Top 10 Cities in the World Creating a bucket list of the top 10 cities in the world to visit 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… Read More
The Best Cities in the World (Our 20 Favorite Cities Ranked)
The Best Cities in the World During the first pandemic lockdown, I asked my wife and kids to rate every country that we had traveled to. I added in my votes and ranked them, and the result was my post on the The Best Countries to Visit. Then, as more… Read More
10 Places Not to Miss in Tokyo
Things to Do in Tokyo, Japan I’ve traveled to Tokyo a lot over the years, including two trips with my youngest daughter (her annual trips at 7 and 8) and an AFAR Experience where we went below the surface. It’s gone from being a city that intimidated me to one… Read More
Bucket List Family Travel: Our Top 10 Epic One-on-One Trips
Single Parent Travel My oldest daughter just turned 14, which means that I’ve been taking one-on-one trips with my kids for 10 years. The short version of how the tradition started: my daughter, at 3, wanted to go to Antarctica. I told her that we could go when she was… Read More
20 Amazing Photos to Inspire You to Take Your Kids Everywhere
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
11 Amazing Big City Hotels
The Best Big City Hotels This month Travelocity asked me to write about my favorite big city hotels, as a complement to my post on amazing destination hotels. I loved doing this post and thinking through everywhere we’ve stayed in the world’s largest cities, and which hotels really impressed us… 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 21 countries included (in order): US, UK, Oman, UAE, Costa Rica, Chile, Bermuda, Mexico,… 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 and follow my life as a travel writer, 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… Read More
Tokyo with Kids Made Easy
Twice now my daughter has chosen Tokyo for her annual one-on-one trip with me. She loves Japan – the culture, the language, the food (at least the Japanese food that’s common in the US), and the anime that she watches frequently on Netflix and YouTube. Originally I wasn’t excited about… Read More