Saving Money on your Next Vacation - 2 - A trip to Grandmas

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Saving Money on your Next Vacation part 2

Probably the cheapest vacation you can take is a trip to your relatives. We actually do this every couple of years, we take a trip to my wife’s aunt. We enjoy their company and they enjoy ours. They have plenty of room. We help them out while we are they, and our daughter has a lot of fun. Here are some things to keep in mind.

1. Staying with someone you don’t like, is no fun with anyone. If you don’t like them, staying a week with them, won’t make you like them anymore.
2. Make sure it’s ok with the people you’re visiting. Make arrangements for the dates and length of time you’re going to stay.
3. For your kids this may be a bummer, after all they aren’t going to get to swim in a hotel or condo pool for a week. In the planning stages make sure to check out some of the area attractions that your kids may like. Every state has beaches, parks, fun things to do. You can even take excursions. A night or two (or three) away from your relatives is fine. We did this one year and went to Chicago specifically to visit the American Girl store and we had a blast.
4. The folks we visit are retired. If the people you’re visiting aren’t make sure that they know it’s ok not to be there.
5. Another way you can use the family visit is by making it a stop between point A and point B.
6. Help the folks out by buying them groceries or helping with chores, after all you are guests.

The most important thing of all is to have fun!

If you didn’t get a chance to read the first article in Saving Money on Vacations - you can just click on that link.