Affordable vacation strategy
What are your tricks? I just looked at the internet for any new ideas I haven't yet considered and it didn't yield much new useful info. I'm just looking for any new ideas I haven't yet conside...
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Merrykalia wrote:michigansandzilla wrote:
That is what worries me about our summer trip. We're going to DC, Philly, NYC. I don't want to eat out all the time but we can't carry lunch on us when it's august. Water and snacks will have to do as well as a big breakfast to fill us up.
Glad to hear you managed it, that's encouraging. I would imagine that by the time it's dinnertime well be hot and tired and ready to head back to the campground anyway.
That's when we DO bring our lunches with us! I put some fruit, a jar of PB, some Nutella, some nuts, a knife and some tortillas in my backpack. Each of us had a water bottle. We had lunch on the Mall in DC, sitting on a foldable quilt that DH had in his backpack. We ate sitting under a tree in front of Constitution Hall in Philly, sitting on a bench at the Statue of Liberty and in Central Park another day while in NYC.
The kids really enjoy the picnics because it allows us to sit as a family and we talk about what we saw during the morning and what we want to do in the afternoon. I let the kids suggest lunch items and they help pack them.
We have been known to do taco meat in a large mouth thermos, taking shells and cheese along in a backpack. We have eaten Manwiches and chips, spinach dip and chips, and other assorted items. It's not always basic sandwiches, but that is easy and the other requires a little bit of planning and prep work before leaving.
This makes sense. Typically, I pack a cooler for our day trips and we eat out of that. But with these big cities, we won't have our car, so therefore won't have a cooler.
Nuts are a really good suggestion. Everyone in my family likes nuts and they can tolerate heat well. I'm thinking it's going to be 100* and what are we going to be able to bring with us that can keep in a backpack for a few hours. Nuts, apples, and granola bars might be our lunch a few times.
I could do the thermos things as well. Tacos and chips are right up our alley. And it would actually be easier than bringing a cooler along.
Thanks for the ideas.
