"ALWAYS BRING DUCT TAPE" FAMILY VACATION TIPS w/ MOM

The Carpool with Kelly and Lizz

The Car Mom LLC / tentwentytwo Projects

Kids & Family, Automotive, Parenting, Leisure

5 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Kelly is out this week, but mom Kris is in! As a mom of five now adult kids, she is the PERFECT person to give advice for your next family vacation! The conversation covers practical advice for planning family trips, including selecting convenient dates, choosing destinations based on family interests, and budgeting tips. Kris emphasizes the importance of maintaining a positive attitude when things go wrong, as these moments often become cherished memories. The episode also highlights the value of flexibility, allowing for spontaneous fun and creativity during trips. Additionally, Kris shares travel hacks, such as personalized snack bags for kids and the benefits of traveling with other families. So what makes a vacatio successful? That is often realized in hindsight, through the fond memories created despite challenges. There is one trip in the RV with the entire family that is the perfect example of why that is SO true. Today's episode is brought to you by ⁠⁠Clean Simple Eats⁠⁠. Use code 'Carpool10' at checkout to get 10% off your order. ⁠⁠CleanSimpleEats.com

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1:14.1	Welcome. and free shipping. Quince.com slash carpool. Welcome to the Carpool podcast with Kelly and Liz.
1:19.6	It's the, all right, all right, this, not the, everything's perfect even though we're walking.
1:24.6	No, recognize this is going wrong, but we're going to, we're
1:28.3	going to power through anyway. It's a positive attitude. I didn't know this was just going to be
1:32.9	a positive attitude podcast. I thought it was a family vacation, but I think that's what it boils down to.
1:38.2	Your mom time off starts now. Welcome back to the Carpool podcast with Liz and Chris. Kelly is out of town this week. So we have Chris, our mother, filling in for us today. And thank you so much for the last minute. It's my pleasure. You are our most highly requested guest every single time.
2:02.6	So it's like a really big get for us to like have you on the pod.
2:06.6	It's not like you don't know how to reach me.
2:08.6	Well, mom, every time you come on, it's like our most popular episode.
2:12.6	Really, you just need to be like a permanent guest because like honestly it does so much better when you're on on the podcast but i feel like if you want to know anything about our mom how she raised five kids
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