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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One thing to keep in mind OP is that teens will a usually have ECs and school load that don’t lend themselves to taking every break to go travel. [/quote]

Also factor in college apps and essays and SATs.

OP, you may be OK about missing extra days with ten year olds. You (and the school) will probably have a different view about 16 and 17 year olds who are doing IB or AP courses missing days. These are recorded as unexcused absences on the kids' school records.

Why are you writing off using the summer holidays for travel? Will your kids really want to spend the whole summer with relatives as they get older?

Remember, your kids have the rest of their lives to travel. My best trips were once I could travel without my parents  :)  [/quote]

Yeah I think OP needs to be a bit flexible in their approach- for vacations where you are going to pull the kids out a few days, do that over the next few years while it's less of an issue.  And do try to take a couple trips in the summer- the Alps and Nordic countries would be a good fit for active kids but unless you are skiing or doing other winter activities then you'd really want to go in summer.

Thanksgiving week can be a really good time for European city breaks- way less busy than the summer, in some cities christmas markets have even started.  We lived in Europe a couple years and that was always a popular week for American expats to take a short getaway.[/quote]

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