#skip-gen

Skip-gen 2026: grandparents and grandchildren traveling alone, without the parents

Skip-gen is the trip where a grandfather, grandmother, or both take one or more grandchildren abroad without the parents in the group — a trend driven by a generation of grandparents retiring earlier, traveling in good health, and wanting exclusive time with a grandchild before the teenage years hit. It demands three things a family trip doesn't: a minor's travel authorization from the parents with a notarized signature, insurance that simultaneously covers someone over 70 and a child, and an itinerary that doesn't exhaust either of them. Not every grandparent-grandchild duo should board that flight — and this piece says when not to.

Curadoria Voyspark · Aug 12