Vacation, All We Ever Wanted // Brit Snarr

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Travel enthusiast Brit Snarr discusses tips and tricks for family vacations in this adventure-happy episode. Brit shares ideas for fun and memorable vacation practices and her favorite family-friendly destinations. Carley, Courtney and Brit discuss real-life aspects of vacationing as a mom: souvenirs for kids, being the “fun mom”, taking photos, and recognizing that traveling may mean sacrificing the new car or dream home for a time. Give a listen and find some inspiration to book your next family vacation in this third episode in the 4-part vacation-ready series, airing April 2022. Call to action, referenced links/accounts, and show timeline are below.

Call to Action:

“Book a family vacation! Maybe it's a staycation. Maybe it's a foreign trip. Maybe it's a family reunion. Maybe it's to visit friends. Plan things on that vacation that get you excited, give you an adrenaline rush, get you out of your comfort zone, maybe make you laugh or make you just feel alive!” - Brit Snarr

Referenced Episodes (in order of mention):

24 Wanderlust // Madeline Becker Hamilton

25 Hostess with the Mostess // Courtney Sandberg

15 Double Double Date Date

17 Family Ties // Courtney Kimball

Coming soon: Episode 27: Bippity Boppity Book It! (An episode all about Disneyland)

Referenced Links:

Connect with Hey, Sister! on Instagram or Facebook

Check out Brit's YouTube channel for vacation inspiration!

Show Timeline:

0:00 Introduction of topic and guest

3:10 Brit’s background: where her love of travel originated

4:35 Vacations vs. trips: enjoying traveling with kids, family practice of handstands

8:00 Using a vacation as a reward

8:45 Souvenirs: family ornaments, allowances for souvenirs

9:30 Moments kids forget, Moms will remember: Carley’s story about On the Border, see world through kid’s eyes

10:50 Documentation: scrapbooking, videography, kids love looking through old memories

15:30 Family reunions are vacations, too!

16:00 Family vacation destinations: Disneyworld, cruise ship

16:50 Fun mom comes alive on vacations

18:30 Family vacation destinations: reiteration of reunions, Destin, FL, Branson, MO, AR diamond dig, Thailand, Ecuador, Peru

25:05 Traveling with kids: making accommodations for age

26:45 Upcoming Disneyland episode promotion

27:30 Traveling with kids (cont’d): accomodations for work schedules, finances

30:15 Phone usage on vacations

32:30 Individualized vacations: one-on-ones with kids

34:00 Making sacrifices to travel: not everyone has it all

36:50 Call to action, closing remarks, outtakes