Vacations with kids clubs etc

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Martinhal family resorts in Portugal.

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Anonymous wrote:What you want isn’t going to exist at your price point. It sounds like the best way to accomplish the vacation you want to be on is to leave your child at home with a family member.

But you're wrong. I already know about several ideas. I wanted to know about more.

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Why don’t you start by looking for daycamps near locales that appeal to your kid, and plan your travel dates around that? You’ll still need to hire a babysitter for evening but that isn’t such a big deal.

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Anonymous wrote:Put them in camp near where you live now. Hire a sitter to stay at your house and care for them while you are home. If you want a camp during the day and evenings I’m not sure why you’re even taking them with you.

In my regular life, kid is in day camp during breaks. He needs the activity and socialization, and I can't provide that myself. I want the same on vacation. I still want him with me though. When I say evening option, I am talking about being able to go out for dinner sans kid one night, not all the nights.

In 14 years of parenting 2 kids, I’ve never sent them anywhere on vacation and we still enjoyed our vacations and had nice times. But I also was/am a SAHM and didn’t sent them places on every school break either. I think you have an unrealistic view of parenting.

Wanting to have an occasional adult dinner, on vacation or otherwise, is not at all an unrealistic view of parenting. It’s a healthy one, in fact.

Read the OP, that’s not what she wants. She wants him gone huge chunks of the day. And what she wants and her budget are also out of sync.

Hi, I am OP. I do, absolutely, want him gone huge chunks of the day. 9-noon or even better, 9-3. Also I would like an option for a night out, 5-9. When he's with us, he will be playing with us in the pool, going on excursions, playing board games, making and having meals, etc. Trust me, the kid does not want to spend all his time with his mom and dad. When I was a kid, I wanted to be around other kids my age. That's what I am providing here, sanity for all while on vacation.

Budget-wise, we can afford quite a lot, but it has to make sense. $20k for a week at Beaches Turks/ Caicos isn't worth it to me personally. I could make $20K go on for a month-long or all-summer-long vacation, which I prefer. I have both time and money, but not so much money that a full time nanny makes sense - kid is too old for that, he wants sports/activities with other kids it's not about just supervision.

$20k won’t last you a month or a summer with full-time childcare which is what you want. I feel so sorry for your poor kid. Why did you have him? One day he will realize how you feel. This is not normal.

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Club Med Cancun. The aquamarine building is nice. Our kids love be there kids’ club, especially the sailing part. Less expensive than Beaches.

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Anonymous wrote:Put them in camp near where you live now. Hire a sitter to stay at your house and care for them while you are home. If you want a camp during the day and evenings I’m not sure why you’re even taking them with you.

In my regular life, kid is in day camp during breaks. He needs the activity and socialization, and I can't provide that myself. I want the same on vacation. I still want him with me though. When I say evening option, I am talking about being able to go out for dinner sans kid one night, not all the nights.

In 14 years of parenting 2 kids, I’ve never sent them anywhere on vacation and we still enjoyed our vacations and had nice times. But I also was/am a SAHM and didn’t sent them places on every school break either. I think you have an unrealistic view of parenting.

Wanting to have an occasional adult dinner, on vacation or otherwise, is not at all an unrealistic view of parenting. It’s a healthy one, in fact.

Read the OP, that’s not what she wants. She wants him gone huge chunks of the day. And what she wants and her budget are also out of sync.

Hi, I am OP. I do, absolutely, want him gone huge chunks of the day. 9-noon or even better, 9-3. Also I would like an option for a night out, 5-9. When he's with us, he will be playing with us in the pool, going on excursions, playing board games, making and having meals, etc. Trust me, the kid does not want to spend all his time with his mom and dad. When I was a kid, I wanted to be around other kids my age. That's what I am providing here, sanity for all while on vacation.

Budget-wise, we can afford quite a lot, but it has to make sense. $20k for a week at Beaches Turks/ Caicos isn't worth it to me personally. I could make $20K go on for a month-long or all-summer-long vacation, which I prefer. I have both time and money, but not so much money that a full time nanny makes sense - kid is too old for that, he wants sports/activities with other kids it's not about just supervision.

$20k won’t last you a month or a summer with full-time childcare which is what you want. I feel so sorry for your poor kid. Why did you have him? One day he will realize how you feel. This is not normal.

In some locations, the day camps are like $200 a week, vs the $500-1000 I pay in DC. And in some cases, it's included.

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Anonymous wrote:Put them in camp near where you live now. Hire a sitter to stay at your house and care for them while you are home. If you want a camp during the day and evenings I’m not sure why you’re even taking them with you.

In my regular life, kid is in day camp during breaks. He needs the activity and socialization, and I can't provide that myself. I want the same on vacation. I still want him with me though. When I say evening option, I am talking about being able to go out for dinner sans kid one night, not all the nights.

In 14 years of parenting 2 kids, I’ve never sent them anywhere on vacation and we still enjoyed our vacations and had nice times. But I also was/am a SAHM and didn’t sent them places on every school break either. I think you have an unrealistic view of parenting.

Wanting to have an occasional adult dinner, on vacation or otherwise, is not at all an unrealistic view of parenting. It’s a healthy one, in fact.

Read the OP, that’s not what she wants. She wants him gone huge chunks of the day. And what she wants and her budget are also out of sync.

Hi, I am OP. I do, absolutely, want him gone huge chunks of the day. 9-noon or even better, 9-3. Also I would like an option for a night out, 5-9. When he's with us, he will be playing with us in the pool, going on excursions, playing board games, making and having meals, etc. Trust me, the kid does not want to spend all his time with his mom and dad. When I was a kid, I wanted to be around other kids my age. That's what I am providing here, sanity for all while on vacation.

Budget-wise, we can afford quite a lot, but it has to make sense. $20k for a week at Beaches Turks/ Caicos isn't worth it to me personally. I could make $20K go on for a month-long or all-summer-long vacation, which I prefer. I have both time and money, but not so much money that a full time nanny makes sense - kid is too old for that, he wants sports/activities with other kids it's not about just supervision.

$20k won’t last you a month or a summer with full-time childcare which is what you want. I feel so sorry for your poor kid. Why did you have him? One day he will realize how you feel. This is not normal.

In some locations, the day camps are like $200 a week, vs the $500-1000 I pay in DC. And in some cases, it's included.

Is there something wrong with your child? Like he has special needs or something? I’m still struggling to understand.

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Anonymous wrote:Put them in camp near where you live now. Hire a sitter to stay at your house and care for them while you are home. If you want a camp during the day and evenings I’m not sure why you’re even taking them with you.

In my regular life, kid is in day camp during breaks. He needs the activity and socialization, and I can't provide that myself. I want the same on vacation. I still want him with me though. When I say evening option, I am talking about being able to go out for dinner sans kid one night, not all the nights.

In 14 years of parenting 2 kids, I’ve never sent them anywhere on vacation and we still enjoyed our vacations and had nice times. But I also was/am a SAHM and didn’t sent them places on every school break either. I think you have an unrealistic view of parenting.

Wanting to have an occasional adult dinner, on vacation or otherwise, is not at all an unrealistic view of parenting. It’s a healthy one, in fact.

Read the OP, that’s not what she wants. She wants him gone huge chunks of the day. And what she wants and her budget are also out of sync.

Hi, I am OP. I do, absolutely, want him gone huge chunks of the day. 9-noon or even better, 9-3. Also I would like an option for a night out, 5-9. When he's with us, he will be playing with us in the pool, going on excursions, playing board games, making and having meals, etc. Trust me, the kid does not want to spend all his time with his mom and dad. When I was a kid, I wanted to be around other kids my age. That's what I am providing here, sanity for all while on vacation.

Budget-wise, we can afford quite a lot, but it has to make sense. $20k for a week at Beaches Turks/ Caicos isn't worth it to me personally. I could make $20K go on for a month-long or all-summer-long vacation, which I prefer. I have both time and money, but not so much money that a full time nanny makes sense - kid is too old for that, he wants sports/activities with other kids it's not about just supervision.

$20k won’t last you a month or a summer with full-time childcare which is what you want. I feel so sorry for your poor kid. Why did you have him? One day he will realize how you feel. This is not normal.

In some locations, the day camps are like $200 a week, vs the $500-1000 I pay in DC. And in some cases, it's included.

Is there something wrong with your child? Like he has special needs or something? I’m still struggling to understand.

She wants him to go have fun with kids, what do you not understand? It’s very simple and OP has explained it more than once so I really don’t get how you’re still confused.

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I’m in CA now but if I were East still I would LOVE to go to Tyler place. Last summer we did the Family vacation center at UC Santa Barbara. We had to leave early because of COVID but, even so, kids (9 and 5 at the time) LOVED it. They keep asking if we can go back. It’s easier for us as we can drive from Bay Area, but I’d still recommend it. I also found a family camp (Montecito Sequoia lodge) in King’s canyon National park. I haven’t tried it, but was intrigued.

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Anonymous wrote:Put them in camp near where you live now. Hire a sitter to stay at your house and care for them while you are home. If you want a camp during the day and evenings I’m not sure why you’re even taking them with you.

In my regular life, kid is in day camp during breaks. He needs the activity and socialization, and I can't provide that myself. I want the same on vacation. I still want him with me though. When I say evening option, I am talking about being able to go out for dinner sans kid one night, not all the nights.

In 14 years of parenting 2 kids, I’ve never sent them anywhere on vacation and we still enjoyed our vacations and had nice times. But I also was/am a SAHM and didn’t sent them places on every school break either. I think you have an unrealistic view of parenting.

Wanting to have an occasional adult dinner, on vacation or otherwise, is not at all an unrealistic view of parenting. It’s a healthy one, in fact.

Read the OP, that’s not what she wants. She wants him gone huge chunks of the day. And what she wants and her budget are also out of sync.

Hi, I am OP. I do, absolutely, want him gone huge chunks of the day. 9-noon or even better, 9-3. Also I would like an option for a night out, 5-9. When he's with us, he will be playing with us in the pool, going on excursions, playing board games, making and having meals, etc. Trust me, the kid does not want to spend all his time with his mom and dad. When I was a kid, I wanted to be around other kids my age. That's what I am providing here, sanity for all while on vacation.

Budget-wise, we can afford quite a lot, but it has to make sense. $20k for a week at Beaches Turks/ Caicos isn't worth it to me personally. I could make $20K go on for a month-long or all-summer-long vacation, which I prefer. I have both time and money, but not so much money that a full time nanny makes sense - kid is too old for that, he wants sports/activities with other kids it's not about just supervision.

$20k won’t last you a month or a summer with full-time childcare which is what you want. I feel so sorry for your poor kid. Why did you have him? One day he will realize how you feel. This is not normal.

In some locations, the day camps are like $200 a week, vs the $500-1000 I pay in DC. And in some cases, it's included.

Is there something wrong with your child? Like he has special needs or something? I’m still struggling to understand.

She wants him to go have fun with kids, what do you not understand? It’s very simple and OP has explained it more than once so I really don’t get how you’re still confused.

She wants him GONE, preferably 6+ hours a day, every day, with some dinners thrown in too. Stop normalizing that.

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OP. I’m not sure what is wrong with the people on this thread. Your request is normal and reasonable. Thankfully you have gotten a few good answers thrown in.

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Anonymous wrote:OP. I’m not sure what is wrong with the people on this thread. Your request is normal and reasonable. Thankfully you have gotten a few good answers thrown in.

You must have some really terrible kids if you think this it’s normal to have your in childcare 6-8 hours a day, every day of vacation. You can’t be serious.

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Anonymous wrote:OP. I’m not sure what is wrong with the people on this thread. Your request is normal and reasonable. Thankfully you have gotten a few good answers thrown in.

You must have some really terrible kids if you think this it’s normal to have your in childcare 6-8 hours a day, every day of vacation. You can’t be serious.

Look, I never did it, but maybe I should have (kids are now teens). Kids went to day camp here so why not day camp at a beach location. I think it’s still important to take family trips where you do spend most time together but on a sometimes basis this is a great idea. I’d look at something like Bar Harbir and see if there are any cool nature day camps for kids his age and rent a house.

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Anonymous wrote:Martinhal family resorts in Portugal.

This. There's one very well-located in Lisbon and a few others near the coast.

We did the city one. Huge two floor apartment with a loft for the parents and bedroom for the kids. Two baths, kitchen, living, etc. Awesome breakfast. Cute kids club where we could leave them long enough to check out a museum. And the kids club staff babysits in your apartment. And they have pajama nights on weekends.

I wish more cities had hotels like this. Check out the Tripadvisor reviews. We aren't the only ones who loved it.

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Anonymous wrote:Put them in camp near where you live now. Hire a sitter to stay at your house and care for them while you are home. If you want a camp during the day and evenings I’m not sure why you’re even taking them with you.

In my regular life, kid is in day camp during breaks. He needs the activity and socialization, and I can't provide that myself. I want the same on vacation. I still want him with me though. When I say evening option, I am talking about being able to go out for dinner sans kid one night, not all the nights.

In 14 years of parenting 2 kids, I’ve never sent them anywhere on vacation and we still enjoyed our vacations and had nice times. But I also was/am a SAHM and didn’t sent them places on every school break either. I think you have an unrealistic view of parenting.

Oh look mommy martyr showed up. Go away, we know we’re not as “perfect” as you and we don’t want your sad, pathetic life.