Bucket List Family Travel for Familes with teens

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have college and HS teens. Yes do big travel now. So much more important than when they are babies!!

Here’s our list.
Hitting Morocco this winter break and Greece next summer.

Australia
New Zealand
Africa safari (Botswana /SA)
India
Japan
Morocco
Greek island hopping
Corsica
Colombia
Chile
Argentina
Galapagos

Good list. I’d add Peru, Israel, and possibly Vietnam. Patagonia, Galapagos and a Safari are definitely at the top of our list, but I think we may need to wait until our youngest is in college and we have longer overlapping vacations. For now, I will take any short trips they are willing to join us on. Now that oldest is in college, I don’t think he wants long extended family trips, but I’m hoping that changes in a couple years when he realizes we will pay for him to go!

[Anonymous]

I am prioritizing domestic travel, including key national parks and making sure my kids have been to a decent number of states/regions. When I went to college I had travelled internationally but hadn't travelled much domestically (I was raised in NYC by native New Yorkers and their world view was pretty much that old "New Yorker" magazine cover with 10th Ave ending and then California beginning). Right now the things next on our bucket list are Yellowstone and the Utah parks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted the teens to see Alaska (before the glaciers were all melted), Galapagos before they were destroyed by tourism, and Asia, Africa and Europe, plus Costa Rica, and Iceland just because. Some weve been to, some we haven't. Working on the ones we havent.

Not flaming, but you want to see all this before it’s destroyed by environmental change and overtourism, but don’t see the irony in this ambitious travel schedule?

NP this is neither the time or place PP. Just stop it.

[Anonymous]

On my kids' lists are Tokyo, Paris, and Hawaii. I'm adding in Costa Rica. I'm intrigued by WV!

[Anonymous]

We aren’t as trendy and rich as PP’s so we are just trying to get Hawaii and London/Paris done before the oldest leaves for college. Managed to book Arizona/GCNP for spring break this year. Galapagos and Tanzania might as well be Mars to us.

[Anonymous]

We don’t have the kind of money that allows us to take annual international trips, let alone MULTIPLE international trips. Plus we have a dog that needs to be boarded. We let each kid pick a trip and so far we have Japan and Greek Island hopping.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don’t have the kind of money that allows us to take annual international trips, let alone MULTIPLE international trips. Plus we have a dog that needs to be boarded. We let each kid pick a trip and so far we have Japan and Greek Island hopping.

Those sound like two great trips.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don’t have the kind of money that allows us to take annual international trips, let alone MULTIPLE international trips. Plus we have a dog that needs to be boarded. We let each kid pick a trip and so far we have Japan and Greek Island hopping.

How old are the kids?

[Anonymous]

Not a bucket list, per se, as my husband and I plan to continue traveling once the kids are out of the house, but we are taking our HS senior, HS sophomore, and 7th grader to Colombia this summer. We are spending a lot as we realize this may be the last trip we all take together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We aren’t as trendy and rich as PP’s so we are just trying to get Hawaii and London/Paris done before the oldest leaves for college. Managed to book Arizona/GCNP for spring break this year. Galapagos and Tanzania might as well be Mars to us.

This could be us including going to Sedona/GCNP spring 2024.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have college and HS teens. Yes do big travel now. So much more important than when they are babies!!

Here’s our list.
Hitting Morocco this winter break and Greece next summer.

Australia
New Zealand
Africa safari (Botswana /SA)
India
Japan
Morocco
Greek island hopping
Corsica
Colombia
Chile
Argentina
Galapagos

We've done some on this list, plus trips to northern Europe. But we scaled it back when our teen started high school.

This is on our bucket list:
* Scotland
* Switzerland

Also, like to revisit some of our favorites:
*Japan, London, Paris

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am prioritizing domestic travel, including key national parks and making sure my kids have been to a decent number of states/regions. When I went to college I had travelled internationally but hadn't travelled much domestically (I was raised in NYC by native New Yorkers and their world view was pretty much that old "New Yorker" magazine cover with 10th Ave ending and then California beginning). Right now the things next on our bucket list are Yellowstone and the Utah parks.

Agree, National Parks are great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We'd like to do the Galápagos Islands but not sure yet what our college bills will be so holding off. I'd like to do it right. we have rising junior twins and a third a year later.

We hiked Patagonia with them when they were younger and that was the most "bucket list" vacation we've taken. it was the most gorgeous place I've ever seen.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am prioritizing domestic travel, including key national parks and making sure my kids have been to a decent number of states/regions. When I went to college I had travelled internationally but hadn't travelled much domestically (I was raised in NYC by native New Yorkers and their world view was pretty much that old "New Yorker" magazine cover with 10th Ave ending and then California beginning). Right now the things next on our bucket list are Yellowstone and the Utah parks.

There’s a lot of America between 10th Ave and Yellowstone too you know.

[Anonymous]

Lol, with middle schoolers, for example, you should have amassed $200K per kid by now

$350K per kid to be somewhat safe