Got this e-mail from a camper today, letting me know she was signing up…
“Hi Dave!!
Happy New Year!
I can’t put in words how happy I am that we’re coming back! We took last year ‘off’ to try to save a little money and rented a condo in Vermont. BIGGEST MISTAKE EVER. lol. We we there about 20 minutes, trying to unpack, get the lay of the land, and Nick starts with “I’m bored”. And I wanted to say ‘Go up to the barn and find someone to play with” And I couldn’t!! We joked with them the whole rest of the week ‘just go to the barn’. And boy did I miss having a dinner bell ring and just coming to the table. 
On the way home started talking about saving for family camp in 2012!!”
It was a nice sentiment. We hear a lot that the kid’s preferences are the main driver in coming back. But it’s not like the parents don’t want to come back as well. I think it is just parents sometimes have different considerations when making vacation plans from year to year. But a happy kid often equals a happy parent, so “family camp” it is! And to be sure, the kids having fun is really what allows you as the parent to relax and unwind. So it’s a win-win.
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