Anonymous
Post 05/08/2025 17:37     Subject: Best vacation with teenage sons?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rafting is a great way to have plenty of downtime and plenty of excitement with everything taken care of. We have used this company before https://www.rowadventures.com/


If you don’t like camping, they have an inn to inn trip!


we have done that lodge to lodge trip in Oregon and it was great, although the price has gone up significantly since we did it. A hot shower and warm meals after rafting= chef's kiss! We had our car transported to the take out and then went to the Oregon coast for a few nights as well. There are also a lot of volcano sights in Oregon that my son enjoyed (Obsidian flow, lava tube, lavalands are what I can remember).
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2025 17:08     Subject: Best vacation with teenage sons?
Anonymous wrote:Rafting is a great way to have plenty of downtime and plenty of excitement with everything taken care of. We have used this company before https://www.rowadventures.com/


If you don’t like camping, they have an inn to inn trip!
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2025 17:08     Subject: Best vacation with teenage sons?
Rafting is a great way to have plenty of downtime and plenty of excitement with everything taken care of. We have used this company before https://www.rowadventures.com/
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2025 17:07     Subject: Re:Best vacation with teenage sons?
Anonymous wrote:Honestly, my three teen boys love and loved amusement parks. Universal Studios - huge hit. We're about to do a Southern California vacation where we start in LA, do Universal and some other LA stuff, do Disneyland (they find it nostalgic and still love it), then go to San Diego for a few days of beach & boogie boarding.

Other things they have loved -

Japan. Loved the food and everything we did there - biking trips, Tokyo, just everyday stuff was amazing for them.
Costa Rica - ziplining, beach, adventure days.
Hawaii - snorkeling, beach, more relaxing.


But even with all those great trips, roller coasters and boogie boarding still win the day for my 3.

We did that California trip with my teen boy (Disney/San Diego) and he loved it. We did too. San Diego in particular is perfect for teens
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2025 17:05     Subject: Re:Best vacation with teenage sons?
Honestly, my three teen boys love and loved amusement parks. Universal Studios - huge hit. We're about to do a Southern California vacation where we start in LA, do Universal and some other LA stuff, do Disneyland (they find it nostalgic and still love it), then go to San Diego for a few days of beach & boogie boarding.

Other things they have loved -

Japan. Loved the food and everything we did there - biking trips, Tokyo, just everyday stuff was amazing for them.
Costa Rica - ziplining, beach, adventure days.
Hawaii - snorkeling, beach, more relaxing.


But even with all those great trips, roller coasters and boogie boarding still win the day for my 3.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2025 17:01     Subject: Best vacation with teenage sons?
OP, at least you put ages and gender, but it's so helpful when you give a little more context. What are they interested in? What things have you done on other trips that they have liked the most? How long could you go (might determine how far)?
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2025 16:52     Subject: Best vacation with teenage sons?
Anonymous wrote:Yellowstone, Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole was an amazing family trip when my sons were teens (summer before the pandemic). Ireland was a great trip, too. We love to hike, walk, bike, do water activities, eat good food in chill settings, nice scenery and relaxing (not overscheduled) trips.


We did these Western parks (along with Grand Canyon, Zion and Bryce) with our 16 & 14 YO. They really were impressed with the natural beauty. Our kids also loved big sporting events - everything from American football/baseball to F1, World Cup and other soccer events, etc. We'd do some touristy stuff on the side in the same or nearby locations.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2025 16:46     Subject: Best vacation with teenage sons?
PP 16:44 here - just saw my pp’s response- we also loved SF and Monterey/Big Sur, Grand Canyon and Sedona, Costa Rica, and we really really want to go to Hawaii!
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2025 16:44     Subject: Best vacation with teenage sons?
Anonymous wrote:Dude ranch!

Really? We did one and felt like a day was enough
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2025 16:44     Subject: Best vacation with teenage sons?
Yellowstone, Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole was an amazing family trip when my sons were teens (summer before the pandemic). Ireland was a great trip, too. We love to hike, walk, bike, do water activities, eat good food in chill settings, nice scenery and relaxing (not overscheduled) trips.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2025 16:42     Subject: Best vacation with teenage sons?
We're a hiking/biking family with 2 college-aged sons. We loved....
- Moab, UT
- San Francisco and Lake Tahoe
- Sedona, AZ
- Jackson Hole and Yellowstone
- Costa Rica
- Hawaii
- Patagonia
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2025 16:29     Subject: Best vacation with teenage sons?
South Dakota
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2025 16:15     Subject: Best vacation with teenage sons?
Dude ranch!
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2025 15:47     Subject: Best vacation with teenage sons?
Anonymous wrote:Trying to make the most out of the few family vacations before our 16 yo DS and 14 yo DS head off to college. What were your (and your sons!) favorite family vacations around this age? Budget would be not cheap, but also not luxury. Thanks!

have you done London, Rome or Athens? My teen boys loved these places.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2025 15:46     Subject: Best vacation with teenage sons?
Trying to make the most out of the few family vacations before our 16 yo DS and 14 yo DS head off to college. What were your (and your sons!) favorite family vacations around this age? Budget would be not cheap, but also not luxury. Thanks!