A Family Travel Blog
Note: This post is sponsored by Ecolab. The Center of My Childhood I grew up a block away from The Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs. Our first family Christmas card, when I was 3 and my sister was 1, featured a photo taken at the hotel, and from that point onward,… Read More
Planning the Best California-Colorado Road Trip Last year, in the course of selling our house in Colorado Springs, we did five California-Colorado road trips (and then back again). I took a different route through Arizona, Nevada and Utah every time, visiting national parks and mountain towns, and seeing the coolest… Read More
This post is sponsored by Ecolab. How to Choose a Hotel I get a lot of questions about why we choose the hotels we do, and this year, as we’ve been road tripping, I’ve received a lot of emails and DMs asking about which hotels have done a good job implementing… Read More
Road Tripping in 2020 Note: This post is sponsored by Ecolab. This summer we’ve been in the car over 100 hours, traveling around the U.S. Southwest. Over three months we’ve stayed in 11 hotels, lodges and resorts and dined in at least 30 restaurants. And we’ve seen a wide range of… Read More
Bucket List Hotels I spend an inordinate amount of time choosing hotels when we travel. My criteria: We want to be in the best location – when your child has to go to the bathroom in a European city, your hotel room is the easiest possible option if it’s nearby!… Read More
Coronado Island Having traveled to 12 countries this summer, we were tired of airports and airplanes. But we had a week left before school starts. A perfect time for a road trip south to Coronado Island! Our plan: play and relax without crowds and without lines. We drove right past… Read More
Soneva Resorts The past few years we’ve become huge fans of the Soneva and Six Senses brands. We’ve previously visited Six Senses properties in Oman, the Maldives, Vietnam and the Seychelles, and Soneva Fushi in the Maldives. Why am I lumping Six Senses and Soneva together? Because they were founded… Read More
Six Senses Resorts I first discovered Six Senses four years ago, when my daughter and I were traveling around the world and wanted a unique, kid-friendly stop between Paris and Bali. Six Senses Zighy Bay in Oman, with its paragliding entrance, was a perfect addition to our trip, and since… Read More
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
Singapore Last year I wrote about Singapore in this post – laying out an optimal itinerary for a one-day layover in the city. I talked a little about hotels too and mentioned our two favorites – the Fullerton Hotel and the Fullerton Bay Hotel. The other hotels we’ve stayed it… Read More
