Happy Spring Break and more than happy to be back in the groove today!!!  I had the pleasure of going on a vacation last week and since it was a short trip, we decided to drive.  Each way was about 9 hours and the way up we did it straight through and on the way back we broke up the trip.  Boy oh boy was it an adventure.

I’m not saying that in a negative way, I’m saying that it was awesome!!!

Time to get my point right?

Well, it was a family trip and since we’re always a couple, we look for ways to stay connected when we travel. Anyone know what I mean?  Do I mean you drop the kids off at a camp? Nope, not on this trip.

As I constantly say, you’re always a couple and you’re always working on your relationship.  Here’s some tips that I found helpful to stay connected on this trip.

• Separate Rooms – If you can swing this, I highly recommend it.  We are very fortunate that when we travel, we can rent houses now which accommodate families. (AirBNB? Yes please!) And yes, sleeping with your partner alone on a family trip can do wonders for intimacy.

• Adult Time – Anyone continue their rituals of connections when they travel?  If you do, great! If you don’t, let’s come up with a few travel rituals that work for both of you and start using them ASAP.

• Talk it out – Yes, of course there were a few tense moments on the trip, especially in the car.  If your partner is upsetting you, talk it out and figure out what’s bothering you.  Mostly likely it’s a trigger that is upsetting you that you need to figure out.

• Planning or Not Planning – Umm, I’m 100% a planner, my hubby, no so much. He’s more of the let’s live in the moment type.  If your styles are different, come up with a compromise that works. For us, mostly our days were planned out, meals are on the go.  Yes, still getting used to it, but it works well both ways so no one way is right or wrong.

• Don’t overdo it! – Vacations are supposed to be fun, right?  So DON’T over do it. There’s so much to see in this world, yes you can stop and smell the roses if that’s what you want to do.  Enjoy your time.

• Live in the moment – This means different things for different people but for us, we take minimal pictures and really enjoy each other and what we are doing.  Help each other out with this one. If you’re looking at your vacation through your camera, put it away and explore what’s right in front of you.

Enjoy that vacation

Being able to enjoy a family vacation with my partner has been a work in progress for sure. Maybe some of you are better at this than others but for me, I had to work up to this point.  It helps that our kids are really enjoying their time together and we push them to hang out. Great part about this is there’s always another opportunity to try again.

So, who’s planning a trip?  

How was your last one? Any tips to share with all of us?  

I can’t wait to hear from you about your tried and true methods to enjoy your vacations!!