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 carrierasor | mission viejo, CA
Mar 09, 2017

lost luggage always a problem

by pmencin | MASSILLON, OH
Mar 09, 2017

The worst mishap I had was forgetting my multi-vitamins and Vitamin C on my 3 week honeymoon! I didn't realize how healthy they really kept me ..... until I came down with a terrible cold in the 2nd week of our trip. I was miserable!

by KColeman072104 | Portland , TN
Mar 09, 2017

Losing our kids pacis on an 18 hour car ride made for a very very long ride to our destination. Going to be doing this trio again in June but add our two toddlers in there again plus our two oldest kiddos. Luckily toddlers don't take pacis this go around but definitely have no idea how to keep them all 4 occupied either.

by darlingfirst | LAREDO, TX
Mar 09, 2017

Okay...so I have to admit that when I'm on vacation I do full-face glam...reason being that I have acne prone skin and scarring. After planning for weeks a trip to Austin, TX...I forgot my makeup bag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Day 1 I looked fab...day 2 and beyond uggggh...I couldn't take it anymore so I bought a random foundation at Walgreens...three little essentials to keep me looking okay...Foundation, Blush/Bronzer duo...and MASCARA.

by kcaise | SAN ANTONIO, TX
Mar 09, 2017

The fun in the sun looks very interesting and fun!

by espangor | HUDSON, NY
Mar 09, 2017

i took my niece who was three at the time and underestimated cost of food and was short of money before it was time to leave an we had to live off crackers and peanut butter for the balance of the trip

by Akaleistar | PERRYSBURG, OH
Mar 09, 2017

I once threw away my retainer right before boarding a plane. There mad dash through the trash, but thankfully my retainer was found in time :)

by camillawilson | CRANDALL, GA
Mar 09, 2017

My husband said he was tough and didn't need any sunscreen at the beach. A few hours later he was burned so bad he spent the rest of the vacation in the condo. We would bring him back on the beach late in the afternoon.

by emolie27 | LIVONIA, MI
Mar 09, 2017

We booked a hotel based on pictures online, and it did not look as good in person!

by elizdup | Tomball, TX
Mar 09, 2017

Forget to pack my contact case. Solution. Eye glasses. Toothbrush. Shaver and sunscreen....was a slight hassle. But manage to get everything ( except eyeglasses ) replaced.

by sarahmhale | CHICAGO, IL
Mar 09, 2017

Plantar warts that made even walking on the beach impossibly painful. Enough said.

by BranOlen | New Bethlehem, PA
Mar 09, 2017

I guess u could call it a vacation mistake or "blondes" moment too lol. My bestie Kelli & me were on our 2nd vacation trip to see my mom who lived in Hawaii. It was a 13 hr flight with a lay over at LAX airport in California. I had been to many airports in my lifetime but it was our 1st time to LAX airport. This airport is huge and we had limited time to get to the other side of the airport to get on our plane which flew into Honolulu. Because this airport is so big they have shuttle buses to help u get to where u need to go. Our airlines told us to get on "a bus" and that bus would take us to where we needed to be. However, we found out quickly, that "a bus" in California actually meant "Bus A". They say it backwards lol. We got on the wrong bus lol. Thank goodness we were cute thin young blondes otherwise, the bus driver may have not helped us at all lol!

by aduffy29 | MT PROSPECT, IL
Mar 09, 2017

At Disney World we were bringing our luggage into our room and my 4 year old daughter was standing behind the door. We opened it up fro the outside and smashed her big toe taking the nail off. Poor thing was stuck with a bandaged up toe! But luckily that didn't stop her from putting on gym shoes and going to the parks. Thankful for the stroller when it started hurting her and she didn't want to walk!

by samgray2005 | CORAL SPRINGS, FL
Mar 09, 2017

This would be SO cool!

by BranOlen | New Bethlehem, PA
Mar 09, 2017

I guess u could call it a vacation mistake or "blondes" moment too lol. My bestie Kelli & me were on our 2nd vacation trip to see my mom who lived in Hawaii. It was a 13 hr flight with a lay over at LAX airport in California. I had been to many airports in my lifetime but it was our 1st time to LAX airport. This airport is huge and we had limited time to get to the other side of the airport to get on our plane which flew into Honolulu. Because this airport is so big they have shuttle buses to help u get to where u need to go. Our airlines told us to get on "a bus" and that bus would take us to where we needed to be. However, we found out quickly, that "a bus" in California actually meant "Bus A". They say it backwards lol. We got on the wrong bus but & even thou the bus driver was a little upset at our confusion, he did drop us off where we needed to catch our flight.

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