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Excellent suggestions above. Aside from making sure they have plenty of toys to keep them occupied, I also always have on some classical music while I'm at work. I'm not a big fan of boarding birds. Taking them out of their regular environments is stressful to them. The best option if you can't take them with you is to have someone come in and look after them while you're on vacation, but I know that's not feasible for everyone.
I strongly agree that you should spend as much time as possible being around the larger macaws and handling them before getting one. It's great that you're researching. Owning a bird...any bird....is not something to be entered into lightly. It's a huge responsibility that many people don't realize, and it saddens me to see how many birds are given up or re-homed.
Have you read anything about the Red Fronted Macaws? They're smaller than Blue and Golds, beautiful, and in my experience easier to handle.
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