Preparation is More Important Than Plane Tickets

Spend less energy on travel logistics and more on preparing your kids.  They’ll enjoy the trip so much more if they have educated expectations about the places you’ll be visiting.  The more they know, the happier they’ll be (and so, of course, the happier you will be too).  You can’t really expect them  to be all excited about seeing a mosque when they don’t know what it is.  And, let’s face it, art without expectation can be no fun at all.  If you’ve read about the Mona Lisa in a story, it might be fun to go see her.  On the other hand, standing in line to see a painting of a smirky lady that your parents tell you is “really famous”? Well, that just makes for really bad day.