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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So jealous of some family that take 5 exclusive trips a year.  It is just too expensive for us.  We have kids and with the cost of college rising we just don't have enough.  And travel prices are so expensive now.  I don't know how people do it.  My husband and I both work tirelessly and still can't get by.  [/quote]

I love to travel, but "5 exclusive trips a year" sounds exhausting.[/quote]

What is exhausting about it? We travel frequently, more than 5 trips a year, there is nothing exhausting about it.  People make travel a thousand times more difficult than it needs to be.   DH just booked a trip in to Europe for mid March,  it took him about an hour.   Packing takes about an hour, including helping DS.  
Takes about an hour to get to airport, throw in an hour of fluff time, we are talking a 4 hour investment before we get into airport.  
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I get what that PP was saying, even though I love traveling, look forward to it, and don't find the planning or logistics especially tiring.  But traveling with multiple kids, who may have multiple needs, not used to interacting with each other all that much day-to-day (different grades, groups of friends, etc) can get exhausting, even if everything goes smoothly in terms of flights, etc.

Once ours are older and (hopefully!) out of the house, 5 trips/year sounds great.  But doing that many trips while working full-time is reasonably too much, I think.[/quote]

PP here, we both work full time. The kids not getting along is a kid problem not a travel problem.  Kids fighting or complaining while on a vacation/trip would not be acceptable, lay down the law.    Our son is great to travel with and we frequently bring a friend of his with us.  He understand that it is a privilege and that not a lot of people are as fortunate.  [/quote]

NP. Could you drip anymore condescension? (Signed another mom of an only who understands that traveling with multiple siblings is more complicated). Stretch your imagination a little. It’s seems rather limited.[/quote]

What is more complicated about it? [/quote]

One child was definitely the right number for you. [/quote]

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