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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m more curious about how much time people have vs the cost.  Between parents’ work and kids’ activities and school; how is everyone traveling every freaking break? My high schoolers don’t want to jet set somewhere for a 4 day weekend, they want to catch their breath with school work. 6 weeks off in the summer and you work in the U.S? How? No, like really. Tell me your secrets. [/quote]

I'm one of the points travelers from upthread. The answer is a combination of having liberal leave policies at work, and having children who are preferably in elementary school and maybe middle.  Once your kids are in high school, you are limited to winter and summer break for longer trips, and MAYBE thanksgiving for a short break.

My kids are 7, 10 and 14.  I've been traveling mostly with the older two for a few years, but now that the oldest entered high school, I know the config will change. He will have commitments during spring break and will want to use T'giving break to recharge.  So, I won't be planning for his travel outside of winter and summer breaks.  I will switch to traveling with the younger set of kids at other times. [/quote]

I’m confused… you left the youngest home while traveling with the older kids? Isn’t that super unfair? And now the oldest gets left home? You do you but it sounds like you never adjusted to having kids and full-time parenting if you’re forcing your kids to adjust to your travel schedule and leaving specific kids out if it doesn’t work for you. [/quote]

The youngest is not old enough for intense international travel so he stays home with my husband.  I don't have enough points to support tickets for five people, and the youngest is not fit for that type of travel yet.  We usually have car trips to the beach or shortish domestic trips for all five of us at some point during the year.

I don't look at fairness as giving everyone the same thing at the same time - it wouldn't be fair to keep the older two homebound just because the youngest isn't fit for travel yet, and it is boring to make everyone function at the speed of the youngest one.  The oldest will be heavily into his high school stuff in a year or two and unavailable for traveling much, and then I will begin traveling with the youngest and the middle one instead.  Everyone gets their turn...

[b]I don't quite understand the point about forcing kids to adjust to my travel schedule - if anything, they are forcing me to adjust to theirs since I have to schedule travel during their school breaks.[/b] [/quote]

Well...yeah. You're a parent. You "forced" them to come into this world, and now have to adjust your own life to accommodate theirs. This is such a weird, myopic take. [/quote]

I don’t really understand the fight you’re trying to pick.[/quote]

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