Budget Travel Blog

I hope you had a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day! It was beautiful here. We did some silly crafts with the kids and checked out a local parade. I wish that we had gotten a chance to go on a little vacation but it wasn’t in the cards for us this year. However, we’re beginning to ramp up our travel talk around my house now. That’s because Spring is just about here and we think that’s the ideal time for family travel.

Some of the reasons I enjoy taking family travel time in the Spring include:

• The weather is beautiful almost everywhere. This is a wonderful time of year. The weather in most places is starting to warm up. In another month or so, it’s going to be perfect weather in almost any destination that we might want to visit. That is the single best reason to travel with the family at this time of year.
• The parks are beautiful. Everything grows in the spring. We love to enjoy outdoor adventures during our family vacations and it’s especially pretty to indulge in that at this time of year. Hiking to see waterfalls and wildflowers are some of our favorite springtime travel activities.
• It’s affordable. The peak travel time doesn’t come around until summer. It’s easy to find good prices on flights, deals on hotels and cheap tickets to attractions during springtime travel.
• We have most places all to ourselves. There are not nearly as many families traveling during Spring as there are during the summer. This means that we can enjoy busy family destinations during a time when the crowds are much sparser. That’s always a treat.
• The kids love getting out of school. We don’t mind taking them out for a week or so during the spring. It makes the vacation seem that much more exciting.

We love traveling during the summer, too. However there’s something much more appealing about traveling as a family during the Spring. I’m excited that Spring starts this weekend! Are you?

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