Palawan When my son chose Palawan for his 8-year-old trip with me, I was excited. It looks amazing in photos – turquoise waters with islands everywhere and beaches surrounded by palm trees. Plus I had never been to the Philippines. I didn’t want to take him out of school for… Read More
Ten Ways to Save Money While Traveling
We travel a lot with our kids – 15 countries or so most years. We couldn’t do it if we were paying full prices for everything, or getting gouged by avoidable fees. These are the top 10 things I do when traveling, and while booking travel, to make our Dollars/Euros/Rupees/Yuan… Read More
Ethiopian Airlines: The Flexible Airline (or, why you shouldn’t combine multiple tickets on one itinerary)
Ethiopian Airlines – a flexible Star Alliance Carrier Africa – it’s not exactly a place where one can stick to a schedule or have firm plans. And that’s usually fine. As they say in Swahili, “pole, pole” – slow, slow, take it easy. Years ago some friends and I were… Read More
Flying With Kids – Tips
(Updated January 2016) . Flying with Kids We’ve flown on over two hundred flights with our three kids – ages 5, 8, and 10. Most have been family trips. Some have been one parent and any combination of 1, 2 or 3 kids. I’m frequently asked for tips on making flying… Read More
A Perfect Trip to Florence with Kids
Entering the Conde Nast Traveler Dream Trip Contest So I won this contest. I usually don’t enter contests – especially photography contests. I have a problem with the overall concept – you sign away most rights to your photos in exchange for the tiny chance of winning something. It’s not… Read More
Antarctica with an 8-Year-Old
Antarctica with Kids When my oldest daughter Evelyn was three and in Pre-K, her class studied penguins. She came home excited and said that she wanted to go to Antarctica to see penguins in real life. So I did some research and decided that eight was a good age for… Read More