I’m always writing about family vacation destinations, and while I have visited many places with my kids, there are tons more that I haven’t. Do you have a family bucket list of destinations you want to visit? I recommend that every family make a wish list together – it’s a great way to get the kids involved in planning family trips. Browse this website, along with other websites, ask friends and family, and make your list!
This is my bucket list of destinations I want to visit with my children. It’s a fluid list, so I’ll constantly be adding to it and updating it. Am I missing something? Let me know!
What’s on your bucket list?
(see more of my bucket list destinations on our bucket list destination Pin Board)
The United States (in an order that probably only makes sense to me)
Hawaiian Islands – (with kids, I’ve traveled to Maui, Oahu, and Kauai without kids)
Seattle – (with kids, have lived there before I had kids)
Alaska (cruise, of course)
Portland, Oregon
San Francisco – (with kids, have been without kids)
Los Angeles -(with kids, have been without kids)
San Diego – done 2/2015
New Mexico
San Antonio, TX – done 4/17
Austin, TX – (with kids, have been without kids)
Destin, FL – (with kids, have been without kids)
Tampa, FL – (with kids, have been without kids)
Key West, FL
Sanibel and Captiva, FL
Outer Banks, NC
Charleston, SC
Hilton Head, SC
Washington DC – done 4/2015
The Hamptons, NY
Cooperstown, NY
Bar Harbor, ME
Kennebunkport, ME – (with kids, have been without kids)
Burlington, VT
Chicago, IL – (with kids, have been without kids)
Nashville, TN – done 10/16
Branson, MO
Salt Lake City, UT
Park City, UT
Denver, CO
Steamboat Springs, CO
Wyoming
Canada
Victoria, BC
Vancouver, BC – (with kids, have been without kids)
Banff, Alberta
Ottawa, ON
Toronto, ON – (with kids, have been without kids)
Montreal, QC – (with kids, have been without kids)
Quebec City, QC – (done 7/2103)
Halifax, NS (done 7/2012)
Saint John, NB (done 7/2012)
The Caribbean
Aruba – (with kids, have been without kids)
Atlantis Resort and Paradise Island – done 2015
Turks and Caicos – done 2015
The Cayman Islands (done 7/2012)
US Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico – done 2016
Dominican Republic
Europe and Beyond
Ireland
Scotland – (with kids, have been without kids)
London, England – (done 2018)
Switzerland
Munich, Germany – (with kids, have been without kids)
Portugal – Done 2022
Italy (especially Tuscany) – done 2016 and 2023 with Adventures by Disney
Prague
Brussels, Belgium – (with kids, have been without kids)
Spain
France – (done 2018)
Greece – Done
Iceland
Other
Costa Rica
The Galapagos
Peru