What do you do for childcare for trips with just the two of you?

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks to all for responses, some good ideas for me to think about.

And to be clear, I love my children and love traveling with them, which I do frequently either as a family or just me and my kids. But my husband and I need some quality time as a couple which we simply don't get when our kids are present, and our marriage would very much benefit if we could do this for a couple days rather than just grabbing a few hours at a time. So I appreciate all those with suggestions on how to make that happen.

I also appreciate hearing from the folks who would love to travel sans kids but haven't found viable childcare options. Obviously I hope we can, but it is comforting to know this is an actual logistical problem and I'm not just being dense to have not figured out a solution yet.

A Dh here. We have not been away together for a single night in six years. We plan to finally do one night
Before the end of the year.

This might not be helpful to you, but we've done this a few times. And yes I've posted this on dcum before.

We go to dinner and to a hotel. We enjoy the hotel for a bit, and then I go home. In the morning I go back with kids and we all go swimming.

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08/09/2015 19:03

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In a few years, you can send your kids to sleep away camp. It's the only time (other than sleepovers) that I get a night to myself. I waited until my DD was 8 and she went to a one week camp. She loved it and has done 2 week camp for the last few years.

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08/09/2015 19:10

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Anonymous wrote:Kids are 5 & 7 so no daycare/nanny any longer. In the past grandparents were able to take them for 4-5 days, but last trip was 2 years ago and health declines since then have made that not an option. We *might* be able to have kids stay with grandparents overnight with daytime assistance (we live ~2 miles apart), but at the moment I can't depend on that.

So just wondering what folks do in this situation. Do you try to get a regular sitter to stay overnight? Swap overnights with friends? Go during the school week so kids are at least in school for some of the time?

Our marriage could really use a trip with just the two of us, so trying to figure out how to make that happen.

We did one or two overnights that took forever to organize, but basically we waited until they were 17 and 15.