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 list for you to create your own list.

Beach Vacation Meal Planning for Multi-Family Travel

When we traveled to a beach house in Florida with two others 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 the window!

Beach Vacation Meal Planning Printable

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.

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 do not have a gas grill). Call ahead to find out.

Blank Beach Vacation Meal Planning Printable

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!