WEBVTT - Find a place to belong

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to find a place to be long. Become

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<v Speaker 1>a member at a local destination you enjoy, and you

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<v Speaker 1>will be able to give yourself and your family an

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<v Speaker 1>appealing entertainment option for even short periods of time. On

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<v Speaker 1>my other podcast, Best of Both Worlds, my co host

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<v Speaker 1>Sarah and I recently shared what we called a long

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<v Speaker 1>weekend with Little Kid's Survival Guide. One of the tips

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<v Speaker 1>was that being a member at a fun, local place

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<v Speaker 1>can make weekends easier. Not so much that you plan

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<v Speaker 1>a trip to the local children's museum as your big

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<v Speaker 1>adventure for the day, though of course you could. It's

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<v Speaker 1>more that being a member makes the marginal cost of

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<v Speaker 1>going zero. You aren't going to pay an admissions fee

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<v Speaker 1>for that particular trip, so you are more likely to

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<v Speaker 1>go even if you don't have much time or there

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<v Speaker 1>is a high possibility that your visit will be cut short.

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<v Speaker 1>You can see how this plays out. If you are

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<v Speaker 1>paying one hundred twenty dollars to take your family to

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<v Speaker 1>the zoo, you are going to want to stay there

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<v Speaker 1>all day. You are going to be upset if your

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<v Speaker 1>kids start screaming that they hate the zoo fifteen minutes

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<v Speaker 1>in and just won't stop, this, of course, being the

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<v Speaker 1>kid who absolutely loved the zoo the last time you went.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you are a member, the extra cost to

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<v Speaker 1>go for a visit is nothing, so you could go

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<v Speaker 1>for a short time. Let's say your kid wakes up

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<v Speaker 1>from their nap at three pm and the zoo closes

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<v Speaker 1>at five pm. Not a problem, get your snack, get

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<v Speaker 1>in the car, and enjoy your hour long visit. Even

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<v Speaker 1>if you didn't get there until four fifteen, it would

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<v Speaker 1>probably be fine. You could see two exhibits and leave.

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<v Speaker 1>Given how important it is to have something interesting and

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<v Speaker 1>fun in that post nap slot, this can be a

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<v Speaker 1>very useful thing. Indeed, Or if you are a member

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<v Speaker 1>at the children's museum and your kid has a total

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<v Speaker 1>meltdown ten minutes into a visit, you can follow through

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<v Speaker 1>on that threat to leave. There's no marginal extra cost

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<v Speaker 1>to that visit, so why not. Even for adults, it

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<v Speaker 1>is nice to have a membership. You can see a

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<v Speaker 1>single exhibit at an art museum on a lunch break,

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<v Speaker 1>for instance, rather than thinking you should stay at the

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<v Speaker 1>museum for hours, as you might if you are paying

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<v Speaker 1>for admission. When you want to get your money's worth,

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<v Speaker 1>you won't go for a short period of time, but

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<v Speaker 1>that might mean that you won't go at all. Better

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<v Speaker 1>to pay the money up front and then go in

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<v Speaker 1>the little marginal bits of time now. Obviously, a membership

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<v Speaker 1>tends to be a little more expensive than a single visit,

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<v Speaker 1>though it might not be much more expensive than two visits.

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<v Speaker 1>So with the holidays coming up, you could be strategic

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<v Speaker 1>and ask from memberships to places as gifts. If grandparents

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<v Speaker 1>are looking to give your family something, a zoo pass

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<v Speaker 1>and an aquarium pass might fill a lot of weekends,

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<v Speaker 1>whereas a toy might get discarded after an hour. When

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<v Speaker 1>you have somewhere you belong, it makes weekend fun, free, easy,

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<v Speaker 1>and reliably appealing. So find somewhere to belong and you

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<v Speaker 1>will probably enjoy that place more In the meantime. This

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<v Speaker 1>is Laura, Thanks for listening, and here's to making the

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<v Speaker 1>most of our time. Thanks for listening to before Breakfast.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach

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<v Speaker 1>me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast

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