2019 was less travel than we’re normally used to, for obvious reasons: divorce and a kid in kindergarten. Kindergarten threw me for a loop because I couldn’t just take Hudson out of school whenever I wanted to! I did find out I can take him out a couple days a semester for “cultural learning” which travel counts as, so I am definitely doing that this semester! I really want to take the kids to Paris and Northern Italy. Its a big goal and I am working towards it.
But let’s recap 2019. My favorite trips of the year were: Royal Caribbean Cruise, Tulum Mexico, Newport Rhode Island, and Orlando!
Royal Caribbean was the only trip I did without the kids, and it was such a wonderful break. If you’re looking for a momcation or a great girls trip, I couldn’t recommend it more!
Newport was such a fun girls trip for Henley, Chelsea and I. If you’ve never been you need to go ASAP!! It is absolutely stunning up there, with mansion tours along a gorgeous coastline and the best seafood. We went in October. It was a little chilly, but they hosted a seafood fest and we pigged out alllll day. If you want a great resource for planning a trip there please go to Discover Newport.
Tulum was perfect for a family vacation! We stayed at Dreams Tulum and honestly didn’t need to leave the resort. There was a TON for the kids to do, and it had all the boho beachy vibes that Tulum is famous for. Early May was perfect weather!!
We’ve done Orlando several times. However, I extra enjoyed this particular stay for two reasons: 1. Reunion resort is the perfect family place to stay. It has a beautiful water park and is within close driving distance to Universal and Disney. 2. Discovery Cove is the hidden gem of Orlando. What a fun and amazing place! If you haven’t visited yet, go to my blog post to see why you need to!
Hi there! I found your blog while searching for some lazy vacation ideas and this resort in Tulum seems to be the perfect option for our family too! We usually do a lot of sightseeing, hiking, walking… but this time we just want to lie on the beach and relax… I also read your post about this resort and it looks like all of these attractions will occupy our kids for hours 😀
BTW, if you haven’t been to Italy yet, I highly recommend it 🙂 Last year we went to Italy with our 3 kids and traveled from Napoli to Rome, to Florence, Genoa, Milan and Venice and we did all of that by train! Kids loooved it!
Zooey
Zooey you sound like my kind of people! You would LOVE this resort! So relaxing and the kids had a great time.