Read 9 Staycation day trips and 20 staycation ideas. We decided to do a staycation this summer. Following two exotic trips over the winter (Guadeloupe and Senegal), plus our spring break jaunt to Pittsburgh, we opted to be relatively frugal and save up for bigger trips again over fall and winter breaks. …

There’s always one week of summer where everyone is home from camp and work but we aren’t going away. We need things to do so that we feel like we’re really on vacation, and so we don’t spend the week organizing closets, answering email, and watching Sing! on an endless …