Anonymous
04/12/2026 18:48
Subject: Does anyone else feel bored with travel activities with your kids?
Maybe get a job.
Anonymous
04/12/2026 18:30
Subject: Does anyone else feel bored with travel activities with your kids?
I think this is a you problem - i have been to a lot of those places and they don't feel the same to me. but if you don't enjoy the travel - you don't have to do it! take a break and see if you miss it.
Anonymous
04/11/2026 09:21
Subject: Does anyone else feel bored with travel activities with your kids?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I guess the question is: do you actually like these activities or are you box checking?
I'm someone who hikes and arguably that could be repetitive, but I really enjoy hiking so I don't get bored with it. Maybe you're trying to pound a square peg into a round hole.
OP is a troll and if by some chance she isn’t, she is definitely box-checking, and that’s why it’s not fulfilling to her.
This is the right answer. Thread done.
Anonymous
04/11/2026 09:10
Subject: Does anyone else feel bored with travel activities with your kids?
Anonymous wrote:I guess the question is: do you actually like these activities or are you box checking?
I'm someone who hikes and arguably that could be repetitive, but I really enjoy hiking so I don't get bored with it. Maybe you're trying to pound a square peg into a round hole.
OP is a troll and if by some chance she isn’t, she is definitely box-checking, and that’s why it’s not fulfilling to her.
Anonymous
04/11/2026 08:10
Subject: Does anyone else feel bored with travel activities with your kids?
Anonymous wrote:Every place is different! The museums are not the same in one city to another. Neither is the landscape for kayaking, hiking, or camping. Neither is the food. If you're bored if it all, I think maybe you're traveling too fast to check off boxes instead of just explore and exist in a place.
A lot of my good travel memories with my kids involve hanging out at a beach, campsite, or rental - Puerto Rico, Adirondacks, Poconos. We didn't do any organized activities, we just...went outside a lot.
PS this year we're going to a couple western national parks, which will be our biggest trip yet, and I'm sure we'll do some hiking and kayaking because I want to see the big attractions, but I'm also sure my kids will mainly want to go back to the cabin or campsite and play with sticks and make s'mores. We'll do it with views of the Rockies and Tetons. It'll be great.
Anonymous
04/11/2026 08:08
Subject: Does anyone else feel bored with travel activities with your kids?
Every place is different! The museums are not the same in one city to another. Neither is the landscape for kayaking, hiking, or camping. Neither is the food. If you're bored if it all, I think maybe you're traveling too fast to check off boxes instead of just explore and exist in a place.
A lot of my good travel memories with my kids involve hanging out at a beach, campsite, or rental - Puerto Rico, Adirondacks, Poconos. We didn't do any organized activities, we just...went outside a lot.
A lot of my good travel memories with my kids involve hanging out at a beach, campsite, or rental - Puerto Rico, Adirondacks, Poconos. We didn't do any organized activities, we just...went outside a lot.
Anonymous
04/11/2026 08:03
Subject: Does anyone else feel bored with travel activities with your kids?
How can trips to Hawaii and Rhode Island feel the same? (Not a knock on RI, as it's my home state and I love it.)
OP, what do you want to do on your next vacation?
OP, what do you want to do on your next vacation?
Anonymous
04/11/2026 07:57
Subject: Does anyone else feel bored with travel activities with your kids?
This has got to be a joke post.
Otherwise, OP has more money than brains.
Anonymous
04/11/2026 07:53
Subject: Does anyone else feel bored with travel activities with your kids?
Try volunteering with your kids instead so they can learn to appreciate all the travel they are privileged enough to enjoy
Anonymous
04/11/2026 07:39
Subject: Does anyone else feel bored with travel activities with your kids?
Just quit for awhile then.
Anonymous
04/11/2026 07:39
Subject: Does anyone else feel bored with travel activities with your kids?
I guess the question is: do you actually like these activities or are you box checking?
I'm someone who hikes and arguably that could be repetitive, but I really enjoy hiking so I don't get bored with it. Maybe you're trying to pound a square peg into a round hole.
I'm someone who hikes and arguably that could be repetitive, but I really enjoy hiking so I don't get bored with it. Maybe you're trying to pound a square peg into a round hole.
Anonymous
04/11/2026 07:35
Subject: Does anyone else feel bored with travel activities with your kids?
Anonymous wrote:Traveling international aside from quick trips to Mexico, Costa Rica and right now isn't really an option next few years with work.
I feel like the kids have done a lot and every place seems to have the same activities: swim, eat out, horseback ride, kayak, paddleboard, hike, some cultural craft, whale watch, jet ski, canoe, rinse and repeat.
Destinations: Maine, Nantucket, Marthas Vineyard, Oregon, WA State (San Juan Islands + Seattle), Vancouver, NYC, DC, Miami, FL Keys, San Diego, LA, Carmel, SF, Dallas, Bahamas, Austin, Houston (Space center), New Orleans, Carolinas Coast, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Grand Canyon, Costa Rica, West Texas, alaska, mexico City, big island, maui, Boston, Philly, Rhode Island, Idaho.. it all just feels the same. Would you stop travel for a while? any suggestions? kids 9 and 11.
Maybe you need to go more interesting places if you’re bored.
Anonymous
04/11/2026 07:23
Subject: Does anyone else feel bored with travel activities with your kids?
Maybe volunteer at a soup kitchen or help build a house? There is a universe of leisure activities. It can't always be novel. Figure out what folks like to do and do that.
Anonymous
04/11/2026 07:09
Subject: Does anyone else feel bored with travel activities with your kids?
I don’t blame you for being bored. All in the US and mostly cities. You need to explore the world and get out of your bubble.
Anonymous
04/11/2026 06:58
Subject: Does anyone else feel bored with travel activities with your kids?
What did you do at NYc? We just went for spring break and saw multiple museums, a broadway show, walked in Central Park, checked out fun restaurants in the village etc. Maine is for hiking and looking at small towns and national parks. Grand Canyon is a whole other type of trip. We also learn about nature and natural history some places and military and other history and art on other trips. I don't understand how these are the same vacations for you.