Planning Your Next Vacation? Prevent #VacationMishaps with this Luxurious Giveaway!

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Who doesn't love vacation? It's wonderful to escape the daily schedule, see new places and have someone else make you dinner.

But not every vacation is perfect. When I was a kid, my sister got a stomach bug at Disney and threw up on Goofy's shoe. And recently, when our flight to Chicago was cancelled, my family spent 8 hours at an airport just 15 minutes from our house.

While we can't prevent all the oops (sorry, Goofy!), read on for tips to avoid some of the bigger #VacationMishaps. Plus, be ready for your next trip, thanks to SuiteCase, a new company that sends vacation essentials directly to your hotel room or home. Enter below to win a free package. Bonus: there's also a special discount code for all of our members!

Here are some #VacationMishaps we've made, along with ways to avoid them...

Planning too much. Or too little.

No one wants to be so busy on vacation that they need another vacation. But you also know that if the kids are bored, it will never be relaxing. It's tough to balance everything to minimize the whining. I've found that it's best to plan one activity per day. That way, there's still time to enjoy that hike or museum, but also enough hours in the day for relaxation. So when I plan a trip, I look up all the things I want to do, and that's how many days we stay.

Not thinking about the weather.

I have a knack for always getting bad weather on vacation. It's become a recurring joke with my husband. But it has shown us to be resourceful and to plan ahead. So now we always have a couple of indoor activities planned before we leave (bowling and movies are good fall-backs), we bring rain jackets and mittens everywhere we go, and we are flexible about moving activities around based on forecast. Plus, we try to make the best of it - one of my favorite vacation memories is when we went swimming in the rain!

Keeping your phone in your hand.

It's so tempting to take photos of everything and then post them for the world to see. But after doing that, I realized how much I actually was missing. So now I have my camera in my pocket, ready for when my kids climb to the top of a giant rock pile. And then I put it away to head up there with them. I can still post on social after the kids are sleeping soundly and I finally have a moment to myself.

Forgetting the little things.

I love those little hotel shampoos - they make vacation so much more convenient. And then I look at my photos and realize that my frizzy hair does not love them back. Which is why I am intrigued by SuiteCase. They send packages of vacation essentials right to your hotel, resort or airBnB. Order a week in advance and it will be waiting for you when you arrive. SuiteCase can even send you extra sunscreen, since you don't want to spend your beach vacation healing from a day 1 burn!

Want to try SuiteCase? Enter our giveaway below, where one lucky winner will receive their choice of SuiteCase Getaway package. Choose between Looking Good, Fun in the Sun and Spa Day. Plus, when you order, enter the code shespeaks at checkout and you'll get $5 off!

There are two ways to enter:

Simply comment below and tell us what mistake or mishap has happened on one of your vacations.

AND/OR

Tweet about the giveaway!

Click here to Tweet: "No #VacationMishaps for me, thx to the @SheSpeaksUp @mysuitecase giveaway!  bit.ly/2mxLmTC"

*One lucky commenter or Tweeter will be chosen at random to receive a SuiteCase collection: The Getaway package, valued at $54. Winner can choose between the Looking Good, Fun in the Sun and Spa Day packages. Giveaway is open through March 26th, 2017 to U.S. residents at least 18 years of age. Entrants must be a member of SheSpeaks. If you are not a member, click here to join. Winner will be notified by email.

Update: Thanks to all who entered. Congratulations to our winner: your1chef!

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by alivea | ESTERO, FL
Mar 22, 2017

also forgetting something but one time my daughter brought a friend even though she was 16 we needed a note from her parents which we did not know or have luckily we were able to get in touch with them and the faxed it to the airline and we ran to catch our flight

by ZNKMOM | Yardley, PA
Mar 22, 2017

Our latest vacation mishap was just a few weeks ago on Presidents day. I always check a few sites to find hotels and last time I did this I was having trouble with the site keeping the dates I had picked, it kept changing it. I didn't notice this and made a non-refundable reservation and when we got to the hotel they said we had none. I pulled up my email and imagine my dismay when I realize it was for the next weekend. Luckily the hotel employee was super nice and told me to call the site and ask them if they could change it and she would approve on her end. It cost me an extra 20 but that was better than having no room for that night and facing a 6 hour drive home at 8 oclock at night.

by SuzM14 | Bolingbrook, IL
Mar 22, 2017

Forgot my makeup bag once thought I threw in my purse and left it on the bathroom sink. Costly mistake.

by lorri1956 | santee, CA
Mar 22, 2017

Ended up leaving the small case with all the toiletries in it at home. Had to run out and buy everything. Not the best way to start a vacation!!!

by Bulldog0325 | KINGSVILLE, MD
Mar 22, 2017

I always plan our summer vacation. When our son was 5 years old we planned a trip to Disney in Florida. We had a connection flight on both ways and truly each flight was horrible. We had to get off the plane for a mechanical repair and they told us we would switch planes but they put us back on the same plane. Then there was a delay going from Maryland to North Carolina. So by the time we got to Florida it was almost midnight. We were so tired and when we finally got to our rental car, there was no car seat in the car. I specifically told the car rental company that we were travelling with a 5 year old but they forgot to put the car seat in. So we had to wait for them to find one, which took about another hour. We were so exhausted by the time we got to our hotel we had to adjust our plans for the morning because we decided to sleep in a bit and go to the park another day.

by litabush | Grand Prairie, TX
Mar 22, 2017

I've gotten some pretty bad sunburns on vacations...

by demure79 | Mt Prospect, IL
Mar 22, 2017

Left one of our suitcases in Hawaii coming back from our honeymoon

by mervissa | WINTER GARDEN, FL
Mar 22, 2017

broken wheels on my suitcase

by MorganFrazier | Russellville, AR
Mar 20, 2017

I have ended up not packing for the right weather, so all of my clothes were for rain/cold weather instead of the sunny/warm weather I encountered.

by ladydth | PUNTA GORDA, FL
Mar 20, 2017

Not so much a vacation mishap but for the past 2 years, every time we have a vaction planned, my husband ended up on last minute orders for the military and we had to leave him behind 😢

by sweetlee | DELRAY BEACH, FL
Mar 19, 2017

I learned a long time ago not to rely on the hotel blow dryers. They are always loud and noisy but with very little power to dry long hair. I pack the lightest blow dryer that I have and I can rest assured. It is worth saving some space in your suitcase for it.

by MPsweep | Dayton, OH
Mar 19, 2017

I can't think of anything that stands out. Yay!

by millitt | Fort Worth, TX
Mar 18, 2017

Thought it would be warm and sunny in Memphis, but it was snowing and cold! I packed nothing but warm weather clothing.

by robynl35 | Farber, MO
Mar 18, 2017

We went on vacation, and thought we had a 24 hour stomach bug a few days before leaving. We still wasn't 100% when we left, but feeling a lot better. A few days into the trip all our families now had this nasty bug. We felt horrible, and wish we had just stayed home.

by BeachyChick | unsubscribe, IL
Mar 17, 2017

What a great idea! There are so many times that I could have used this!

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