What to Do in Tokyo All of a sudden I’m finding myself in Tokyo frequently, including two trips at the end of 2017, and I’m planning a trip back with my 8-year-old this fall. It’s gone from being a city that intimidated me to one that I can’t wait to… Read More
How to Spend an Amazing Vacation in Bali
Things to Do in Bali Bali has always been one of my favorite destinations. I started traveling there in the late 90s, well before having kids, and now I’ve gone back several times with my kids. There’s definitely a yoga retreat/mindful tourism element, but from a family perspective it’s great.… Read More
The Coolest Places to Travel with Kids in 2018
Family Travel 2018 As you probably know, I write for Travelocity every month. Heading into 2018, they asked me for my family travel recommendations this year. Happy to oblige! I short-listed roughly 25 destinations – places that we’ve traveled to recently and loved, places that are changing that you shouldn’t… Read More
Best of 2017: Favorite Things Around the World
It was another amazing year of travel! I didn’t quite match my 2016 statistics, flying 230,511 miles, or roughly 25,000 fewer than last year, but I couldn’t have fit another trip in if I tried! My 22 countries included (in order): US, UK, Oman, UAE, Costa Rica, Israel, Chile, Bermuda,… Read More
A Month in the Life of a Travel Writer (with Zappos and Blundstone)
Sponsored by Zappos When Zappos approached me with a month-long campaign with Blundstone Boots, I said yes immediately. I don’t think there’s another brand that would fit into our lifestyle as well as Blundstone? And we use Zappos all the time, taking advantage of their one-day shipping and easy returns. So where… Read More
10 Cities That Should Be on Everyone’s Bucket List
Bucket List Cities Creating a bucket list is tricky! The world is full of amazing cities. It would be easy to put together a list of unique cities that are off the beaten path, or a list of the coolest small towns, or up-and-coming destinations. But for this list I… Read More
Tokyo with Kids Made Easy
My seven-year-old daughter chose Tokyo this year for her annual one-on-one trip with me. She was excited since she loves Japan – the culture and language, which she studied briefly in first grade, and the anime that she watches frequently on Netflix and YouTube. I wasn’t as excited. I had… Read More
Bangkok: A Perfect Layover
A Bangkok Layover Bangkok, Thailand is the perfect layover city. First, there are extremely cheap flights on major carriers to the city and then even cheaper flights on low-cost carriers to elsewhere in Asia. Second, it’s not an expensive city. Third, it’s a cool, interesting city. Despite all of that,… Read More
Six Senses Laamu in the Maldives: Our New Favorite Resort Anywhere
The Maldives with Kids For my son’s nine-year-old trip with me, he chose the Maldives. This wasn’t a surprise – he’s always liked remote islands and turquoise waters. The only issue was with the distance. The Maldives are almost exactly halfway around the world from California, 12 time zones away. Not a major problem… Read More
The Ultimate Family Tradition: One-on-One Vacations with Dad
Note: This post originally appeared on Travelocity’s Inspire Hub. It Started with Penguins It was a simple request: “I want to go to Antarctica.” It came from my daughter who was studying penguins in school. She was three. I said yes. I mean, of course I said yes. I wanted… Read More
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