A Family Travel Blog
With three kids into Harry Potter, we’ve flown from California to Florida four times now to visit the Universal Orlando theme parks. The thing that’s impressed me is how much there is to do there beyond Harry Potter, and every year as the kids are taller we’ve gone on more… Read More
Note: This post originally appeared at Travelocity.com. My biggest annoyance when I’m traveling: crowds. If I fly halfway around the world to see an amazing site, I want to experience it with as few other people around as possible. This is especially true if I’m with my kids. Long lines and… Read More
Six Senses Zighy Bay – A Paragliding Entrance! When my 10-year-old daughter and I were sketching out our around-the-world trip, we had a few unplanned days between Paris and Bali, and literally half the world to work with. I brought this up with a friend in Beijing. “Have you heard… Read More
Note: This post originally appeared at Travelocity.com. I had a crush on a girl in Oslo, so I went. It took 24 hours to travel to Norway’s capital via train and ship from Berlin, but it would be worth it because she was there. Arriving the morning of New Year’s Eve, it was… Read More
Priceless Hawaii When Mastercard asked me to work with them to try out their Concierge service with a trip for me and my family to Honolulu, I didn’t hesitate to say yes. My wife and I got married on the Big Island of Hawaii 12 years ago and went back for several years with… 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
London with Kids We’ve traveled to London with our three kids a couple of times now – when they were 3, 5 and 7 and again when they were 6, 8 and 10. When we’re there we stay active – there’s so much to do it would be a shame… Read More
Kinsale with Kids Kinsale is a great little town on the southern coast of Ireland, roughly 20 minutes from the Cork airport. As we have family in Kinsale we’ve traveled with our kids there several times now and enjoyed it every time. Our favorite things to do: Charles Fort Charles… Read More
We Have Come to Your City for Kürtőskalács Two years ago we spent a week in Salzburg, Austria. Every day we would walk through the central outdoor market stalls, and every day we would purchase Hungarian chimney cakes (Kürtőskalács). They’re simple creations – dough wrapped around a metal cylinder, baked and… Read More
I received this inquiry from a reader: I’m wondering if you would be able to give helpful hints and suggestions for our family whose holidays have to be taken “prime time” as I teach (and to add a bigger twist, my hubby’s busy time is summer so he gets only… Read More
