What are the Biggest Complaints that single parents have when traveling?
Three things: The dreaded single supplement and the fact that tour operators and hotels often insist on two adults in a room before the children’s rates apply. Activities are geared toward traditional two parent families. The kids have fun but the single parent often is the “odd man out,” not having a partner for golf or tennis or not being part of a romantic couple for the “hot tub” events. The lack of other single parent famillies. Single parent families don’t want to feel different and they are not. They now represent one-fourth to one-third of all households in the U.S. 3. How do you ease the responsibility of traveling as a single parent? Type up an itinerary. Have the kids involved in the planning and research. Respect their opinions. This maximizes your fun time and, in our case, completely eliminated arguments about what we were going to do that day. Assign age-appropriate responsibilities to the kids. Teenagers make great map readers and navigators, but you must start the proc
