Does anyone else feel bored with travel activities with your kids?
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Anonymous
| What did you do at NYc? We just went for spring break and saw multiple museums, a broadway show, walked in Central Park, checked out fun restaurants in the village etc. Maine is for hiking and looking at small towns and national parks. Grand Canyon is a whole other type of trip. We also learn about nature and natural history some places and military and other history and art on other trips. I don't understand how these are the same vacations for you. |
Anonymous
| I don’t blame you for being bored. All in the US and mostly cities. You need to explore the world and get out of your bubble. |
Anonymous
| Maybe volunteer at a soup kitchen or help build a house? There is a universe of leisure activities. It can't always be novel. Figure out what folks like to do and do that. |
Anonymous
Maybe you need to go more interesting places if you’re bored. |
Anonymous
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I guess the question is: do you actually like these activities or are you box checking?
I'm someone who hikes and arguably that could be repetitive, but I really enjoy hiking so I don't get bored with it. Maybe you're trying to pound a square peg into a round hole. |
Anonymous
| Just quit for awhile then. |
Anonymous
| Try volunteering with your kids instead so they can learn to appreciate all the travel they are privileged enough to enjoy |
Anonymous
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This has got to be a joke post. Otherwise, OP has more money than brains. |
Anonymous
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How can trips to Hawaii and Rhode Island feel the same? (Not a knock on RI, as it's my home state and I love it.)
OP, what do you want to do on your next vacation? |
Anonymous
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Every place is different! The museums are not the same in one city to another. Neither is the landscape for kayaking, hiking, or camping. Neither is the food. If you're bored if it all, I think maybe you're traveling too fast to check off boxes instead of just explore and exist in a place.
A lot of my good travel memories with my kids involve hanging out at a beach, campsite, or rental - Puerto Rico, Adirondacks, Poconos. We didn't do any organized activities, we just...went outside a lot. |
Anonymous
PS this year we're going to a couple western national parks, which will be our biggest trip yet, and I'm sure we'll do some hiking and kayaking because I want to see the big attractions, but I'm also sure my kids will mainly want to go back to the cabin or campsite and play with sticks and make s'mores. We'll do it with views of the Rockies and Tetons. It'll be great. |
Anonymous
OP is a troll and if by some chance she isn’t, she is definitely box-checking, and that’s why it’s not fulfilling to her. |
Anonymous
This is the right answer. Thread done. |
Anonymous
| I think this is a you problem - i have been to a lot of those places and they don't feel the same to me. but if you don't enjoy the travel - you don't have to do it! take a break and see if you miss it. |
Anonymous
| Maybe get a job. |