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5 Things You Know To Be True If You Travel As A Large Family

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5 Things You Know To Be True If You Travel As A Large Family

My familyLOVES to travel, in fact, I am writing this on vacation right now. In the past year, we have traveled by car to at least 10 new states, with much more to come in the coming months. As much as we love to travel, there is only one downside... we are a family of SEVEN, and as one would expect, packing seven people into car for a number of hours is going to have its fair share of problems, so here are five things that people travelling with large families will understand.

1. There's never enough room.

If you have a large family, you know the struggle of having luggage in every crevice of your car and no matter how little everyone packs, nor how big the car is there is never enough room.

2. Sneaking people into hotel rooms.

Now, this may just be my family's thing, but since my family is cheap and most hotel rooms only sleep 5, we usually have to sneak 1-2 people in. I cannot tell you the number of times I have pretended to be their "cousin" from such and such city, just to sleep in our hotel room.

3. The car is always messy.

You usually start your trip with the cleanest car in the world, but 3 hours and seven people later, your car starts looking like this, with no explanation.

4. Someone is always fighting.

Seven people + umpteen hours in the car.... need I explain more?

5. You never fail to make unforgettable memories.

Some of my best memories happened in the car traveling with my family. From seeing every side of the Pentagon 10+ times because we couldn't get off a roundabout, to "fart logs" (My sister is disgusting, okay)... I wouldn't change it for the world.

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