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When It’s Fun Not to Travel Deeper: Flying Around the World

By Eric Stoen on October 27, 2023 • Last Updated October 27, 2023

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Traveling Around the World I’ve traveled around the world, in one itinerary, four times now. The first was when my eldest daughter was 10. We flew LA-Orlando-Paris-Dubai-Oman-Borobudur-Bali-Sydney-LA in two weeks. Then when my son was 10, we took two and a half weeks to travel LA-Copenhagen-Greenland-Seychelles-Abu Dhabi-Mumbai-Singapore-LA. Both were amazing,… Read More

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Spring Break Ideas for Families

By Eric Stoen on March 14, 2022 • Last Updated August 12, 2024

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Spring Break Ideas – Introduction I receive a lot of emails asking for ideas for family spring break trips. Some emails give me enough to work with, but many don’t. For those shorter emails, I respond with several questions to help them in narrowing down destination options: Before I list… Read More

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Five Tips for Taking Your Kids on an African Safari

By Eric Stoen on October 1, 2021 • Last Updated August 3, 2022

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Africa with Friends Several years before having kids, I started traveling to Africa with friends. It was amazing! In South Africa we saw the Cape of Good Hope and climbed Cape Town’s Table Mountain. In Zimbabwe we spent several days at Victoria Falls before getting into a local bus, traveling… Read More

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How to Book an Affordable African Safari

By Eric Stoen on September 15, 2021 • Last Updated March 27, 2023

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How Much Does an African Safari Cost? African safaris are expensive. Travel Africa magazine stated that the standard price of a 10-day safari in Botswana is £6000-8000 (US$8,500-11,000), or $850-1100 per person per day. Major international safari companies routinely quote $750-1000 per person per day for Tanzanian or Kenyan safaris. That’s… Read More

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The Best Vacations for Kids: Where to Travel When

By Eric Stoen on July 27, 2021 • Last Updated July 10, 2024

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A Month by Month Guide to the Best Vacations for Kids The most frequent request I get is for a list of suggested destinations by month (i.e. the best vacations for kids by month). I could easily do posts for Where to Travel in January, Where to Travel in February,… Read More

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20 Amazing Photos to Inspire You to Take Your Kids Everywhere

By Eric Stoen on April 4, 2019 • Last Updated April 4, 2019

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The Best Places to Travel with Kids When Travelocity asked me to select 20 of my favorite family travel photos, I spent a lot of time narrowing down the list based on photos I liked and destinations I recommend. In the end I came up with 20 that I think… Read More

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Best of 2016: Favorite Things Around the World

By Eric Stoen on December 19, 2016 • Last Updated February 26, 2024

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It’s an absolutely amazing world, and I was lucky enough to see a lot of it this year, mostly with the kids. I started the year in Thailand, then moved on to the Philippines, Taiwan, the US, Tanzania, Kenya, Switzerland, Germany, Jamaica, China, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Hungary, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, the UK, France,… Read More

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An African Safari with Kids

By Eric Stoen on March 4, 2016 • Last Updated November 10, 2023

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A Family Safari in Africa I always tell people to take their kids everywhere, but we hadn’t been everywhere yet – because of the ages of our kids. I had done several safaris through southern and eastern Africa with friends before I got married. I loved going on game drives and spending… Read More

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Packing List for a Family Safari

By Eric Stoen on February 27, 2016 • Last Updated November 12, 2022

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A Complete Safari Packing List (e.g. What to Wear on Safari) As frequent travelers, we try to pack light. This was easy to accomplish in warm East Africa. Most lodges have inexpensive laundry services ($1-2 per item) and it’s easy to hand wash and quickly dry non-cotton items. We traveled around… Read More

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