Italics Mine

Italics Mine

It's Friday, Issue #138

The Happiest Place on Earth

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Edan Lepucki
Apr 10, 2026
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In January, during our third week of winter break—a break that included endless rain, various flus, major holidays, zero travel, and days of boredom and fighting—Patrick said, “We have to go somewhere over spring break.”

If you have three (or more!) kids, then you know the financial pain of travel: five (or more!) is a troubling number of people to fit into a hotel room or a rental car. Airbnbs are better for a larger party…but I’m down on vacation rentals. The ones in our price range are always a little depressing. I don’t want to pay over a thousand dollars to swim desultorily in an okay pool in an okay house with serial killer vibes!

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