A Family Travel Blog
Universal Orlando I’ve traveled to Universal Orlando seven times the past few years from California, both with and without kids, and have unintentionally acquired a lot of knowledge about how to have a great trip. So I’m writing this post full of my best Universal Orlando tips! But first, a question… Read More
Lake Como with Kids So usually I’m a good travel planner, and I’ve learned a lot about how to plan our trips from what we’ve liked in the past. This summer the criteria in the back of my mind for our annual month in Europe were: I put out my… Read More
I’m writing this post from Prague at the end of our annual month in Europe. Czechia is our 47th country with kids and our 10th this summer alone. Over dinner we started talking about what we’ve learned through all of this travel and quickly came up with ten pieces of… Read More
Mammoth Lakes with Kids A confession: I had never been to Mammoth Lakes. I have friends who go all the time, and my kids’ school takes ski trips there, but for some reason, I hadn’t visited. When Visit Mammoth invited me to drive up, I accepted immediately. Mammoth Lakes is… Read More
Travelocity asked me to select 20 of my photos from around the world that will not only make you want to travel, but will make you want to book a trip right now! And of course since family travel is my passion, I included my kids in several. Every destination can… Read More
Group Travel with Thomson Family Adventures For the longest time, one of the major gaps in my family travel knowledge was group travel. I’m not opposed to group trips – I’ve done 10 photography trips around the world the past decade – but I hadn’t gone on a family one… Read More
A California Road Trip This was going to be the year when we explored more of California, and the year when I finally took my seven-year-old daughter to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. But halfway through the year I still hadn’t planned anything, and too many other destinations were starting to… Read More
Note: This post originally appeared on Travelocity’s Inspire Hub. At this point flying, and airports, are second-nature for my kids and me. We’re on planes so often that we give very little thought to the travel element itself – it’s simply a way to get to our destination. But part… Read More
Destination Activities There are a lot of ways to find things to do at vacation destinations. You can simply Google “things to do in _________”. You can look at specific travel blogs, like Travel Babbo! You can pick up the local visitor’s guide or go by the tourism office when you… Read More
The Maldives with Kids For my son’s nine-year-old trip with me, he chose the Maldives. This wasn’t a surprise – he’s always liked remote islands and turquoise waters. The only issue was with the distance. The Maldives are almost exactly halfway around the world from California, 12 time zones away. Not a major problem… Read More
