Once in a lifetime family trip?

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Anonymous wrote:Id do Antarctica or Galapagos. Safaris can be far cheaper than your budget.

Yea. Safaris that suck.

Maybe not. This is good advice

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/opinion/brooks-the-haimish-line.html

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Anonymous wrote:I’m gonna rain on your parade.

I wouldn’t plan my trip of a lifetime for kids that young. I’d wait until they’re older. They’re not going to appreciate it and it won’t be worth the money.

We’ve gone on several “trips of a lifetime“, including our entire family on a luxurious safari, but we waited until everyone was older.

Very true. We're an international family who travels a lot (to visit family), and the kids started to really remember only when they were tweens, and even better as teens.

Also... trip of a lifetime? Don't think of it like that. I hope you'll have lots more!

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I might do a South African trip - you can do a safari, but also head down south to Capetown and the Cape of Goodhope and they have penguin colonies there to see. Antarctica is a lot of time on a small boat. I also would look at Adventures by Disney or Tauck Bridges tours for something very nice but with activities focused on families and there will be other families with you.

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Anonymous wrote:No to safari. I have been on safari many many times. Little kids would not enjoy them after the first couple of sightings of animals. After that, it’s a lot of the same, or it’s hours searching for the hard to find leopard. Young kids would be bored out of their mind.

I would do Australia. So much to do, and your kids would love it. You can do a good mix of cities, rainforest, Great Barrier Reef, and Ayers Rock.

If safaris are so tedious for you, why on earth do you go on “many?“

Many safari companies don't allow kids.

I've been on several safaris and while I love them, they really are not ideal for kids. A lot of waiting around, every day is an early morning start, nothing to do at the camps afterwards and very limited mobility. Safaris are actually extremely sedentary.

There is a Four Seasons that has an interesting hybrid / safari situation - take a look at that.

I can’t imagine anything more white. 🙄

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How long?

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Thanks everyone!
Antartica is out as I’m reading we need to go Nov to March and this will be a summer trip if that’s helps narrow down some spots. I like the idea of Thailand!

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I would probably do Galapagos or African Safari but if I have $60k for one trip, I would also seek the advice of a travel professional.

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I found a really nice itinerary for The Amazon Rainforest with kids on Travel Babbo. Has anyone done a similar trip before? I was absolutely intrigued by rainforests as a child so this would be a special trip for me too. It could potentially be combined with Galapagos. Is Galapagos interesting for children? I’ve always wanted to go but I wonder if it would keep my kids interested. I think they would enjoy the cruise portion because we have never been on one. I know they are nothing like the big cruise boats but I think they would find the experience exciting and fun.

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Omg - these trips all sound like nightmares for your kids. Can they stay home?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m gonna rain on your parade.

I wouldn’t plan my trip of a lifetime for kids that young. I’d wait until they’re older. They’re not going to appreciate it and it won’t be worth the money.

We’ve gone on several “trips of a lifetime“, including our entire family on a luxurious safari, but we waited until everyone was older.

+1, they will not remember it in a few years and would probably like disney more.

I’m okay with them but remembering everything. Also open to domestic but we have visited a fair number of places in the US. As a family we have gone to Costa Rica, Hawaii, Southern California including San Diego and LA, Vail/Beaver Creek/Denver, Martha’s Vineyard/Nantucket, NYC, Boston, San Francisco/ Carmel/Monterey, Grand Canyon, Utah Arches, Taos NM, Disneyland, Disneyworld, Amelia Island and St Augustine, Charleston, New Orleans, Seattle + San Juan Island, Coeur d’Alene Idaho and Philadelphia. Stand out trips for the kids have been skiing, Southern Cal, Costa Rica and NYC. They liked Disney but didn’t love it and don’t ask to go back much.

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Anonymous wrote:Omg - these trips all sound like nightmares for your kids. Can they stay home?

Where do your kids like to go?

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We also did a dude ranch in Arizona and Hill country in Texas.

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20+ trips for your 7 and 9 yo.
Riiiight.

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Anonymous wrote:20+ trips for your 7 and 9 yo.
Riiiight.

Its really not that much

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Anonymous wrote:20+ trips for your 7 and 9 yo.
Riiiight.

Maybe they go on 4-5 trips per year and have since the kids were 2 and 4? Idk I have a 7 and 9 year old too and we just do 1-2 trips like PP mentions every year and didn’t start even that until they were 4 and 6…before then we would just visit out of state relatives or sometimes go to the beach. But if you have the $$ and the PTO and you love to travel? Why not.