How to survive a family vacation

Different interests, same old roles sometimes clash when parents travel with their grown children, but that doesn't mean it can't still be a rewarding experience ... as long as everybody behaves like adults...

While Mom and Dad's idea of a family vacation may not have changed, the kids they were bringing with them sure had. According to Dennis Thoy at the Adventure Travel Company in Toronto, bookings for adult children and their parents are increasing. He sees bookings for parents and their adult children to everywhere from Costa Rica to the Arctic and Vietnam. While the destinations may be exotic, the issues these travel partners encounter are familiar ones.
"The families that travel with me fall into the same roles they had growing up," says freelance tour guide Jessica Schang.