Travel Tip #11 - When traveling as a large group, have Option A & Option B

     Occasionally we like to travel with family or friends. Unfortunately, when you travel with a large group, it is sometimes hard to meet everyone's needs. In fact, the larger the group, the harder it will be to satisfy everyone. One option is to do some activities as a whole group, and other activities separately. Usually this will mean one family does one activity while the other family does something totally different. However, sometimes you have diverse interests within the same family. When this happens, you might want to consider offering Option A and Option B.

Option A - Baseball Hall of Fame

Option B - The Famers' Museum

     For example, when we went to Cooperstown, NY, we were traveling with my sister's family and my parents. Some of us really wanted to see the Baseball Hall of Fame, others were mildly interested, and others would have been bored silly. If we had forced everyone to go, some of the group would have been miserable and might have complained so much that it would have ruined the excursion for those who really wanted to be there because we would have felt compelled to leave much earlier than planned. Instead, my sister went online and discovered that Cooperstown was also home to the Farmers' Museum. Since her son really wanted to go to the Hall of Fame, and my youngest really wanted to go to the Farmers' Museum, we offered Option A & Option B. Since everyone got to choose one or the other, everyone was satisfied with their excursion that day. It turned what could have been a disappointing day into a smashing success!
     Have fun, or not, the choice is yours.