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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. It is interesting that some pp mention that it could be cultural things, and I happen to be Asian. I think I like to tour and cram things within a trip as sightseeing new things, going to hot tourist places  & taking pictures. My kids like pool, and they are not beach fan for a week. I am not sure if it is due to their ages or just personal prederences, they are likely to get bored.

Just like this summer vacation, day 1 explores city & take water taxi, day 2 goes to a kid museum, day 3 goes to amusement park in another state, day 4 goes to a farm & explore around town , day 5 goes a kid museum and head back home. We stay at 3 different hotels that have pool if they want to play in water. It add up and not cheap with all those hotels/tickets/admission/meals, but kids have fun. I am exhausted because I did all planning and make sure everything is alright. Unless I have other family to join me, or else I don't think beach for a week is for me unless it is all inclusive resorts with planned activities or cruises. [/quote]

That’s sounds f’ing exhausting and not how I’d want to spend a summer vacation. It is cultural in some parts of the US to take a downtime vacation in the summer. [/quote]

You should do what you and your family enjoy. For a lot of people that's the beach. But even then people do it different ways. I hate the sun and burn quickly - I am not going to lay out on a towel. I love the water and my kids want to swim so we do two hours in the ocean in the morning, hang out inside at the hotel during the sunniest hours, and go back out for another two hours in the pool in the afternoon. We stay at one hotel only and it's right on the water so it's easy. We bring breakfast and lunch food and do oatmeal and sandwiches, and go out for dinner. Do all that four days in a row and we're done, but the kids have a great time. If we want more we can add an amusement park or water park.

Before kids my vacations involved foreign travel or hiking, but the kids really love the beach, and it's easy enough for us to do that now. My 5 year old loved it so much that she remembers every detail from last year when she was 4, and she was really excited to come back and do it all again only better because she's bigger now. I expect when they are older we will do more interesting vacations, but this is reasonably easy (though not cheap) and not too exhausting.[/quote]

Do you set a timer??[/quote]

I wear a watch. Have to reapply sunscreen if we don’t go in. But this year in fact yes, I set a timer due to medication one kid is on that makes them sun sensitive. [/quote]

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