Will your kids allow to plan all your family vacation?

Over one -fifth of the parents have left their child of school age to plan 100% of family vacations, according to new research.

The survey of 2,000 parents of school-age children found that 22% have left their children to plan all the holidays-every last detail.

And parents can encourage this, as 82% of parents surveyed said they were best withdrawn when the children had a speech.

When children are involved, parents usually have them to help in activities (89%) and restaurants (54%) – which makes sense, as the main reason that parents require contribution to a trip is to ensure that the holidays will have elements that their child will enjoy (76%).

Committed by Anaheim’s visit to their campaign “Imaginagency” and carried out by Talker Research, the poll also caressed the children and revealed that most are all inside.

Eighty -six percent of children surveyed want to be more involved in planning family advice and 53% want to plan as many trips as possible.

How would a scheduled child look like “Dream Vacation”? Having a meeting-and-gerce with their favorite celebrities (34%) was at the top of once in a lifetime experiences, followed by landing in a concert for their favorite artist (29%)-or having background access to the same show (27%).

About a quarter would like to ride a parade of the amusement park (26%) or have a meeting-and-groin with their favorite cartoon characters (24%), while one fifth would like to sit in a professional sports game.

“Children are not just passengers – they are planners, dreamers, travel imagination,” said Scott Oklin, the leading marketing official on Anaheim’s visit. “We want to help parents give parents, easy ways to turn those big children’s dreams at moments of memory, whether it is catching an exciting hockey game or enlarging the roller coasts.”

There were more “daily” activities that children said they had to be involved, to make it a dream trip – how to go to the beach (55%) and a amusement park (54%).

This was especially true for a child who said their dream journey would be: “Fun parks, fun parks, entertainment parks, lol”.

Children also said they needed to go to the first restaurants (54%), have a chance to swim (51%) and participate in outdoor activities (49%) to turn a regular trip to their dream breaks.

And only swimming may not be enough, as a child said they wanted to “go swimming with dolphins”.

For the latest “dream journey”, children imagine something quite epic: a 13-day journey through six countries and five countries, traveling through a road trip (60%), a flight (57%) and even a cruise (33%).

But not every dream requires a passport – 40% of children will prefer to stay here in the US, and their main choices include Florida, California, Hawaii, New York, Alaska and Colorado.

But whether their child is helping to plan a trip, 84% of parents try to get inspiration from their child’s imagination when creating a break.

More than that, 73% of parents surveyed know about a “dream journey” that their child would like to get – and 88% have plans to make some, or everyone, of that trip in the future.

“Imagination is Spark,” Oklin added. “But then you need a destination that has everything parents have to bring it to life, from iconic topics and soft food to unexpected gems. Through imagination, we are helping families bring their children’s families to life.”

What are the children’s dream trips?*

• Amusement parks, amusement parks, amusement parks, lol
• I would like to surprise my father with a trip to Ireland, so we can see the city that his grandparents came
• I would like to fit as many places and activities in the time frame possible. Like two weeks different places and things to do.
• I would like to go to the beach, I would like to go swimming with dolphins
• Thematic parks, national parks, concerts, beaches
• American Museum of Natural History, Zoo Central Park, Space Club
• My Dreamrra would start traveling to the law, here I wanted to go for a while now and I can’t wait to finally do it there. I would like to see some of Disneylands and visit my aunt in Florida. And play on the beach. Play Read and swim on the beach for nineteen days and I would be happy forever.
• I would start in Japan during the cherry flowering season.
• I want to go see my cousins ​​in North Carolina. I haven’t seen them for a while! Mom said there are beaches in Carolina. I’ve always wanted to go to the beach. We would need the sun’s rays. Mom burns!
• I want to go to California so bad. I want to go to the NBA stadium where lamers play and disneyland naturally.
• My dream trip would be in New York, where I have explored the central park, see a show in Broadway, visit museums and enjoy the living city scene.
• I would like to go to both shores and after anything, go to Mary, board a boat and go to a cruise in the Caribbean

* Some answers have been edited for length and/or clarity.

Survey Methodology:

Talker’s research surveyed 2,000 American parents of school-aged children (aged 6-17); The survey was ordered by Anaheim’s visit and was administered and carried out online by Talker Research between April 7-15, 2025.