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Beach Vacation Meal Planning for Multi-Family Travel

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Vacationing is fun; however, beach vacation meal planning for several families can be overwhelming and exhausting. Nothing can be worse than spending a ton of money on groceries that take up too much space in your car and showing up to the beach house with other families that bought the same items as you.

Do you really need three different bottles of ketchup for a one week stay? Perhaps with toddlers, but really not.

This shopping list will simplify the packing process and make your trip preparation less stressful. I’ve also included a blank meal planning list for you to create your own list.

Beach Vacation Meal Planning for Multi-Family Travel

Beach Vacation Meal Planner

When we traveled to a beach house in Florida with two other families that also have toddlers meal planning was crucial. Talk about a house full of hungry people!

One of my friends who is more organized than myself started the master list which includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, and other misc. items. We factored in that we would most likely go out to eat a few times depending on our kids’ moods and our wallets.  We decided to divide items equally between our families via email since we all live in different cities.

Please note that we did not go for all healthy options because we were on vacation and diets went out of the window!

Beach meal planning list printable
Blank Beach Vacation Meal Planning List

Easy meals for a week at the beach 

With this beach vacation meal plan you can make these simple meals:

  • Tacos or Taco Salad
  • Hamburgers
  • Breakfast
  • Pigs in a Blanket
  • Steak with Baked Potatoes and Veggies
  • Sandwiches
  • Hot Dogs
  • Brats
  • Snacks

We went for simple recipes as it can be challenging to cook extensive recipes with four young children in the beach house.

As organized as we were, we did find out after a week-long vacation with hungry husbands and children that we could’ve brought more of these items below. Thankfully there were a few stores that we could shop at to stock up on supplies.

beach vacation meal plan

Bring more of these Beach vacation items

  • Paper Plates & Paper towels
  • Sunblock (seriously – you can never have enough)
  • Ice (our fridge ice maker was not working and it helps to have at the beach for your cooler).
  • Grilling utensils
  • Charcoal (if your beach house does not have a gas grill). Call ahead to find out.
  • Hand sanitizer and wipes 
  • Soap if you don’t like the generic soap that hosts usually provide. 
  • Bug spray in case the mosquitos are out. 
  • Trash bags in case your host doesn’t provide enough. 
  • Toilet paper
beach vacation meal planning

How to organize your beach trip supplies

Have you traveled with multiple families before?

Do you struggle to meal plan? Let me know your go-to meals for multi-family travel that please everyone!

Download the printable

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The PDF will include:

  • Two pages. One blank for you to create your own list and one for reference.

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Beach Vacation Meal Planner

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  1. Jaelan says

    Meal planning for vacation is a great idea. I’m sure once we have kiddos it will be mandatory.

  2. Michelle Hancock says

    Thank you! We decided to do it to save time and money. It does time some time up front, but it’w well worth it. We still went out to eat a few times when we didn’t want to cook and clean dishes! Thanks for commenting!

  3. Lorelai @ Life With Lorelai says

    I have got to get better at meal planning! Please come share your blog posts over at the Home Matters Linky Party! We’d love to have you for a visit. The Door is OPEN. 🙂

    ~Lorelai
    Life With Lorelai

  7. Olga says

    Thanks for the list! This year we are trying something new, Theme nights! Each family is taking a turn. Greek night is ours so Greek chicken always a hit and easy to marinade and roast/grill add oven roasted potatoes or couscous and a cucumber tomato salad and voila! Don’t forget the pita bread!

  8. Michelle Hancock says

    That sounds amazing and delicious! Love the idea of theme nights. Enjoy your trip and thanks for stopping by!

  12. Teresa says

    Can’t wait till I get the link so I can share the download with relatives going

  13. Erin says

    I would love the beach family vacation printable. There are 24 of us going to Destin FL in August. This will help to get us organized!

  14. Steph says

    My family is in town and relying heavily on me to get things organized for our beach trip. Thanks for helping me out! This makes the most sense out of all the printable i found!

  16. Lori says

    Headed to Hilton Head with 3 other families this summer and trying to be as organized as possible!

  21. Please send me the print up a meal planning sheets. Thank you.Elizabeth says

    Please send me the print up a meal planning sheets. Thank you.

  22. Michelle Hancock says

    Sign up in the embed form at the bottom of the post and it will be sent to your email address. Thank you!

  31. Tamara gilbert says

    Sign me up please for the free printable beach vacation multi family trip planner. Thank you so much

  32. Michelle Hancock says

    Please submit your email in the embed form or you can shop for it in my store. Thank you so much!

  34. Michelle Hancock says

    Please submit your email in the form at the bottom of the post and it will be sent to you! Thank you!

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    Input your email in the subscription box or shop online for it if you do not want to give up email. Thank you!

  45. Michelle Hancock says

    Please submit your email address in the form and it will be automatically sent or you can go to my shop and purchase there.

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    Please subscribe by putting your email list in the box and it will be emailed. If you dont want to do that, visit my shop to purchase online. Thank you

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    Please submit your email in the box at the bottom and it will be sent to you automatically. Thank yoU!

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    Scroll to bottom and submit email address in optin box. It will automatically pop up.

  56. Michelle Hancock says

    Please input your email address into the opt-in box at the bottom of the blog post and it will pop up! Or you can shop for it in my printables shop. Thank you!

  57. Ashley says

    Can you please send link to the printable, I do not see where you can request it. Thank you. Can’t wait to use it.

  59. Sandy says

    Planning a beach vacation to OBX with 31 Ladies in May!! Found your shopping list and thought this will helps lot.

    Planning and organization will make this trip less stressful and reduce the amount of food waste. We went last year with 1/2 the girls and there was so much left over!

    How many people does your shopping list cover?

    Thanks!

  60. Michelle Hancock says

    We used this list when we traveled with three families with four to a family. (12) THanks!

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