Vacation Mode
I’ve been booking our vacations and travel this week. I’m excited to start the process, because we’ve had it planned out for a bit. I finally got to dig in and pull all the details together. I have a couple of runs this year down in Florida, so I’m excited to combine a couple of 1/2 marathons with extended trips to Disney.
The other thing I’ll be doing this year is — are you sitting down for this? I’m taking my son and his friend to Florida for about 10 days. Am I crazy? I may well be….but eh, I’m willing to give it a try. We just booked this fab house, and pulled the details of our transportation together.
I love when this time of year comes around. I put all the pieces together in my head – and iron out lots of details, since I’m a total planner on these things, so when I’m given the “go ahead”, I’m always thrilled, but also relieved to get everything in place.
One of the things that’s different about most the trips I’ve done – say, down the shore – versus Disney – is the planning involved.
I’ve rented Jersey Shore Homes before through a local realtor. You pick a place and you’re done. With Disney – it doesn’t work like that. Not only do you have to book your accommodations, but now you’ve got travel and other things to deal with. Want to eat at a sit down restaurant at the park? You’d better make reservations WAY ahead of time if you want to get in! It’s an entirely different system and world. At LBI, you show up at the restaurant you want and you eat. In Disney – you make reservations 3+ months in advance, sometimes more to hot spots, or they won’t even let you wait to be seated at times. They pack on a schedule to capacity, and there are no walk-ups for many places! There is PLANNING involved. I love it though – I love doing the details, so it feeds a need I have.
