travel

Just wondering what the norm seems to be in other gyms. When you have a travel meet-not necessarily a fly-away meet, but a meet a decent drive away that requires at least one overnight stay, how does it work? Do the families from your gym tend to stay in the same hotel and do things together...

In September our family is going on a cruise from Europe to America (we live in America). It is an 11 night, transatlantic cruise. We will be homeschooling our twins next year; but their little sister will be staying in public school. (twins are going into middle school and we have chosen to...

Hello, For those of you who have had to fly to your meets, what do you think has worked the best? These are the choices I am dealing with, none of which is ideal. We have a Friday meet on President's weekend. She needs to arrive by 2:00pm. The airport and hotel are close to the meet Option 1...

Hi all, I was wondering how far you would consider "too far" to travel to a gymnastics meet. My DD's coach is hoping to enter some of her team to a gymnastics meet in New York. The thing is that my DD's gym is in SoCal and a flight from LAX to JFK will be expensive and long (around 5 hours I...

We are thinking of moving gyms but it involves a much longer commute. How far do you travel and how many times a week?

It looks like we will be doing quite a bit of traveling soon...... and, apparently, continuing throughout her gymnastics career. Anyway, what travel program do you have or like the best? I have an American Airlines credit card, but I don't feel you get much bang out of your buck for it. Do you...

We are back from the travel meet, and they kind of performed like kids on vacation! They had a blast though! He ended up 8th on floor, 6th on pommel, 3rd in rings, 5th on vault, 4th on pbars,a nd 5th aa. Since I shared his hb last time, I thought I would again. Much better this time, btu...

(I'm been lurking for a while. This is my first post.) My son (L4) has his first travel meet coming up. What do I need to pack besides his uniform and clothes/toiletries? We're trying to travel light so we don't need to check bags. Also, they have a late afternoon session. How on earth...

If there were limited choices in your area for a decent gym, how far is the furthest you would consider traveling for a high quality gym?

Hi! I'm a newbie here and seeking advice on travel meets. Our gym (DD is 11yo, Lv7) is doing two travel meets to other parts of the country this year. We are fairly new to this gym and just don't understand the benefit of traveling so far and spending so much money (airfare, hotel, rental car...

My oldest dd has her first meet in October and it is a travel meet (around 250 miles away), it will require a hotel stay (being sorted out on our behalf - we just have to pay) and dd will get her first club/competition leotard. We have a meeting up and coming to discus details and have been...

DDs gym has one travel meet per year. It is mandatory for levels 4-10, but is optional for level 3, which is what my dd will be competing. This year the gym picked a meet that is clear across the country. My husband really wants to take dd. I feel like we should save our pennies for next...

How many days off is OK to you before an optional meet? As an Example; We have a travel meet. Some of the team competes Friday and some Saturday. The coaches are leaving Thursday so they will be there and ready for an early Friday am session. The girls who compete Saturday won't practice...

Hi, we are going to Hawaii for our travel meet this year. I have been asked to look into any deals we can get traveling as a large group. I have a couple of questions for any of you who may have done this before. 1. Does your team generally try to travel as a group or is everyone on their...

Our team did their first big travel meet this past season to Florida. Our head coach would like to do one each year - as it seems many of you guys do. So the booster club is taking suggestions on new meets to try. The Pink Invitational has already been thrown out there... What other good meets...

Hey! So Tomorrow i have my first travel meet of my life. It's 3 hours away, and I'm leaving at 11:00 to get to the hotel tomorrow around 2:00 and I have to be in the auditorium by 3:40. So I was just wondering what you guys do on a travel meet? As well as, most of my team are staying in the same...

Hi everyone - I'm looking for some input from some more experienced gym parents. My DD has her very first L4 meet in a little over a week from now. It's almost a 4 hr drive from our house, and her session is at 11AM. I booked a hotel, since DD and my DH are not morning people. I was...

Need advice on buying plane tickets. We have a travel meet in 5 months. I found a flight that is $90 less than it has been listed for the past several weeks and it's non stop! It's the same amount I spent to travel to TX a few months ago. Do you find it better to wait until it gets closer to...

Looking for some recommendations for new travel meets for our Optional Team -Both boys and girls. We have been to many over the years..Chicago, Cancun, FlipFest, Several Orlando's, Colorado Springs, Arizona, MetroPlex, Atlanta. Any other meets that have full sessions of 7,8,9 and 10's that are...

I would love to know how other families handle gym travel. Does your gymnast travel with her family or her coaches and team? Does your entire family (parents and siblings) accompany the gymnast to local meets? What about for out of town meets~especially ones with interesting destinations...