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We have four young kids (the oldest is almost six), and usually do at least one big business trip/vacation in the summer and frequently do a trip to Florida to visit with family in the winter. My recommendation if you want to be able to do things that the kids might not be into? Older cousins. More than once, we have gotten "free" nanny service with the promise of cool sight seeing or a few days at a theme park with us. We know that we have a trusted babysitter (who the kids enjoy hanging out with), and they get the chance to go someplace they've never been. It's a win for everyone.

Start 'em early. My 2 1/2 year-old daughter got her passport when she was just 6-months old. We take her with us wherever we go. She so used to travelling she doesn't think twice about it. And we don't either except the time she had way too much milk and animal crackers on a recent flight and barfed all over my husband. But even then - the moment she stopped throwig up - she thought it was hilarious. Ah, but my husband didn't think it was so funny. Tracy

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Hey rebajonez! I understand it may seem impossible or like a "parallel mom universe" but family travel and even international family travel is available to EVERYONE if that is what you want. For anyone with the excuse "I don't have the money to travel" read this by brilliant Chris Guillebeau: http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/why-you-should-quit-your-job-and-travel-a... We are not rich and I know MANY families that travel who have very little money and some folks who have traveled the world with absolutely no money at all! If there is a will there is a way and that is why I left lots of good links ( of my own and others) with "how to" info for doing it on very little money. Some people actually MAKE money as they travel the world with their families by teaching English, just teaching school or other work as they go. The possibilities are endless! Nobody needs to feel left out of family travel as it is one of the best and most educational things you can do for yourself and your kids! We did not travel out of state when our daughter was a very high needs baby (with a severe feeding problem and failure to thrive diagnosis) & driving anywhere was a challenge since she truly hated the carseat. Still we found ways around it and did lots of road trips on a tight budget ( we drove at night when she was in her deepest sleep). We took years to plan our open ended world tour, living very frugally as we saved, planned, prepared and sold everything we owned. Just like the family with 8 kids with little money that are traveling the world, we ate lots of meals of brown rice and beans and still do! We have very few things which helps grant our freedom as we choose experience and being together over "stuff". I hate for anyone to feel left out. Open your mind now and start planning your own escape as there are so many ways from camping to WWOFing!

hi, i just want to represent for all the moms out there who , like me, never look camera-ready, are up-to their eyeballs in baby poop and credit card debt, who are barely holding it together let alone have the time to sire and plug their own blog/website/book! ...moms who don't have enough money to cross their state line! international travel? ha, i can barely get it together to go to the food store! forgive the hateration momversation, but i clearly live in a parallel mom universe from all you all and am sadly getting pretty bummed coming here and hearing week after week about the lifestyle i should be living but clearly can't! c'mon, throw us real moms a bone.

hi, i just want to represent for all the moms out there who , like me, never look camera-ready, are up-to their eyeballs in baby poop and credit card debt, who are barely holding it together let alone have the time to sire and plug their own blog/website/book! ...moms who don't have enough money to cross their state line! international travel? ha, i can barely get it together to go to the food store! forgive the hateration momversation, but i clearly live in a parallel mom universe from all you all and am sadly getting pretty bummed coming here and hearing week after week about the lifestyle i should be living but clearly can't! c'mon, throw us real moms a bone.

LOL! You are very funny growingupartists! I didn't mean to ruin your day, but inspire you! I realize it is much harder to do anything with 5 kids compared to a family with just one, but homeschool families are perfect for extended travel. Rentals here in Spain are insanely cheap! There is no better way to learn another language. We live a very simple, green, regular homeschool life, we just do it with few things and slowly on the move. We don't own an iphone or ipod or wii and would not even know how to work any of them. I never even had a laptop before our trip, but now we are a 3laptop family because one can live a digital nomadic life today ( often for MUCH less than a life at home). My daughter does some of her homeschool online, we talk to family and friends for free via webcam calls & she even takes her piano lesson here in Spain with a teacher in Chicago! suppose it does sound out of this world, but it really is easier, cheaper and more enriching than most people realize. We just use our creativity to solve any challenge that came up. Today's technology has really set us free, most people just don't know it. This is not the rushing here, rushing there kind of travel, this is the permanent vacation slow and easy , move when you feel like it style. It is your dream, so one lives it exactly like one wants. I happen to know a homeschooling family with 8 kids ( including a baby) that is traveling the world right now ( grandpa is along too). I think they are in Cambodia at the moment. I know several other big families that have done it and none were rich. I know many families through FOTR that have been traveling and homeschooling for many years. http://www.familiesontheroad.com/ Traveling does not cost very much money. Buying things and maintaining stuff is what costs money. I know a French family that traveled the world by RV for 4 years on very little money. Matador has a great article about traveling the world for free: http://thetravelersnotebook.com/how-to/how-to-travel-for-free/ It is not geared to families ,but they actually do have couchsurfing for families and WWOLFing and I know families that have done that and have loved the experience. I know families that have taught English in countries like China and Thailand and actually got paid to travel. if you want to travel the world with your kids, don't let anything stop you! I constantly talk to adults who still rave about their traveling experiences as a child and the profound affect it had on their lives. My life and my siblings life's were enriched so from our travels and moving that I wanted my daughter to have the same opportunities. It is even better than I imagined, so I have become an evangelist because I think it is one of the best things we can do to create peace on this planet and educate our children as 21st century global citizens! Books on the move are a harder challenge ( as our instruments) but they can be gotten around. My daughter loves e libraries & one can carry many more books in an RV than suitcase. if there is a will, there is a way. ;)

We are into our 3rd year of an open ended world tour as a family and have been to 4 continents, 29 countries & traveled over 75,000 miles so far and on every kind of transportation from Freighter ship to camel! We even manage to live large as we travel the world on just 25K a year, so we find it much cheaper, easier, educational & enriching than staying home! probably have more experience than anyone with family travel as my daughter was just 5 when we started our world tour, is 8 now and was only 2 weeks old when we took our first trip! ( It was San Francisco for us too Dooce, but luckily we did not get food poisoning with our high needs baby and that first hotel stay was great!). Reading books is a great way to connect kids to their travels and have served us well! Luckily, there are tons of kids books that can enhance their travel experiences and help make it their own. I also have a little bookworm and books have been the center of our travels. Use them to prepare for the experience, use as kid's itineraries while there and to continue the learning and connection long after the trip, so that those new places and experiences become part of who they are. Here is an example of how we used books in Venice to make it special: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ZIJ5kbQsk Or this post about how we used books in Paris like finding Madeline's house or hunting down hot chocolate in Angelina's just like Linnea in Monet’s Garden http://www.soultravelers3.com/2006/09/madeline-linea.html Luckily, my child was a very early reader, so books also help so much on planes, trains, buses, while waiting at restaurants or when adults need time for adult conversation. We always have a book and healthy snacks with us like almonds and apples. Road schooling is the best & she just thinks she is having fun! Mom researches the books so she was reading Homer's Odyssey in Greece & Troy, Turkey, reading Harry Potter in London, Cambridge, Bath & at Hogwarts, reading all of the Pipi Longstocking books in Sweden! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSB7Gictlag You can not expect to go at the same pace with a child or children as you do with adults, slow travel is perfect for children and they need time for self directed play in between touring and museums ( which must be done at a faster pace). Once we did 3 museums in a day in Paris, but we mixed it with playground, lunch and snack breaks and just rested the whole next day. If one is going to push it like this, plan VERY carefully and allow for rest/play before during and after. She had just turned 6 and we all had a blast and she still remembers it well & we are looking forward to visiting Paris again this summer as she nears 9 for another long visit. http://www.soultravelers3.com/2006/09/3-museums-in-a.html#more Dooce ( and all) consider slower,longer travel and think small RV for Europe or month long rentals. You will save a ton of money and with the RV, you take your home with you, there is no unpacking, there are always free kids clubs in the summer, tons of families from all over Europe to connect with and always great playgrounds and pools. Most places have cottages or mobile homes to rent for very little and mass transit is great in Europe. It is cheaper, more relaxing & perfect for families! http://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0411/motor_homing... Also, don't discount exotic travel with kids! We never would have gone to the Sahara in Morocco if it was not to educate my child and it turned out to be a highlight for us. We were afraid at first, but did our research and found it very easy to bring a 6yo overland & via ferry from Spain, touring all over Morocco which is a gorgeous, exciting country like no where else. My 6yo did a service project by riding into the Sahara on a camel, delivering healthy snacks and playing a violin concert for 60 Berber kids who have never seen a violin and live without running water. That and our camel trek overnight in the Sahara have been highlights of our trip despite my being a gimpy, overweight, older mom. Ordinary families can do extraordinary things! My daughter and these children will remember the experience for the rest of her life and we are all better because of it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrrAFDt9W_U We take thousands of disadvantaged school kids with us virtually as we travel and I think volunteer service projects are a wonderful way to add to family travel even with the youngest kids. I have a post on "how to do extended travel and mini-retirements" that I will end with because it is full of answers and resources about our most common question! http://www.soultravelers3.com/2008/06/how-to-do-exten.html I have done single, couple, 3 generations and group-of-friends-together travel, but I really think slow travel as a family is the best travel in the world, so we have no plans on stopping any time soon! We are off to Jordan, Egypt and Jerusalem soon from our rental home in a little white village in sunny Spain by the sea where we are wintering for our 3rd winter. Carpe Diem!