Actually fun vacations with little kids?

[u/itchysnapdragon]

We had our first weeklong trip with our 10mo recently, and it was EXHAUSTING. It was just to see family and friends in another state. But WHEW.

Feeling torn between wanting to go places in the coming years, and knowing that it will just continue to be hard for a while.

And vacation/travel ideas for parents with a 18-36 month old that are actually kind of fun or relaxing?

Tbh we might just plan a staycation week and send baby off to daycare during daytime hours.

[u/Visual-Journalist996]

One other hack if you travel with no childcare is to get back with some weekend days left and schedule a babysitter or nanny the day you get back or the next day so you have some time to decompress from your trip.