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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The last couple trips with my 7 yr old and rambunctious now 18 month old DS have been miserable with lots of whining about food choices, sleeping arrangements, etc. The best trip we have had TBH was Disney but DH doesn’t really want to go back. At this point I want to bag the entire concept of family vacations. Any advice?[/quote]

You have two very different ages to accommodate and [b]traveling with a child in the 9mo-2 year old time frame is going to be dicey no matter what. [/b]I agree a resort type vacation, preferably where you also have an in-suite kitchen to serve up kid food, is probably your best bet. However, keep expectations low for now.  [/quote]

Agree with the bold above. We are pretty regular travelers with both of our kids, but we basically chained ourselves to our house for ages 12-24 months. We just white knuckled through it and both kids ended up able to travel again when it was over. It's a really, really hard age for travel.

We had one okay trip when my oldest was 14 months to an all-inclusive in Cancun. It was definitely not relaxing, but we spent almost the entire time in the pool and had a bit of fun. My parents paid, but I don't think it would have been worth the costs if we had to pay for it ourselves. [/quote]

When I've traveled with kids in that age range it's just been to family or to beach resorts.  Last March we went to the Florida gulf coast and that was about the right balance of low key but still fun for everyone.

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