A Family Travel Blog
Arches National Park Utah Prompted by the pandemic, we switched from international travel to domestic road tripping, and we gravitated to the National Parks. Between 2020 and 2024 we made 19 visits to nine US National Parks in Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California and Colorado. An $80 Annual Pass for the… Read More
Summer in the Greek Islands We love Greece in the summer. The islands are truly idyllic, with amazing food, beaches and cute towns and shops. The white houses with their blue shutters, and painted walkways through town, add to the vibe. Plus the islands are safe. We’ve felt comfortable letting… Read More
Tips for Jet Lag I get asked about jet lag all the time but I’ve never written about it. I’ve always thought of it as a necessary evil. When flying across multiple time zones, it simply takes your sleep patterns a while to adjust. I’ve flown several million miles at… Read More
Naxos Greece Greece is our favorite country. We go at least once a year, typically to Naxos and/or Paros every other year, and then to other islands or mainland destinations in the off years. Naxos remains our favorite island. I wrote about our first two trips to Naxos in this… Read More
Family Adventure Vacations We’re always heading off on adventures around the world. Just the way we travel is an adventure – around-the-world trips with the kids, taking float planes to remote islands, walking across Tuscany – but we’re also active, hiking, kayaking, climbing and cycling wherever we can. I’ve previously… Read More
Family Travel Planning I have a tradition with my kids that goes back fourteen years: starting at the age of four, each of my kids gets to choose any destination in the world every year for a one-on-one trip with me. It began when my first daughter, at three, said… Read More
The Qatar Airways Qsuite I’ve flown thousands of flights on dozens of airlines and the Qatar Airways Qsuite business class is my favorite flying experience. There are of course ultra-high-end first class products out there like Singapore Airlines and Emirates suites, but for an exceptionally comfortable and enjoyable flight at… Read More
Best European Cities with Kids We’ve traveled throughout a lot of Europe with kids the past 18 years – 70+ cities in 20+ countries – and I made a short list of our favorite kid-friendly European cities. Then I deleted the largest two, London and Paris, since they’re the top… Read More
I’m writing this post from the Park Hyatt Tokyo, here with my 7-year-old. Japan is my 48th country with kids, and in the course of all of that travel we’ve learned what to take and what not to take on trips – to the point where we typically don’t start… Read More
Getting Past My Backpacker Mentality I studied abroad three semesters in college, in Italy and Germany, and traveled around Europe as inexpensively as possible over weekends and breaks. I took overnight trains with my Eurail passes, never spent more than $20/night on a hostel, and rarely paid more than $10… Read More
