Whenever we choose a vacation we have to consider first, before the destination, transportation or any other decision, the level of activity we want to have on said vacation. Depending on that you will be able to formulate options and based on the other 3 questions we can decide what we want to do. Once we know what we want to do, the destination and other things will be very easy to choose.

Well, what are my options?

When we ask ourselves if we want rest or activity, here we should really think of a scale rather than a black and white answer. We can have vacations with a lot of physical activity such as skiing, climbing, hiking or we can have vacations with a moderate level of activity such as visiting a city, museums, historical places or amusement parks, also we can even have places of light rest such as forests and beaches, or, we can have places of total rest such as an all-inclusive hotel with a pool for children where we can relax all day.

After we decide the level activity that we want to have in the vacation, we will begin to have several options.

At the end of the questions we will present you with some tables with many options to choose from, depending on your answer to each question, but for now we will focus on the type of vacation your family needs.

The next question is the simplest from our point of view.

When you have decided your activity level, for example a moderate activity level, then you can choose if you want something for children such as an amusement park like Disney or a destination that has many places where children can learn and have fun such as zoos and kids museums or if what you want is a place that is friendly with children but not made specifically for them, such as tours of a city, knowing the pyramids of Egypt or even a road trip.

What’s next?

This will depend on your budget on one hand, but it will also depend on the first destination on the other.

It is easy to say I want to go to many places or to say that I prefer to stay in one place, but if, following the previous example, we decide to go to a city that is famous for having the best children’s museum, but it is the only thing in that city , then perhaps it would be worth considering more locations. Here later we will see that we can have options such as roadtrips or trips through Europe where it is easy and fast to change cities without having to suffer with mobilizing the whole family through an airport.

And then?

To finish we will decide if the purpose of the trip is to know or just have fun. Don’t spin around in your head with this question, just imagine if you asked your young children what they learned on the vacation, what would their answer be? If their answer is the name of a new animal or how a culture follows its traditions or even the height of a building, then you are looking for something educational, but if instead you are going to ski, go on a cruise, discover landscapes, forests, hike or have fun in the pool, then you really prefer something more recreational.

Important: The family has to have fun and have new experiences that are not always educational, doing only educational trips is bad for everyone’s growth and rest.