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In the 3+ years DH has been a resident we have never taken a "real" family vacation. I usually can't take off on the weeks he has vacation, so he stays home, catches up on sleep or errands, and I just work. We are in need of some recharging-- it has been a tough year. Next year our vacation time will be focused on our move for fellowship (fingers crossed that we match)-- finding places to live, finding schools for the kids, finding a job for me, etc. So this is our last chance for a while to take a "real" vacation. We have a week vacation in May (preordained by the hospital, and this is his last vacation until 2013).
We want a simple beach vacation. I have family that own a place in Cozumel, so I thought this would work great. We have a 2.5yo DD and a 1 y.o. DS. By staying at our family's place, we have guaranteed laundry facilities, a kitchen at our disposal, someone who knows the lay of the land, and free lodging. With young kids, we know we'll be spending a lot of down time at the house during naps (if they nap), but they live right by the marina so it's a nice place to hang out.
But it's still an international destination and I'm just having second thoughts about everything. My worries:
Is this trip a terrible idea? I feel like with all this stress, we should just fly to Florida and call it a day. The $400 we'd save from keeping DS on our laps would pay for a cheap hotel, and at least we're still in the U.S.
Any advice or suggestions?? Apologies in advance- I know this is a stupid thing to complain about.
We want a simple beach vacation. I have family that own a place in Cozumel, so I thought this would work great. We have a 2.5yo DD and a 1 y.o. DS. By staying at our family's place, we have guaranteed laundry facilities, a kitchen at our disposal, someone who knows the lay of the land, and free lodging. With young kids, we know we'll be spending a lot of down time at the house during naps (if they nap), but they live right by the marina so it's a nice place to hang out.
But it's still an international destination and I'm just having second thoughts about everything. My worries:
- There are no direct flights from our closest airport. We will have to do a layover. And we've never flown that far with the kids. DD has been on 1 plane which was a 2 hour flight. Granted, she is older now, but one never knows.
- Since it's an international flight, I have to buy a ticket for our youngest even though he's 1. That adds about $400 minimum to the trip. Not cheap. The whole point is to have a cheaper vacation at the beach.
- We've stayed overnight before but only at familiar places like our in-laws house. DD does OK sleeping in a regular bed, but DS is harder to predict. What if we do terribly sleeping there? It's not like we can hop on the next flight back.
- We have to think about water quality, health care coverage in another country, cell phone coverage, etc.
- (In case you were wondering, we already went through the hell of getting them passports. So that's taken care of, but that too was no fun and wasn't cheap.)
Is this trip a terrible idea? I feel like with all this stress, we should just fly to Florida and call it a day. The $400 we'd save from keeping DS on our laps would pay for a cheap hotel, and at least we're still in the U.S.
Any advice or suggestions?? Apologies in advance- I know this is a stupid thing to complain about.
Any other Florida area suggestions?!
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