while the other explores the vacation city with the children.
Because more American family vacations are combining work and play, hotels have become an office away from the home office. The traditional hotel extras are there, like swimming pools and exercise rooms, but most now also offer computers and wireless Internet. Parents can watch their children swim while they finish reports or check e-mails from co-workers. Now they don’t have to worry about coming home to hundreds of unread messages and feeling behind at work.
The minivacation is a modern experiment that gives American families the opportunity to bring together business and pleasure. Working while vacationing might not be ideal, but it saves time and money and still lets the family escape their day-to-day life. The two-week vacation might be rare nowadays, but American families have discovered a new way to survive their busier lifestyles—one minivacation at a time.