A Family Travel Blog
I’m married today because I got robbed in Spain. In retrospect it could have been a lot worse. The man across from me was bleeding. A woman was sobbing. Several children were crying. I was the lucky one waiting to file a report at Madrid’s airport police station. I only… Read More
Glacier National Park with Kids A few summers ago, in conjunction with Visit Montana, my 7-year-old daughter and I flew to Whitefish, Montana and explored Whitefish and Glacier National Park for four days. It remains one of my favorite trips – it was an easy destination from Los Angeles, the… Read More
Cool Hotels I spend an inordinate amount of time choosing hotels when we travel. My criteria: But no matter how amazing a hotel is, it’s primarily a place to base out of when you’re seeing a city…except when it’s not! Sometimes a hotel is the reason for the trip, a… Read More
Introduction Seven years ago Travelocity asked me to write about Disney Cruises, and how to decide if one is perfect for your family. At the time we had done three 12-night Disney Cruises in Europe. Now that we’ve taken a 4th Disney Cruise, with older kids, it seemed like a… Read More
A Disney Fantasy Cruise in the Western Caribbean When I posted to Instagram that we were booked on a spring break Disney Fantasy Cruise, a lot of people DMed me to ask why. It’s a reasonable question – although we’ve been on a number of cruises, we don’t love cruises,… Read More
Six Senses Yao Noi Our first Six Senses stay was in Oman. I was traveling around the world with my 10-year-old daughter and we included a stop at Six Senses Zighy Bay because you could arrive at the hotel by paragliding in from a nearby mountain. We loved the resort,… Read More
Antarctica Packing List I’ve now been to Antarctica twice, first with National Geographic Expeditions with my 8-year-old, and most recently with Adventures By Disney with my 12-year-old. I originally included this packing list in my second blog post, but it makes more sense to make it a separate post so… Read More
A Second Trip to Antarctica with Kids Nine years ago I took my 8-year-old daughter to Antarctica. It was an amazing trip, and it was the reason I started this website. I wasn’t a travel writer at the time; I simply wanted to tell the world to take their kids… Read More
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Holiday Gifts for Travelers – 2022 Another year, another gift guide! In case you’re new here, I’ll start with the important stuff. We don’t buy a lot, since we would rather invest in travel and experiences. This gift guide is my way of highlighting brands I love and cool things… Read More
