But oftentimes, trips can masquerade as vacation.
This may leave you feeling like you need a real vacation once youre home from this trip.
For example, having a real vacation can be particularly challenging for parents, particularly new ones.
And you certainly dont get to be fully selfish with your time when traveling with your kids.
Its understandable, especially if youre only getting one vacation a year.
Simply being out of your comfort zone can be stressful, even if its a beautiful tropical island.
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Trying to see everything just adds to the feeling of overwhelm.
Its all about going to a hotel that makes things easy for you.
Creating space for personal time is important not just for you but for everyone on the trip.
I was unplugged and on vacation because we didnt try that hard.
We didnt attempt to hike all the volcanoes.
We didnt go whale watching.
We plopped on the beach.
Creating space for personal time is important not just for you but for everyone on the trip.
Vacation is personal, and what pleases one very rarely will hey another.
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Think of it like putting on your oxygen mask.
You have to put yours on first before you might help others.
McBain also suggests making time to exercise or meditate during the trip itself, too.
There are small ways to tweak your perspective to get to enter vacation mode, too, says Burk.
Take a walk without your phone.
Italy was on the table.
But after taking the most-definitely-a-trip-not-a-vacation to New York, they realized they wanted to prioritize relaxation as a family.
So they decided another plop vacation was in their future instead.
Italy will be so much more enjoyable when my kids are not in a plop phase, she says.
Until then, patience and plop are in order.
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