Happy Monday fellow #busymoms! I hope your weekend has been all that you’ve wanted it to be. I spent mine relaxing, resting, and prepping.
Recently, my family along with my sister’s family went on a week-long summer stacay. Since we live in the central Florida area, we are very fortunate to live near one of the most go-to tourist destinations in the US. So who knows that on any trip, it takes much thought, prepping, and planning for busy moms like us to get the family all packed and ready to go on a trip?
On today’s blog, I wanted to give you 5 things busy moms should consider when preparing for a trip.
5 Things Busy Moms Should Consider When Preparing For A Trip
1 – Location
It’s important to know where you are actually going. Are you staying local, traveling out of state, out of the country? All of these should be questions you should be asking yourself. Something simple like knowing if you would need to bring your passport or not can be crucial for your trip,
2 – Weather
Weather is also an essential item to consider when preparing for your trip. Are you currently traveling in the summer, fall, winter, or spring? Also, even if you know the season in which you will be traveling, it is still important for you to see the weather of the location you are going to. If you are headed to Florida, especially in the summertime, you can for sure expect hot weather and torrential downpours.
3 – Type of Mode of Transportation
When you are preparing for your trip, it’s good to know how you will get to your destination. Will it be by car, train, airplane, boat? This is good to know because it can let you know how and what to pack. For example, if traveling by car, you pack snacks and food in a cooler, whereas, if traveling by airplane, your food and snacks are sort of limited.
4 – Lodging
Just like you need to know the above three points, you will need to know where you will lodge for your vacay. On our week-long stacay, we stayed at a vacation house for the first half of the week, and for the second half of the week, we stayed in a hotel. So you can imagine there are things that we needed to bring to the vacation house that we didn’t necessarily need at a hotel. So it’s definitely to know what type of lodging you will be residing in during your vacation.
5 – Length of Stay
Lastly, you need to know the length of stay for your vacay. This is very important because it helps set the temperature of knowing how much to pack. You don’t want to not be paying attention to the length of stay, and then you end up with 3 pairs of underwear for a week’s stay.
So the next time you are preparing for your trip, be sure to consider these 5 things.
Love,
Kimberly Gumbs
