A Family Travel Blog
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
The Best Christmas Presents Welcome to my holiday gift guide for another year! Given that we traveled far less than normal because of the pandemic, I have a mix of travel and non-travel items this year. As usual, no one has has paid me to include them on this list,… Read More
Ideas for Travelers Over the course of 2019 I’ve seen a lot of travel-related items – some that I thought were brilliant, and some that I thought were completely unnecessary. The following items are the brilliant ones! Make the traveler in your life happy this year! And of course, you should… Read More
Shopping Online while Traveling We travel…a lot! And we tend to do a lot of online shopping while we travel. I touched on this in my last post – specifically that we always find local foods/ingredients overseas but it’s a hassle to bring everything back, so we place online orders. But there… Read More
My Holiday Gift Guide I had fun creating a gift guide last year, so here’s my 2018 version! As always I have very little financial incentive to recommend anything here. I’ll note when something is an affiliate link. No one has paid to be included here. And yes, there are a… Read More
The Best Travel Apps Virtually every time I do an interview or podcast I’m asked what travel apps I use, yet I’ve never written up a post on apps. So here you go – the 6 (really 8+) that I use all the time! Travelocity I’m currently planning trips to… Read More
Sponsored by Zappos When Zappos approached me with a month-long campaign with Blundstone Boots and follow my life as a travel writer, I said yes immediately. I don’t think there’s another brand that would fit into our lifestyle as well as Blundstone. And we use Zappos all the time, taking advantage of their… Read More
Every year people email me looking for suggestions for travel-related holiday gifts. So this year I’m writing a post before I get those emails! I don’t do many product-related posts – I think the only posts that fit into that category would be: My Favorite Travel Products Packing List for… Read More
I’ve never done a product post before, but I get a lot of questions about my favorite luggage and other things that make travel easier. So here you go! A note: I have no financial incentive to recommend any of these products. None of the links are affiliate links and… Read More
