A Family Travel Blog
Holiday Gifts for Travelers – 2022 Another year, another gift guide! In case you’re new here, I’ll start with the important stuff. We don’t buy a lot, since we would rather invest in travel and experiences. This gift guide is my way of highlighting brands I love and cool things… Read More
Hawaii with Kids I’ve taken my kids to Oahu now three times the past five years. My wife and I got married on the Big Island and returned for many years with our kids, and the Big Island remains my favorite Hawaiian island, but whenever I give my kids the… Read More
Nicaragua Travel Nicaragua was a spontaneous trip. We had had a family trip to Costa Rica planned for months – one last one-week vacation to end the summer. We didn’t have a lot planned other than relaxation at Four Seasons Costa Rica and a few excursions. But at the last… Read More
The Epic Pass I grew up in Colorado and learned to ski at Vail and Breckenridge. When I moved back to Colorado after college I purchased a Vail Resorts season pass (well before the Epic Pass existed) and skied all the time at Vail, Breckenridge and Keystone. Then I had… Read More
Positano Italy Positano always looks amazing in movies and on tv – beautiful and romantic, a hilly beach destination with stunning views and excellent food. In all of my Italy travels though I had somehow never made it to Positano, or anywhere on the Amalfi Coast. It was time to… Read More
Spring Break For 12 years our kids went to the same school – a combined elementary and middle school in California – and we fully took advantage of their school breaks. Our two oldest kids are now in high school though, and unfortunately they attend a school with a different… Read More
Travel Health Insurance A confession: we’ve never purchased travel health insurance. We’ve never purchased any sort of travel insurance actually. We’ve always had a medical evacuation policy through MedJet, but that’s not insurance – they’ll simply transfer you to a hospital of your choice if you’re hospitalized in a foreign… Read More
Alternatives to Disneyland 2022/2023 I first did this post three years ago and was confident in my pricing of both Disneyland vacations and international travel alternatives. It’s time for an update! Disney prices go up every year, but in this era of inflation other travel costs have gone up as… Read More
The Brilliance of Sunrise Sunrise and sunset are often accorded the same reverence in literature and song, but on Instagram it’s a different story. A quick search of the #sunset tag shows 300 million posts and a search of the #sunrise tag shows 1/4 that many. The reason: far more people… Read More
My 2021 Gift Guide – An Introduction Welcome to the holidays! Throughout the year I’ve kept track of things that I liked so I could include them here. A lot of these are things we stumbled upon, and some are here because the brands reached out to me, wanting to… Read More
