What was your best family vacation?

amother

OP ↓

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 12:41 am

And how old were your kids?
Where did you go?
What did you do?
What made it fun?
Would you do it again?

amother

Bronze

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 3:40 am

Italy-with kids age 20 and 14. It was amazing to see new things and some very very old ones, eat in great kosher restaurants, and absorb the atmosphere. It was a big birthday for me and we all enjoyed the trip.

DVOM

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 7:45 am

Camping near Lake Champlain, 5 nights.

We swam for hours. Spent a lot of time around the campfire at every meal, cooking, chatting. Hiked. Built shelters from deadfall and rope. Hiked back the next few days to improve our shelters and play in them.

There was no cell service (we were in a very remote campground), so no distractions. I had a really good book for my downtime.

My kids were 4,6,8,10. We all remember it as one of our best vacations.

Ruchel

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 7:53 am

We love Antwerp and Marseille and Alps
Basically
Easy kosher, child friendly, stuff to do but relax

amother

Aquamarine ↓

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 10:53 am

I’m American. Lancaster was beautiful

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 10:59 am

amother Aquamarine wrote:

I’m American. Lancaster was beautiful

Where did you stay? What did you do? Was it very hot?

amother

↑ Aquamarine

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 11:01 am

amother OP wrote:

Where did you stay? What did you do? Was it very hot?

Amish view inn and suites
It was quite hot- I have to qualify by saying it was 10+ years ago. We are not an amusement park type family so we did the more educational sort of activities. We plugged a croc pot in in the morning and ate delicious stews every night .

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 12:03 pm

amother Topaz wrote:

Arizona, with little kids & tweens

What made it fun?

amother

Amaryllis

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 3:03 pm

We did hunters one yr. We rented a kosher airbnb, which was gross to put it mildly, but we tried to make the best out of it. Looking back now, we have nice family memories to look back to.
I would also love to hear some ideas around New York area pls.

amother

Pear ↓

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 3:08 pm

Iceland. Amazing country and we had such a blast. We spent a week and went glacier hiking, to black sand beaxh, puffin chasing, waterfall watching, ride Icelandic horses, went lava cave exploring and dog sledding. We also took a 3 hour helicopter tour over a big chunk of the country. Kids had a blast and then we spent shabbos relaxing at our stunning airbnb overlooking an enormous valley. Most beautiful sunsets ever.

amother

Blue

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 3:33 pm

As a young kid about 20+ years ago my parents took us to Pennsylvania for 3 days we did Crayola factory, Hershey chocolate, I think pretzel factory, Amish town can't remember what else but we have great memories

amother

Oatmeal

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 3:52 pm

Orlando. We stay at a hotel with an waterpark. We do one park a summer. The kids talk about it all the time . It’s very chilled

amother

↑ OP

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 3:54 pm

amother Oatmeal wrote:

Orlando. We stay at a hotel with an waterpark. We do one park a summer. The kids talk about it all the time . It’s very chilled

Is there an option for a hotel with water park that has separate hours?

amother

cornflower

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 12:47 am

Dubai
We live in Israel so it was a very short flight.
Kids age 6-20. Plenty of kosher food.
So much to see and do.
Eg: the older kids did indoor skiing one day at the Mall of the Emirates and there were plenty of activities there for the younger ones.

amother

DarkGreen

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 12:51 am

Melour Hotel in Hunter, NY in wintertime.
Kids ages 19 thru 4.
Kids still drooling, challishing for a repeat.
I will admit though, we are a low profile family on a budget. The trip was sponsored, otherwise we couldn't afford it.

amother

Daphne

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 1:19 am

We have been to Dubai a few times. Lots to do and you can do it on a budget. We stayed at a super cheap hotel, which was actually really big and had a full kitchen. We didn’t spend money eating out. There is a ton to do even if it’s hot outside. They even have indoor amusement parks. And everything was pretty empty when we went so like zero lines anywhere. we also really liked Thailand. Kids ages eight till 18.

amother

Lightyellow

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 1:25 am

amother Topaz wrote:

Arizona, with little kids & tweens

Can you elaborate please?

amother

Apple

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 1:44 am

Italy. Sightseeing, hiking, culture, lots of kosher food.