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If it's time to start thinking about a summer vacation, you've come to the right place. In this article, we have ten exciting ideas for summer vacations with kids that are budget-friendly and contain an element of learning. A vacation can be an opportunity for personal growth as well.

Read on to find out more about how conventional vacations can be turned into learning experiences and how learning experiences can be made more fun for kids. The ideas on this list range from typical overseas vacations to camping holidays in national parks and road trips.

You love the great outdoors like everyone else. And you may spend some time in the wild each year. But your Summer 2022 camping list might be slightly different from ten years ago.

When we have time to plan a family vacation, we often start by taking a look at the calendar and deciding on a date. We then make plans for lodging, transportation and activities. But when you are traveling in an RV, your travel plans are more complicated because you have to plan for the vehicle as well. This often includes making sure it’s in the best shape. Let’s take a look at what you need to do to renovate it.

There are a wide variety of different family vacation options out there, ranging from things like a trip to Disneyland, to visits to faraway relatives, or camping weekends in the great outdoors. 

Family vacations are an amazing opportunity for everyone in the family to bond, have fun, forge great and uplifting memories, and simply enjoy life.

One form of family vacation that comes with certain unique and striking benefits, is a family caravanning or motorhome excursion – and when you look at some of the new or used off road caravans for sale, you might be surprised by the variety on offer. 

Here are just a few of the benefits of a family caravan or motorhome vacation. 

If you are looking for something fun to do with the family this summer that is closer to home, a camping trip is the perfect holiday idea on a budget.

With the current state of the world we have been left uncertain, and overseas travel is unlikely to be safe for a long time. If you do want to take your family somewhere this summer, a camping trip close to home is a great idea and will allow you to stay away from people and enjoy some quality time with the ones you love.

Grab yourself some 3 room tents for families, pots and pans and plenty of board games, and let’s take a look at some of the easy family meals you can create during the perfect camping trip!

This past week was Winter Break for our local schools so we decided to take a trip camping. I have mentioned how much we love camping before because it get us a nice little getaway without breaking the bank and all of our Family's Camping Essentials. Since we are Friends of the Parks and just found out about it, we decided to join this club where basically what that means is if we hike four of Georgia's canyons then we get a t-shirt. We actually have already hiked three of them last year with full intentions of returning.

Since it is cooler this time of year, we decided to head down south to explore Providence Canyon which is also referred to as Georgia's "Little Grand Canyon". Hiking did get a little hot since we couldn't feel the breeze and it was unseasonally hot when we went, but it was so worth it.

So back in June, I was pitched to include the Selk'bag in my Father's Day Gift Guide. I was very excited about it because we had been wanting to start camping (which we did) and I thought they were such a neat idea.

A Selk'bag is a wearable, form-fit sleeping bag that provides fun, comfort and mobility, with colors and styles to reflect your unique personality. Selk’bag Lite is designed to give maximum comfort and warmth while providing the greatest freedom of movement. Featuring lightweight construction with removable booties, the Lite is perfect for outdoor activities in warmer seasons, and just about anything you can think of indoors, from playing to sleeping. Features removable booties and an anatomical shape. 44°F temperature rating.

This past week we were at Target and decided to randomly go camping. I know it's crazy. But we had been thinking about buying camping equipment for a while. Target had some great deals that day and so we thought we would have a spontaneous camping trip. We had trouble finding a place to camp at first because we were adamant about camping that day, but as luck would have it we had to wait until the next day and decided to go camping and hiking at Cloudland Canyon State Park. We had been hiking there before and figured it would be cooler at night since it was in the mountains, plus the fact that there was no rain in the forecast won us over.

So here is what we discovered were our family's camping essentials: