A Family Travel Blog
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
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
Around the World Two years ago I went around the world with my 10-year-old daughter in two weeks. It was supposed to be a crazy one-time adventure – seven cities, six countries, four continents to max out summer vacation and visit a bunch of her favorite places. Fast forward to… Read More
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 Dubai Layover? This is a post I never thought I’d write. I’ve been to Dubai three times and, honestly, I’m not a fan of the city. I’m not into shopping, and I really like experiencing true culture when I travel, and Dubai unfortunately is all about shopping and not about… Read More
I’ve just returned from a photography expedition in Oman and United Arab Emirates with National Geographic. On the flight home, I started thinking about the ten photography expeditions and workshops that I’ve now done around the world and what made each one successful (or not). To my mind a successful trip needs:… Read More
The Planning The earth is 24,874 miles around at the equator. Phileas Fogg traveled around it in 80 days in Jules Verne’s fictional novel, but that was before airplanes. Phineas and Ferb traveled around it in 24 hours, but they have the advantage of being cartoon characters. In reality you could… Read More
