Comments on: The More, The Merrier (Usually)

By: Sharlene

Sharlene — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:51:46 +0000

I have done lots of cabin type trips with other families and it has always been fun. Chaotic, but fun

By: wandermom

wandermom — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:37:03 +0000

Hmm, I’m obviously having some technical issues this evening because my comment on this post keeps getting kicked back at me.
I LOVE multi-family trips. We’ve done tons – usually to rent a house or condo and stay with family for a week or so.
Check out http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/blogs/wandermom/2008/09/09/family-reunion-in-tuscany/ for details of the last such trip I organized. And http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/wander-tips/6-tips-for-planning-a-destination-family-reunion/ for tips on organizing such a trip yourself.

By: Meliss

Meliss — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:26:20 +0000

We’re on Year 19 of vacationing with a group of friends and their families. The babies of Year 1 will have just graduated high school when we get there this year. We have 8 adults and 10 kids under the same roof–granted, it’s a big roof (6 BR/6.5 bath beach house) but still. The same roof. Every year, we tell people that we have no clue how it all works, it just does and we’re not messing with it. We went through the years and YEARS of diapers and toddlers and now it’s more teenagers and Wiis, but kids have ridden the bus for 18 hours to get there when school-sponsored trips have made them miss their rides with their families and have turned down trips to some pretty exotic locales to come sit on the beach in SC. Anything that’ll make a teenager do that is pretty awesome in my book. =)

By: Shelly/TravelswithBaby

Shelly/TravelswithBaby — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:55:49 +0000

We once had a great camping trip to Yosemite with 7 babies ages 7 months to 14 months. Once! Returning the following year with 7 toddlers didn’t seem wise to anyone! ;-)

By: Amy @ The Q Family

Amy @ The Q Family — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:11:02 +0000

We haven’t done much of traveling with other families. The only time we did, we went on a cruise so it was easy enough and we didn’t do much together.

Do you have any tips on how to make it a successful trip? We are thinking about one with our group of friends but never get anything in motion. What are the steps you took to make it happen?

By: Carolina

Carolina — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:37:32 +0000

I haven’t done the traveling with other families thing, but I have done a weekend trip with a friend of mine, and her two daughters. That was actually pretty awesome. We sat out on the deck with pizza and wine, and they entertained each other playing inside. I don’t know how it would’ve been if we had to actually do sightseeing and stuff though.

By: Peace Mitchell

Peace Mitchell — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:54:04 +0000

Great post, we love traveling with other families, there’s always an extra set of hands to help with cooking, cleaning up or playing with the kids and the kids all have someone to play with.

By: Kayt Sukel

Kayt Sukel — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:44:39 +0000

We traveled a lot with other families growing up and it was always a blast. We haven’t yet attempted it with our own family but perhaps the idea should be explored. Great post!

By: Gudrun

Gudrun — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:36:15 +0000

ok, I will admit it, I think you are daring. I love traveling, and we do a lot with our kids, but I have a hard time imaging traveling with another family (or two!). I am not sure why – coordinating the details with my own family seems to be enough, adding another group into the mix would be hard.

That said, we did go to Hawaii in 2007 with some friends – actually, we went and they came and met us about 4 days into our trip. I would say they adapted more to our schedule, and they stayed at a different hotel, so we were not all together all the time, but when they left, I was kind of glad to be back to just our family unit.

Interesting post, thanks for sharing your perspective. Maybe I should look harder and find some compatible traveling partners!

Cheers,