> they have nothing much to talk about during those vacations either so they spend most of their time visiting random places, taking tons of photos... My expe

> they have nothing much to talk about during those vacations either so they spend most of their time visiting random places, taking tons of photos... My experience is quite the opposite. The vacations you described is how we vactioned in India :). Vacations here in USA are insane fun by comparision. For example, we go on ski vacations multiple times in the winter, its not too expensive because we buy ikon pass. Kids are now very decent skiers and get better every year. We have tons of fun challenging ourselves on moguls, going into trees that kids love, hiking up a little to find powder stashes. We do take similar vacations in summer when there is even more to do. I had no idea you could actually have so much fun in vacations until i visited USA, i used to think of them as "something for kids and family". Options in india are very limited, I used to love going to ancient temples but kids aren't into it that much.