Ah, family vacations…time for everyone to have togetherness 24 hours a day for however many days in a row. Sometimes it’s awesome, sometimes it’s frustrating, and sometimes you get some really good one-liners about it. Like these…
Traveling with kids is just yelling, "STOP THAT OR I'M TAKING YOU HOME!" in a different city.
— Sarcastic Mommy (@sarcasticmommy4) July 13, 2017
My kids are giving all the people on this plane a hard lesson in birth control right now.
— inappropriate mom (@nicfit75) May 8, 2012
So two hours, 13 juice boxes & four cries of, "I gotta pee noooow!", we're off to our third bathroom stop.
Traveling with kids is fun.
— Stephanie Ortiz (@Six_Pack_Mom) July 23, 2017
10 Reasons Why Traveling with Kids is Great
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— MotherPlaylist (@MotherPlaylist) April 3, 2017
It's not a family vacation until someone threatens to throw a prized possession from a moving vehicle.
— Amy Dillon (@amydillon) August 12, 2016
Good thing we spent thousands of dollars traveling to another country so my kids could play their iPads in a hotel room instead of at home.
— Unfiltered Mama (@UnfilteredMama) April 5, 2017
The one big perk of going on vacation with my kids is that the bags under my eyes now have a tan.
— Dad and Buried (@DadandBuried) September 1, 2018
Every thing you've ever seen a parent do in public that you've disagreed with I've done in this airport today.
— Sweatpants Cher 🔶 (@House_Feminist) April 28, 2015
Vacation with kids is really just a relocation for all the yelling and whining.
— Jennifer Lizza (@outsmartedmommy) August 2, 2015
Dear Parents,
As you book your summer vacations, don't forget that all your kids really want to do is swim in a hotel pool.— Meredith (@PerfectPending) May 31, 2016
Woman traded aisle seat for a middle seat so I could sit near my kids. Which shows people will do anything to get away from kids on a plane
— Kelcey Kintner (@mamabirddiaries) January 23, 2017
80% of taking your kids on vacation is keeping them out of gift shops.
— Abe Yospe (@Cheeseboy22) July 22, 2018
Asked the 7yo to pack her airline carryon. She included: an empty box, a harmonica, shark teeth, and broken glass. #travelingwithkids
— Kristina Killgrove (@DrKillgrove) December 23, 2016
Any vacation with kids is basically just a cross country tour of various gas station bathrooms.
— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) May 28, 2015
My kids don't always play with electronic toys on a car ride, but when they do, they press the same button FOR THE ENTIRE TRIP!
— Marl (@Marlebean) March 4, 2014
I’m flying with three kids under 11. I brought a book to read. I know. I know. I was so optimistic it’s laughable.
— No Idea: Daddy Blog (@byclintedwards) December 11, 2017
Off 2 vacay for a couple days w/ the fam. Apologizing in advance 2 the nice folks sitting in front of my kids on the plane. I'm so so sorry.
— Audra McDonald (@AudraEqualityMc) August 20, 2012
Best vacation destinations according to my 4-year-old:
3) McDonald's play place
2) car wash
1) sidewalk where she saw a dog that one time
— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) June 20, 2016
If you guys ever want to know what it felt like to wear the scarlet 'A', board a plane with 4 kids.
— JennyPentland (@JennyPentland) June 27, 2012
Because temper tantrums are just as effective in Paris. #eiffeltower #travelingwithkids #toddlerlife #momlife #TBT pic.twitter.com/YeCdvBa8aa
— Rachel Stallard (@myroaringacres) April 7, 2016
The click of a mother's seatbelt on a road trip is obviously a signal to your children to drop crap they can't reach. #RoadTripWithKids
— Danielle Herzog (@martinisandmini) September 15, 2016
Stop complaining about the mom traveling alone with a bunch of screaming kids under 5. I'm buying that damn woman a drink.
— Elizabeth Hackett (@LizHackett) July 29, 2014
Traveling by road w/ a 7 m.o. and a 2 y.o. isn’t all bad. I plan to do a car trip w/ them again, preferably after they graduate from college
— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) December 27, 2012
Do you have to pee before we go?
4: No
You sure?
Yes
Positive?
Yes
Why don't you just try?
NO
[backs out of driveway]
I PEED IN MY PANTS— Amy Dillon (@amydillon) June 27, 2016
I've been traveling with a toddler for five days. On day one I opened a blog post to read. On day five that tab is still open and the post unread.
— Anna Rev (@revelinanna) December 4, 2017
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