23 Reasons Fall Is the Best Time For Families to Travel

Updated on 9/22/2016 at 7:23 AM

Traveling as a family is fun any time of year — it brings you closer, allows you to bond, gives you some time away from home to explore the world, and allows you to see your family in a different, more stress-free light. There are certain benefits, though, to setting off on an adventure just as school is starting up again and the leaves are changing colors.

Read through for 23 reasons it's best to travel with kids in Autumn.

No matter where you go, the leaves are beautiful.

But they're also completely unique, so you can see a different sight than that in your life's little bubble.

Because it's not as hot, you can let your older kids play outside instead of in the small hotel room.

Which means less sweating while doing activities.

And fewer outfit changes.

And a chance to literally take a breath of fresh, crisp air and relax.

More clothes on equals fewer areas of skin to coat with sunscreen.

You won't feel like you're missing out on all of the sunshine if you do an indoor activity.

You can keep your kids entertained for hours with apple picking.

Or pumpkin picking.

Or harvest festivals.

And with Halloween approaching, you can visit a haunted house. A kid-friendly one, perhaps.

Many amusement parks decorate for Halloween.

And run special seasonal events.

Visiting a zoo is better because the animals are less lethargic from the heat.

Plane tickets cost less.

As do hotels.

And there are fewer crowds.

A Fall vacation gives you something besides school starting to look forward to.

And if you're taking the kids out of school for a few days, they're not too deep into the year.

And it gives them a break from the demands of school for a few days.

You can take great travel photos of your kids in leaves and with pumpkins.

That are perfect to look at when you are back home and miss your vacation (and the cold Winter is approaching).

Because whether you like it or not, cooped-up Winter days are coming.