for family bonding. Of course I would love a vacation with DH but if we only get o

kcisthebombdotcom · March 2013

at the ages my kids are at now, we do a week long vacation as a family and a few weekend getaways a year for dh and i. admittedly i'm not a huge fan of traveling with young children. it's exhausting, difficult, and really doesn't feel like a vacation f

ToBeMrsT · March 2013

Definitely with the kids. I think it's so important to take family vacations together if you have the money. My dh never went on family trips with he was growing up.. like never. My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we still tra

sbevmc09 · March 2013

Hmm...

I think that I would probably do every other year. Like, one year just the two of us, the next year a family vacation. But I would probably only start that once the kid(s) was school age and old enough to really enjoy it/partic

shortstuff15 · March 2013

So are these vacations like big trips (like overseas) or just travelling around the area you live in? My family took 2 week long vacations every single year of my life. Only once did we leave the country-which was Disneyland when I was in g