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<\/p>\nHolidays with kids can be the best of times and the worst of times. How many of these thoughts have you had on a family holiday? It\u2019s okay \u2013 you\u2019re in a safe space, you can tell us.<\/p>\n
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1. \u201cLet\u2019s drive around Australia!\u201d 2. \u201cIt\u2019s not too late to turn this car around.\u201d 3. \u201cCan you just stand still for one nice photo?\u201d 4. \u201cCamping sucks.\u201d 5. \u201cThank goodness for kids clubs.\u201d 6. \u201cSanta has a lot to answer for.\u201d 7. \u201cWhose towel is this?\u201d 8. \u201cWhy did I bring a book?\u201d 9. \u201cHave you seen the kids?\u201d 10. \u201cHow did this sand get in here?\u201d 11. \u201cNo, I don\u2019t know where your swimmers\/skis\/shorts\/scuba things are.\u201d 12. \u201cDid you put sunscreen on? Where\u2019s your hat?\u201d 13. \u201cI\u2019m the greatest parent ever.\u201d 14. \u201cI\u2019m the worst parent ever.\u201d 15. \u201cRemember holidays before the kids?\u201d Holidays with kids can be the best of times and the worst of times. How many of these thoughts have you had on a family holiday? It\u2019s okay \u2013 you\u2019re in a safe space, you can tell us. 1. \u201cLet\u2019s drive around Australia!\u201d When the holiday road trip fun goes to your head and you …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,756],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5273"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5344,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273\/revisions\/5344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>When the holiday road trip fun goes to your head and you think about quitting your job\/s and taking a year\u00a0off.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Ah, the empty threats of road trips. Are you really going to turn the car around, drive home, unpack and\u2026 nah. Threaten to change the Wi-Fi password instead.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Is one nice family shot too much to ask? Yes, it usually is. Settle for a snap of everyone asleep and photoshop them together later.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Some of us are cut out for the great outdoors, some of us aren\u2019t. The idea is full of promise, but if you\u2019re not up for roughing it, the reality of camping bites. Yet you still keep next year\u2019s booking. Maybe you\u2019ll like camping by then?<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.lemediavault.com\/images\/9ea19dea502b0432c850441d6c724281.jpeg\")
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\n<\/strong>A well-run kids club can turn a trip into the holiday of a lifetime \u2013 for you and the kids. Fair warning, though: there will be separation anxiety. For you.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Santa has a bad habit of forgetting to plan the covert present mission until the last minute. Then he gets carried away finding local buys to stuff the stockings. How do you think we\u2019re getting all this stuff home,\u00a0Santa?<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>On holidays, towels have a life of their own. There never seem to be enough, and yet they\u2019re everywhere. Maybe they\u2019re hiding with the socks.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The definition of optimism is packing three books in your suitcase when you have three kids. Dream small and get a magazine at the airport.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>When the kids get old enough to meet up with holiday friends and hang out without you, you can go the whole day without seeing them. Bittersweet.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Four months after your holiday, you\u2019re still finding small sand piles in bags, pockets, and in the seams of clothing you didn\u2019t even take on holidays. Why? How?<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Could this be the year you teach them a lesson and follow through on not packing the kids\u2019 bags for them? Let\u2019s see how it pans out when they arrive with nothing more than a pair of jeans that don\u2019t fit, a shower cap and last year\u2019s Halloween costume.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>No, that\u2019s not a broken record. It\u2019s you nagging people smaller than you not to get sunburnt. The price of sun-smart children is eternal vigilance.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.lemediavault.com\/images\/808119a0c6ac0ea17f7f35825739fcf2.jpeg\")
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\n<\/strong>You organised the holiday, packed for the holiday, and deserve a little pat on the back. Even if you have to give it to yourself.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>You love your kids. We love ours too. But after the 37th round of putt-putt, or the 85th \u201cAre we there yet?\u201d even the best of us can lose our patience. We\u2019ve all been there, so don\u2019t beat yourself up.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Sigh. Yes. There were more cocktails, more post-cocktail naps, and far fewer chicken nuggets. But there were also fewer water slides, cuddles, and magic family memories. We think it\u2019s a fair trade\u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<\/i> Plan your family getaway <\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"