A Family Travel Blog
Introduction Seven years ago Travelocity asked me to write about Disney Cruises, and how to decide if one is perfect for your family. At the time we had done three 12-night Disney Cruises in Europe. Now that we’ve taken a 4th Disney Cruise, with older kids, it seemed like a… Read More
A Disney Fantasy Cruise in the Western Caribbean When I posted to Instagram that we were booked on a spring break Disney Fantasy Cruise, a lot of people DMed me to ask why. It’s a reasonable question – although we’ve been on a number of cruises, we don’t love cruises,… 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
A Celebrity Edge Review When I received an invitation for a preview sailing of the Celebrity Edge, I wasn’t initially excited. Our last cruise with kids with Disney had been decidedly mediocre and we didn’t have another cruise in our travel plans. But I was also intrigued. The Celebrity Edge… Read More
We’ve gone on four Disney cruises now – two in the Mediterranean, one in northern Europe and one in the Caribbean – and stopped at 24 different ports. At those stops we’ve done a little of everything on our shore excursions: we’ve booked official Disney Port Adventures; we’ve booked our own private or… Read More
An Open Letter to Disney Cruise Line Dear Disney, We’ve just returned from our third cruise with you in Europe. There are a lot of things that you do well, and I’ve recommended you before in my Disney Cruise Review and Things to Do in 2016 posts. But Disney Cruises aren’t… Read More
Ten Amazing Things to Do with Kids Around the World My oldest daughter just turned ten. In those ten years, we’ve taken her and our other two kids (5 and 8) to 32 countries on six continents and have done a lot of amazing things. So I asked the kids to vote for their… Read More
A Disney Mediterranean Cruise Review – Disney Magic Disney Cruise Updates This post was written after our first two Mediterranean Disney cruises. Our third cruise, in Northern Europe, wasn’t as good, mainly because the cold weather drove everyone inside which led to overcrowding and highlighted issues that we kind of glossed over… Read More
I typically don’t spend a lot of time looking back – I would rather be planning the next adventure than thinking about (or editing photos from) the last one. But I started this blog to provide inspiration on where to go in the world, what to do and where to stay,… Read More
Note from Wendy Perrin: One of the biggest, saddest obstacles to international travel with kids is the perception that you’ll need to haul around a ton of luggage. It’s a misperception, as Eric Stoen, the founder of Travel Babbo, shows us. Eric is a frequent international traveler whom I met… Read More
