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Summer Planning Checklist: Vacation Planning

by Mandi on May 3, 2011

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Have you started planning your summer vacation? The third post in my series for Cozi.com on summer planning includes a vacation planning checklist to help you get ready:

Now is a good time to think about what you’d like to do before it’s too late to find accommodations or tickets for the places you’d really like to go!

Not to mention that pre-planning helps prevent (some of) the rushing around to get it all done during the couple days before any family trip.

Try using a vacation checklist as you plan and prepare. And most importantly, try not to stress about the “perfect” vacation but rather just make the most of the time you have with your family!

View the checklist (and learn how to import lists right to your Cozi account) at Cozi.com…

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Keep Track of Travel with a Free Printable Itinerary

April 11, 2011
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Traveling can be stressful, but this travel itinerary makes it easier to keep track of your flights and hotel information so that you have one less thing to worry about. Whether you’re traveling for work or for vacation, use this itinerary to write down the details of your trip, and don’t forget to make copies [...]

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Printable Vacation Packing List

March 28, 2011
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Planning a vacation soon? Use this printable packing list to keep track of what you need to pack so you don’t leave anything important behind! Click here download or print the free summer packing list. Or get all of the Life Your Way printables in a single download when you buy the complete download pack [...]

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Get Organized for Your Staycation

June 18, 2010
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Tsh from Simple Mom is on maternity leave this month, and I’m guest posting for her today with some ideas to help you get organized for a staycation: Let’s face it…as mothers, family vacations are rarely restful. Fun, full of memories and worth the hard work,  yes. Restful, not so much. Many families are taking [...]

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Minimizing the Stress When Traveling with Children

May 21, 2010
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As you know, we live in the boonies, which means we drive anywhere from 2-4 hours to visit family and friends — or go on family field trips — at least once a month. In many ways, I think this is a blessing for our children, because they think nothing of spending that much time [...]

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Question of the Day: Share Your Best Tips for Traveling with Children

May 20, 2010
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Last week, I got an email from Andrea, who will be traveling to the U.S. from South America and then around the States in a Winnebago this summer….with four children under seven. She is looking for tips to help her get organized to make the trip go as smoothly as possible! I’d have to agree [...]

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Organizing for a Vacation

December 9, 2009
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Today we are on our way back home from the Magic Kingdom. After watching my girls’ faces light up over and over again yesterday, there’s no doubt in my mind that it truly is the most magical place on earth! With 7 days of travel (almost) behind us, I’ve been thinking about what I did [...]

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Question of the Day: Do You Clean Before You Leave for Vacation?

July 9, 2009
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The weekend before last we spent the weekend at the beach, and as I was running around before we left, cleaning and preparing for our return, I thought this would make a perfect question of the day. So here it is: What do you do to prepare for your return from vacation before you leave? [...]

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Stress-Free Vacation Planning: A Step-by-Step Plan

June 6, 2009

When planning a vacation, there are so many things to do to get ready that it can be easy to get overwhelmed. To make the process a little easier for you, I put together a basic planning worksheet to get you started. For more information about planning a vacation or staycation, check out these resources [...]

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