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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My tip is that we do really busy itineraries but only stay at hotels and get room service breakfast or hotel buffet breakfast 75% of the time. That way I start the day having had to do zero unappreciated chores for my family.

Packing, unpacking, packing again, packing the daily backpack, planning the itinerary each day? Definitely tiring, but I feel energized to do them because I don’t do any of my other usual chores while I’m on vacation except for making the bed- I have a hangup about leaving a messy bed for housekeeping.

I see people renting beach houses and doing air bnb stays in cities or exotic places and I’m envious of them because I would never have the mental or physical energy to cook and food shop and meal plan on a vacation. [/quote]

This almost exactly! We have super packed days in cities on our vacations, but a nice hotel with a great breakfast makes a big difference. Yes, we are tired, but jet lag isn’t a big deal when you have amazing pastries and great coffee (we let our kids have a little too!) and lots of fun activities to look forward to. I don’t really like the beach and my kids get bored after a couple of hours, so that’s not so fun. On our trips, we build in extra time between activities, so like two hours at a museum and then an hour to relax in a park with snacks. But that’s about as much down time as we need.

I have a lot of energy for planning and executing big trips, but not much energy for organizing my own house! On vacations, I don’t have to cook or clean or do tons of laundry, so even if I’m spending my days going from one attraction to another, it is still a break for me![/quote]

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