Do you ever travel without DH?

[Anonymous]

My kids are young, so it's not appealing for me to manage them w/o another adult. That said - I did take a week off last summer and took the kids to my parents (they're water front - super fun in the summer) without DH. He has a hard time taking off to use his vacation - I don't have that issue with my job. I miss DH and wish he was with us, but I'm not giving up my beach time b/c he's working too many hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a ton of flexibility in my job and my parents live on Cape Cod... I travel with the kids without him at least 3 weeks between Memorial Day and Labor Day (not all at once) so I can work remote at the beach while my parents watch the kids. He misses us, but it is part of our deal since I would much prefer to live in MA than here.

Similar story here. I think I was traveling with kids ~7 weeks last summer, DH able to join us for 2. The weeks he wasn't with us I worked while kids went to camp.

We also take long weekend trips separately, I actually just got back from one. I'd love to be able to do more traveling together, but the kids are still young enough that it's often easier for only one of us to travel at a time.

[Anonymous]

DH does not like Disney, DC and I do. We've taken a couple short trips there just the two of us and it has been wonderful.

[Anonymous]

Not sure exactly what you mean but I take lots of trips without my DS. Girls weekend or visit family out of town once or twice a year. This year both my DH and I are traveling individually with each of our kids because my kids go to schools with different schedules -so I'm taking one kid away and my DS took the other kid when he was off school. It's nice to have one on one time and it's nice for my and my DH and kids to be flexible and be with everyone in different arrangements. We also travel a lot as a family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NO.

I need my husband to be with me. If he can't go, we change plans plus I'm afraid to travel alone.

Is this a joke?

No shit, right? We each take trips separately with one or more kids as our work schedules and interests allow. Of course, we both travel alone across the globe for work, so we aren't afraid. One of our children is severely autistic so I do tend to go with him to somewhere where other family members are but I've definitely done shorter trips with both kids alone.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Our budget is limited, so I'm not flying off to fancy places, but I do road trips to visit family and friends with our two DC and have since they were a baby/toddler. If DH is particularly busy and needs to work a weekend, I much prefer to go do something fun with my kids than to hang around town and have to plan around his availability/unavailability. Also, while I love him dearly, he is not quite as adventerous as I am and can be a bit of a downer on some trips, so I enjoy the freedom to set the tone when I'm on my own.

[Anonymous]

Yes. We both travel some for work (me more than him).

I sometimes take the kids to visit my family without him - his job is a little less flexible than mine as far as timing vacations, so sometimes it's easier to just take the kids if it works for me/kids/my family but not for him.

I also travel with my sister/friends without him or the kids. Not a lot, since our budget for travel in not infinite, but on occasion.

[Anonymous]

Yes. I travel to the west coast with two kids to visit my mom. Have been doing it solo since kids were very young.

[Anonymous]

Sure. I've gone as long as a week and a half and up to a 15 hour drive. We don't all like to do the same things, so sometimes I just take the kids and go.

[Anonymous]

Not often. I have been to the beach with girls friends and it was SO nice to not have to walk anybody to the potty!
I desperately want to but its hard to work it into the schedule. Do not think I would do longer than a long weekend unless it were a really fantastic opportunity (hiking in Peru? Europe with my parents?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Several times a year. I actually enjoy traveling with just my son (preschooler). My husband gets angry about every last little perceived slight or expense (and there are a lot of them when traveling), and I find I cannot enjoy myself when I am constantly trying to disfuse his anger, or distract my son from it.

This. I prefer traveling without DH. If he's with me I feel like it's a second job managing his negativity and preferences.

I've not traveled internationally with the kids, but we've gone to CA (5mo & 3yo) and WDW (3yo & 5.5yo). Both were fun and manageable. We'll see if I feel differently with 3 kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Several times a year. I actually enjoy traveling with just my son (preschooler). My husband gets angry about every last little perceived slight or expense (and there are a lot of them when traveling), and I find I cannot enjoy myself when I am constantly trying to disfuse his anger, or distract my son from it.

This. I prefer traveling without DH. If he's with me I feel like it's a second job managing his negativity and preferences.

I've not traveled internationally with the kids, but we've gone to CA (5mo & 3yo) and WDW (3yo & 5.5yo). Both were fun and manageable. We'll see if I feel differently with 3 kids.

And weekend trips like amusement parks, MD Ren Faire ...

[Anonymous]

I traveled with my preschooler to Europe without DH. Went fine, apart from the red-eye flight.

He had fallen asleep in my arms. At some point during the night, I woke up to feel sticky stuff everywhere on my hands and arms, and his face and front. Using the overhead light, I saw he had had a massive nosebleed. I couldn't clean it by myself, the call button didn't produce a flight attendant, so I made my way down the aisle in the dark. The attendants were chatting quietly in the well-lit back room. They saw a woman lurching in from the dark corridor cradling a small child literally covered in blood. You couldn't see his face at all, and his shirt was soaked. It was like a scene from a movie.
After recovering from the shock, they were very helpful

[Anonymous]

Yep. I've driven the 4 hours alone with DD multiple times to visit family. I also flew with DD when she was 14 weeks old with no issues. I'm also a type of parent that didn't let DD hold us back once we had her, we just brought her with us everywhere. Now that she's 3.5 it's FAR easier to travel with her. I also took her solo on a family vacation to the beach when she was 3 months old (DH used his PTO when DD was born).