Rating Every Country We’ve Been To As of right now, the COVID-19 travel shutdown, I’ve traveled to 97 countries and my kids have, in some combination, been to 62 countries. We’ve been spending the lockdown with online school, puzzles, hiking, ping pong, volleyball and cooking, but there’s still a lot… Read More
Europe for Kids: The 10 Best Family Holiday Destinations in Europe
Best European Cities for Kids We’ve traveled throughout a lot of Europe with our kids the past 13 years – 70+ cities in 20+ countries – and I made a short list of our favorite kid-friendly European cities. Then I deleted the largest two, London and Paris, since they’re the… Read More
Where to Travel with Your Kids at Every Age
Family Travel Inspiration I created my family travel blog to inspire people to take their kids everywhere. It’s why I post to social media as well. It’s an amazing world. The more places you take your kids, and the more cultures they see in person, the more it will change… Read More
Paros Greece with Kids
Summer in the Greek Islands We love Greece in the summer. The islands are truly idyllic, with amazing food, beaches and cute towns and shops. The white houses with their blue shutters, and painted walkways through town, add to the vibe. Plus the islands are safe. We’ve felt comfortable letting… 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
The Coolest Places to Travel with Kids in 2018
Family Travel (for 2018) As you probably know, I write about family travel 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… 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
European Bucket List: 9 Can’t Miss Family Travel Activities
A Europe Family Bucket List! When we’re planning a trip to Europe – or anywhere else – we start looking for activities far in advance. If there’s an amazing festival, we want to know the best way to experience it. If there’s a wonderful guide for a walking tour, we… Read More
Disney Cruise Port Stops and Shore Excursions in Europe
We’ve gone on three Disney cruises now – two in the Mediterranean and one in northern Europe – and stopped at 20 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 group shore excursions, and… Read More
My Eight Favorite Places
“What’s Your Favorite Place in the World?” Almost every time I tell someone I’m a travel writer, I get asked what my favorite destination is. Now that I’ve traveled to 80 countries (Jamaica last week for spring break was number 80), I’ve started giving some thought to my favorite places… Read More