With the tools provided by Our Family Pulse you can do some very powerful things. One of those is to create a great online family vacation travel log for any trips you are planning. With just a few easy steps you can have all of your vacation plans in one place, as well as photo galleries and posts describing the trip. And since your site is 100% private, you can choose what information you want to share with people outside your family.

Your vacation log will use several of the tools we provide. You will be able to create vacation blog posts, travel photo galleries, and a vacation event home to store all your trip's details. We offer both a free family website trial as well as paid plans starting at only $4.95.

Setting Up Your Travel Log

Starting your family vacation travel log is easy to do. Before your trip simply create a new event in the "Events" section of your site. Put in the dates of the trip if you know them and a brief description of what you are planning.

As you gather more information about your family trip you can go back and edit the event, adding in details to your travel log such as hotels, flight information and even activities you are planning. It’s a great way to track everything online.

Another way to record the information you are gathering about your family vacation is to write a blog post outlining your trip. You can then associate the blog post with the event, keeping your travel log in one place.

Family Vacation Log Updates

If you have internet access and a computer on your trip you can update your vacation log while you are still traveling. You can create semi-regular vacation blog posts talking about your days, or even create photo galleries of the sights you've seen. This is a great way to keep the people back home up-to-date about how your family vacation is going.

If you don't have a computer (or are too busy sightseeing) then we recommend taking notes of your family vacation in a notebook. That way once you get home you can write a good blog post about what you've been doing in your online travel log.

We have found that this process of note taking also helps you better remember your family vacation. Your online travel log is also a great thing to use as a reference as you look back on your vacation in years to come. Plus, all of our photo galleries and blog posts have a section for your family to leave comments on!

Finishing Your Family Vacation Log

Once you get home you can work on finishing your family vacation log. We recommend finding between 20 and 30 of your favorite vacation pictures and combining them into a travel photo gallery for everyone to see. Remember, you can add a detailed caption for each vacation photo so people know what they are looking at.

You can then write a trip blog post describing the things you did and saw on your vacation. This summary can be associated with both the travel photo gallery and the initial vacation event you created.

Sharing Your Family Vacation Travel Log

You will probably want to share your family vacation travel log with two groups of people. For people already in your family it is easy since they will be notified via email whenever you create a travel blog post or a vacation photo gallery.

However, many people enjoy sharing their vacations with everyone they know. If that is the case then we suggest getting the "public link" from the travel blog post or the vacation photo gallery. You can send this link to anyone outside your family and they will be able to view your family vacation travel log. You can even paste it on Facebook or Twitter to share with the world.

Similar Uses

Using the same tools as you did for the travel blog posts and vacation photo galleries you can also record many other activities. Things such as children's plays and recitals, sporting events, weddings, or anniversaries are easily captured online for all members of your family. They are easy to record and share if you follow the same guidelines above for the online family vacation travel log.

We know you have a lot of options for recording your family vacation travel log but we know with its easy to use tools and built in privacy Our Family Pulse will be what you're looking for. Give our free family website trial a try today, it only takes 30 seconds to get your family set up and ready to share your travels!