1. Fighting over seats
Whether you're flying or driving, someone's not going to get the window seat and someone will have to sit bitch. Deal.
2. Making plans
There are two types of vacationing families: the active family that plans hikes and goes zip-lining, and the leisurely family that lays out by the pool, margarita in hand. Mixing of the two can be a catastrophic nightmare, but the right combination of both is just right.
3. Data skyrockets
Your mother will have a serious conversation at dinner about how someone in the family is soaking up all the data to watch Netflix on their phone. The data abuser's true colors shine on family vacations.
4. Mom and dad pay for drinks
And pretty much everything else. Whether it be the extra bottle of tanning oil you need to buy at the store or picking up the tab at dinner, family vacations are a savior to the broke college student.
5. The black sheep (or white sheep) of the family
If you are the leisurely family (see #2) there will be lots of time in the sun which means lots of sunburn if you are the pale one in the family. This family member can be seen camped out under an umbrella all day long complaining about their skin peeling. Throw a bottle of 70 sunscreen at them every two hours.
6. Navigating yourself around a new town
Remember when you used to think your dad knew everything? Those days are long gone after you've passed the same 7/11 twelve times trying to find the restaurant for dinner.
7. Trying to find the nightlife scene
After dinner, the night is young and you are on vacation and ready to party. But where to go? Who to hang out with? This is where the Tinder app is most useful and yet also difficult in telling your parents you met a boy online and are going into town to get drinks with him. Your dad may insist he tag along so you don't become the next Natalee Holloway.
8. You may experience FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)
Being away from your friends during the summer means you will probably miss out on something whether it was the best party of the summer or a concert your friends got tickets to last minute. Take a break from Snapchat and Instagram if you have chronic fear of missing out.
9. You'll see your parents let loose
As they deserve. It's their vacation too, so if you're not used to seeing your parents after a few poolside Bloody Mary's, realize they've probably been doing this every vacation since you were born, you're just now old enough to realize mom and dad are drunk.
10. You may want to cut short or extend your stay
Depending on how it goes. Family vacations can be an experience from hell and remind you why you moved away for college, or you can have a blast and never want to leave. Either way, enjoy your time with your family because it won't always be that easy to get away with your loved ones!
