Welcome to Tips for Family Trips!
I'm Allison Laypath. I started Tips for Family Trips because I want to help you plan your dream vacations.
I live near Salt Lake City, Utah with my husband and two teenage children. We love to travel and have been traveling the U.S.A. with our kids since they were newborns. We know ALL about backseat tantrums (and sometimes front-seat tantrums), and many other common family vacation challenges.
But for years, our dream trip to Europe was in the “someday” zone. There was never enough money or time. And honestly, it was intimidating because we had never traveled outside North America.
Flying across the ocean to an unfamiliar place with our kids… What could go wrong?
It pushed all my anxiety buttons. And it was expensive. And we could only go during summer vacation – the most expensive and crowded time of year. “Someday” started to feel like “never.”
Then my sister took her kids to Europe and she shared some of her tips for finding affordable flights with me. If she could do it, I could do it!
Six weeks later, we found cheap flights to Paris, and six months later, we traveled to London and Paris with our kids. The trip was all we hoped it would be and we made so many great family memories.
And the great thing about planning a successful dream trip is that it makes your comfort zone bigger. We recently returned from an amazing family trip to Japan. After two dream trips to two continents, we are excited to plan Dream Trip #3!
If I can get my dream trip out of the “someday” zone, you can do it too!
My goal is to help you take your dream trip.
Start with my free, printable Dream Trip Starter. This one-page planner is designed to quickly help get your dream trip out of the Someday Zone with tools that help you identify your dream trip and overcome the obstacles that are keeping you from taking it.
If you are serious about taking your dream trip, the Dream Trip Starter is a great place to begin.
When you get the Dream Trip Starter, you'll automatically join my free email list. This is where I really share the inside information about how my family makes our dream trips happen. I'll take you step-by-step through our process.
Want more? Check out all my travel tips on the blog. Click on Planning Tips, Save Money, and Destinations. Or use the Search box at the top of this page. You'll get lots of tried and true tips that can help you make the most of any family vacation.
Whether your dream trip is next month, next year, or several years away… Just deciding that it's GOING to happen makes a big difference and it's never too early to start preparing for it.
And why limit yourself to just one dream? There's room for more than one and lots of little dreams along the way. Let's start today!
