Taking the Kids: Holiday Smarts, Whether You Are Joining the Family or Getting Away

Instead of spending the holidays at a loved one’s home, families are traveling together.

Destinations are great for large family gatherings. YanLev Alexey Sizov/Shutterstock

I get the appeal.

You don’t want to be a guest—who wants to sleep on the lumpy sofa bed again? Nor do you want to host—too many loads of laundry, too many meals to prepare.