Vacations are the best times that you can spend with your family and i bet everyone wants to or feel the need to have them recorded down .. so that many moons down the road.. we can all reminisce about what a good time we all had.
But like all camcorder batteries, they have a mind of their own and they die on you.. when you need it the most. So I always buy spare one.. when i am travelling and on vacation. Nothing i hate most about trying to buy one on your vacation spot and they try to charge you .. what is normally 10% of the asking price. No way.. am i not going travel all equipped.