If you build it, they will come. If you ask everyone for their preferences, it’ll never happen!

Here’s what I’ve learned so far about trying to organize a group outing. Don’t poll your group for day and time suggestions! You’ll get wildly varying answers, and then you’ll be confronted with an unbearable choice of who you’ll have to exclude when you pick the day. Maybe that’s an easy things for some, but one of my outing plans completely fell apart at that point because I couldn’t choose.

Instead, either set the day and time that’s good for you and go with that, or pick only ONE or TWO friends to coordinate with before advertising the outing to a wider Homeschooling community.

In your early days of homeschooling, when you’re new and meeting people, definitely get together with another person to plan an outing. As people in the community get to know you better, you’re likely to get a greater response when you create a field trip or outing. Reputation matters.

Have you ever tried to plan an outing but it fell apart? What happened and do you have any tips to help others? Please comment below!