One of the difficulties of planning a family vacation is that what is fun for the kids might not be a stress-free family vacation for the adults. And what is stress-free for the adults might not be fun for the kids!
Plan a trip to Disney World? How do I avoid the crowds! Take a trip to Europe? Hotel, car rental, and restaurant logistics! Road trip? How do we keep the kids entertained?
For a fun and stress-free family vacation, we suggest you consider taking an increasingly popular organized tour.
Many families don’t think of this because generally tradition dictates that you plan your own family vacations. In case you are beginning to wonder what the advantages of booking an organized trip might be, we are happy to offer the following:
Advantages of Organized & Guided Family Trips
You don’t have to do the planning and managing
When planning a vacation to a destination such as Montana or Yellowstone, there are a lot of details to consider and logistics to arrange. Montana is a very big place, so how do you begin to know where to go and what to do? Yellowstone is so popular during the summer months making it difficult to book hotels or know how to navigate the crowds. When you rely on the expertise of an organized tour, you simply provide your interests and ability levels, and the rest is taken care of for you.
Likewise, someone has to be in charge of making decisions during a vacation and, since you are reading this, it probably often falls to you. You don’t have to answer questions like “Can we do this?” or “When will we get there?” when someone else is in charge. On a guided tour your hikes are already mapped out, and the ideal restaurants for the whole family are already chosen. The best part might actually be that the guide is the person who It is your guide who manages the varying interests and expectations of your family or group members so you don’t have to.
You don’t have to do the driving
Montana and Yellowstone are worth the visit just to drive through them. Why not let someone else do the driving so you can enjoy the scenery? Guides are experts and can navigate backcountry roads when the GPS doesn’t have a signal or know how to find a parking spot in a crowded lot in Yellowstone. This means more time for you to simply be in the moment rather than stressed out about these hiccups.
You can easily bring the whole family
Multigenerational vacations have become increasingly popular. Parents of young kids are usually stressed out with work and home obligations and short on time. If the grandparents are looking for a way to get together, choosing an organized tour as a family vacation can be the perfect opportunity since they can be designed to accommodate multiple generations. You can include activity levels and options that appeal to everyone.
You get to watch your kid(s) have fun
It is amazing to see how much fun kids can have in a structured, yet relaxed, fun environment. On an organized trip, your guide gets to be the one to convince the kids of the value of walking on a trail in Yellowstone rather than sitting in the car. The guide will tell stories and describe points of interest in a way that keeps everyone entertained, and so you get to sit back and just enjoy.
You get to have fun yourself
With less stress and daily managing to contend with, you definitely get to have more fun with your kids and your partner or other family members, and maybe even get time to relax on your own. With the support of a great guide, it is possible to split the group up for some events (adult fun versus kid fund) and keep it together for others (all-around family fun). This is one of the secrets that can make an organized family vacation so much more fun.
The bottom line: when you plan a guided and organized trip, it will be more amazing than it could be if you were doing it on your own, and it can be a guaranteed stress-free family vacation.
At Travel Montana & Yellowstone (along with our sister company Zephyr Adventures) we’ve got decades of experience running active family vacations from our home base of Red Lodge, MT. With a group of four or more, we can organize your private vacation to Montana or Yellowstone. You pick which destination, tell us what your interests are, and we’ll provide nothing short of an amazing, stress-free vacation.