Even when you love your family, taking a family vacation can be difficult. They can push your buttons, make you feel like you wanna rip out your hair, but at the end of the day you still love them. Here are some tips for surviving your family vacation.
- Help out, when travelling with your family be as helpful as you can. Don’t question your parent when they ask for help, just do it. By helping out, you will earn family points (which can help you out later on) and the trip and travelling will go smoother.
- Stay patient, no matter how much you love your family, they will end up driving you up the wall at some point. Staying patient with them will ensure tensions stay low when a situation is elevating, making everyone stay a little more sane during the chaos of travelling.
- Find a space to make your own. Everyone does better when they have a space where they can escape to and call their own, so find a room or place in your hotel room or rented house and make it yours. When family time is getting a little too much, excuse yourself and go to your space, read a book, watch a movie, or listen to music.
- Try and get more than 8 hours of sleep! The more sleep you get the happier you will be! Thus making it easier for you to deal with your cousins, grandma, nagging siblings, and parents.
- Go on walks, if your fam is breathing down your neck and your head is about to explode, go on a walk! Don’t bring anyone with you, grab your headphones and go. Listen to your favourite music and be alone with your thoughts. Think about all the things you wish you could have yelled at family game night, but realised grandma would disown you if you actually said them.
- Try and bring a friend on your vacation, with a friend present your family is more likely to lay off you and reign in the crazy if someone who isn’t family is around. Not only will this keep your family on good behavior, you will have someone to escape with and rant to.
- Be honest and open. If there is a family member you are particularly close to, be open with them about how you are feeling, because the chances are they are feeling the same way you do. Another upside of being open and honest is they can give you an escape or a cover for when you need to get out of a family time.
