Ideas for Canada trip with three kids (6, 4 and 2 yo)
Hi everyone,
My family and I try to do a long-haul trip once a year, we are based in Spain. In the last 3 years we have done Japan, California+Grand Canyon and Zion and China. All the trips came with the challenges of travelling with little kids but we did enjoy all of it! For 2027 I am eyeing Canada as a potential destination, as my eldest is starting primary education and travelling during term time might become a little more difficult (he can skip a few deays, but maybe not two full weeks).
My initial idea was travelling in August/early September to Calgary and doing the Rockies, and then flying back from Vancouver, as I saw cheap flights for this summer and hope to see similar low cost routes for summer 2027. However, I had a look at the prices of accommodation in Banff and Vancouver just to get a sense of it, and bloody hell, they are super expensive. We aim to spend between €100-200 a night depending on location, but the cheapest I've seen in these areas is around €350. With those prices, I think we are totally out of budget.
So my question is: do you have any tips for cheaper family-firendly accommodation in these areas? Or can you suggest other nice places in Canada that are slightly cheaper but also worth visiting from Europe? When we visited the US in 2025 it was slightly more expensive than China or Japan, but we could still find good affordable hotels.
Also, we could travel in late March-early April, over the Easter school holidays, but would it be worth it going to the Rockies? I suspect it'd be too cold and probably we would miss out on all the hikes etc.
Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions!