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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Never. And we travel internationally with our kids twice yearly. It’s never going to be as magical or romantic as traveling with just your husband. My kids are good eaters, walk long distances well and fall asleep easily. But they don’t appreciate art museums, hate historic homes and aren’t interested in anything medieval. And after long days they aren’t interested in staying up past 9 so we miss a lot of the nightlife we used to enjoy.

I love my kids btw!! Our best trips have been anything nature, like national parks, or amusement parks like Disney or universal. Universal with express passes has been our best trips yet. But none of those trips compare to vacations that dh and I used to have.

[b]It’s not a vacation with kids, it’s a trip[/b]. [/quote]

barf. I really hate this sentiment. I absolutely view any trips we take with or without kids as a vacation. It a break from daily life and a way to connect in a new environment.

My kids are teens, 13 and 16 and are wonderful to travel with. Youngest was tough to travel with until he was 2 because he did not sleep well, but once we got past that he has been great.

I think that maybe some of it it comes down to kids personalities, parent personalities and what everyone enjoys doing. My kids are great travelers and enjoy most of the same things we enjoy.  If you all enjoy vastly different things and have different ideas of vacation then yes, it will be tough but if you all enjoy the same things it can be amazing. If DH and I were to travel without our kids we would do the same trips we do with our kids- physically active vacation with lots of outdoor activities. None of us are really into museums and all prefer national parks over big cities. We all love our yearly ski trip out west and the time we spend together on the slopes and relaxing back at the rental.

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I agree with you it seems like it does have a bit to do with whether there is a match up within the family which is partially luck. Our kids are still young (4 and 7) but we taught them to bike and ski young because we enjoy those things and now traveling involves those things are we’re all happy. Or going on hikes etc with some little kid specific things sprinkled in (or ice cream after the hike which we all enjoy!) We’ve tried to build our daily and vacation lives so we’re all having fun together. Plenty of kid moments sprinkled in when they get tired, or are begging for xyz thing, but I still enjoy it. But I have no interest in late night clubs or things we used to do pre-kids honestly like the pp mentioned so I think that’s just different preferences. And once every couple years my husband and I do a trip to be able to do long dinners etc.

I do feel like my friends that enjoy it the least are the ones that pine the most for the pre-kid days. If it really brings you a lot of joy to go out late dancing then yeah, that’s hard to replicate and a bummer. Luckily the things that bring us joy are things we can do with our kids - biking, hiking, skiing, etc etc so I’m repeating myself but maybe that is just a very helpful factor. [/quote]

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