I did not grow up traveling.  We were poor and did not have time or the means for travel.  Our vacations were usually a weekend camping trip to a site close enough that our beat-up car could make it there and back. 

So in 2018 when my husband told me he had a two month Sabbatical and we were going to take our children out of school and spend it in Italy—I was shocked. Since that Sabbatical, we have done quite a bit more, each time becoming more efficient and streamlined so we can just enjoy the experience, instead of stressing. 

Friends often ask me for pointers, so I thought I’d put them all in one place.