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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]3 kids.   We took a grandparent with us to Europe so she could stay behind with the three year old for naptimes.  We started doing trips on our own when the youngest was five.  We tend to do airbnb apartments so everyone can spread out and go to sleep at different times.

I actually found it easier to travel when they were young compared to now when my two oldest kids are teens and whiny, want to sleep in, less adaptable to time changes.[/quote]

Well it’s really easy to travel when you treat your mother like the help. [/quote]

LOL are you kidding me?  She practically kicks us out the door wanting alone time with a grandkid!  We loved making family memories through travel and of course she got time to herself as well.  I can’t wait to do the same for my kids when I have grandchildren.  [/quote]

You just said your kids are whiny and you stopped including your mom once your youngest didn’t need a nap nanny anymore. Happy memories, I can tell.[/quote]

Have you met teens?  Ha. Yes, they can be a handful especially when they want to sleep in and you’d rather do a morning tour of the Colliseum.  We do have to adjust our travel schedule now in a way that we didn’t when the kids were young and in our view more adaptable.

As for the grandparents, we transitioned as the kids got older to a shared beach house so we vacation with both sides of the family through beach week.  This has been easier for them as they have aged too, and longer flights are harder for them (back issues in particular).  By the time my youngest was five and we started solo trips, both my parents and my husband’s had been helping us on vacations with our three kids for over a decade.

It really is possible to have a happy dynamic of loving and involved grandparents helping out on vacations, and it’s also possible to enjoy travel while acknowledging that some phases of childhood are easier for it.[/quote]

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