Vacations mystify a lot of people. Some people can’t imagine spending a week or two away from home. They don’t want to break their carefully crafter routines. Others think that a vacation is about staying in a hotel and can’t understand why a family would live in one room voluntarily. My family is traveling family, but a budget travel one and we seldom stay in anything but the cheapest hotels when we do. We’re more of a family-run pension, youth hostel or stay with friends and relatives kind of crowd. Naturally, our friends and relatives are always welcome here too. The best part of this kind of lifestyle is that, when we’re not away, we have a lot of house guests to make life interesting.

Adventures, both accidental and planned, are always on the itinerary when you travel with kids. That’s certainly what the next to entries in the Family Vacation Group Writing Project show. All you need for that is a child or two.
A Mama’s Rant went up the mountain where she met a dangerous beast (or two) in a hotel room hallway.

Char the Weary Parent had 10 little adventures this summer.

Jenny at The So-Called Me is happy to be home after a camping trip.

You have until Friday night (August 31, 2007) to get your entries in for the Family Vacation GWP. The prize will equal $1 for every entry…so far, we’re up to $6. You could raise it to $7. Getting 93 of your friends to enter could raise it to the maximum of $100.

Post from: Babylune

There have been some delays on the runway, but the Family Vacation Group Writing Project has finally taken off!

Over at Running with Books, the family endures a hissing monster, a night of shaking and ringing bells and the fear of a life-threatening meal to discover the most magical place on Earth.

Thrifty Mommy Kelly experienced a little luxury in the deserts of Arizona. She even enjoyed the sand storm.

After a week back at home, I still have re-entry shock. The return to real life post-vacation is tough!

You still have a week to get your entries in for this Group Writing Project. Remember, the prize will total $1 for each participant. As of today, that means the prize is ummm, $3. If you enter, it will be $4 and if 46 of your friends enter with you, it will reach $50. Don’t forget to link back to the post announcing the prize and leave a link to your own post in the comments section.

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