A Family Travel Blog
Asia with Kids If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I let each of my kids choose any annual destination that he/she wants. And sometimes I’ll stretch the rules and let the kids choose multiple destinations and/or go all the way around the world. Well, sometimes… Read More
The Best Age to Travel the World A question I get a lot is: what is the best age to take my kids to _______. Fill in the blank with anywhere: Hawaii; Europe; Africa; Australia. The answer is to some extent specific to the place, but it’s also specific to… Read More
My Favorite Hotel Arrivals I’m always looking for the coolest possible kid experiences when we travel, and sometimes that includes hotel arrivals. You’re probably thinking: how can a hotel arrival be unique? You get off the plane, take a car or taxi to your hotel, and you’re there. But some… Read More
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
A Long Layover in Hong Kong My 8-year-old chose Palawan, Philippines for his annual trip with me. As always, as soon as we had the primary destination, we got to work playing with other fun places to add on to the trip. Why fly all the way to the Asia and only visit one… Read More
Such a fun travel year! Starting in Colorado and ending in Thailand, I flew 178,790 miles to 20 countries on 4 continents. I don’t think I had flown more than 150,000 miles in a year before? Five countries were solo – India and Japan for photo expeditions, Germany and Spain for travel conferences… Read More
One on One Travel When my daughter was four, I took her to Australia – the start of our tradition of one-on-one travel. When she turned five, we decided to head off again, and this time she chose China. She was studying Mandarin in Pre-K and wanted to travel to… Read More
