A Family Travel Blog
The Best Age to Travel the World A question I get a lot is: what is the best age to take my kids to _______. Fill in the blank with anywhere: Hawaii; Europe; Africa; Australia. The answer is to some extent specific to the place, but it’s also specific to… Read More
Why Syros? I’ve written a lot about Greece over the years. It’s our favorite country after all. I first visited in 1990 and 1992 with friends in college (Athens, Olympia, Delphi, Hydra, Poros, Aegina and Mykonos) and then my wife and I traveled to Athens and Santorini in 2009. We… Read More
Ocean View Hotels I’ve been getting a lot of requests from people for ocean view hotels – either in specific locations or anywhere in the world. We love hotels with good views, especially with kids. If we’re somewhere with young kids and they need downtime in the middle of the… Read More
Singapore Last year I wrote about Singapore in this post – laying out an optimal itinerary for a one-day layover in the city. I talked a little about hotels too and mentioned our two favorites – the Fullerton Hotel and the Fullerton Bay Hotel. The other hotels we’ve stayed it… Read More
Airport to Hotel Transportation A reader recommended that I write a post with options for traveling from the airport to a hotel. So here you go! Obviously a post like this can’t be specific, but we’ve flown into hundreds of airports and had to get to our hotel every time,… Read More
Things to Do in Tokyo, Japan I’ve traveled to Tokyo a lot over the years, including two trips with my youngest daughter (her annual trips at 7 and 8), spring break 2025 with two kids, and an AFAR Experience where we went below the surface. It’s gone from being a… Read More
Rating Every Country We’ve Traveled To During the COVID-19 shutdown we were at home and looking for ways to stay entertained, so I asked my wife and kids to rate every country they’ve been to from 1 to 10. I added in my votes and ranked every country that had… Read More
Credit Cards for Kids and Teens I wanted to get credit cards for my kids well before they were teens. There were several reasons for this: Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card Several years ago, Capital One reached out wanting to work with me. I ended up partnering with them… Read More
Australia for the Holidays We typically spend Christmas in Colorado, and it’s cold in Colorado in December. This year my daughters asked if we could go somewhere warm immediately after Christmas Day. Sounded good to me too! I looked at the Caribbean, but the airlines make it difficult to get… Read More
Your Pre-Travel Checklist If you’ve followed me for a while, you know I travel a lot. On average I fly somewhere once a month – mostly with my kids. That’s a lot of trips to coordinate, and a lot of details to think through. I’ve always used spreadsheets to track… Read More
