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
Manitoba, Canada with Kids: Three Days of Animal Adventures!
Manitoba with Kids We’ve traveled with our oldest two kids to Canada several times, but my nine-year-old daughter had never been – a major oversight given how easy it is to visit Canada from California. It was time to change that! And given how much she likes animals and animal… Read More
Things to Do in Salt Lake City with Kids – A Three Day Getaway
A Three-Day Getaway to Salt Lake City I had never been to Salt Lake City before. I’ve driven through Utah at least a dozen times between Colorado and California – I grew up in Colorado and I live in California – but Salt Lake City is north of the I-70/I-15… Read More
San Miguel de Allende with Kids: A Perfect Spring Break
San Miguel de Allende with Kids San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (SMA) is routinely listed among the top small cities in the world. Given the hype, the recommendations of friends, and our appreciation of Mexican culture and food, it was finally time to book a trip. We headed down in… Read More
20 Amazing Photos to Inspire You to Take Your Kids Everywhere
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
Maximizing Your Weekend to Beat the Sunday Blues
Thank you to Enterprise for sponsoring this post. Beating the Sunday Blues At the end of 2018 Enterprise commissioned a study on Sunday depression (aka the Sunday Blues), and the results are eye-opening. Essentially, even though the work week is Monday through Friday, and people only have two days for… Read More
Where Else Can You Go for the Cost of a Disneyland Vacation?
Disneyland Prices Disney just released its 2019 ticket prices, and they’re going up. Way up. Our kids have never been obsessed with Disney, but we’ve never been anti-Disney either. We’ve been to Hong Kong Disneyland once, Disney World twice, and Disneyland maybe ten times (we were annual pass holders for… Read More
Three Kid-Friendly Days in Los Cabos
Cabo with Kids I’ve lived in California for over 18 years, but had never before visited Los Cabos – the area of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula that includes the towns of San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas – despite it being an extremely easy, nearby destination. So in mid-December… Read More
11 Amazing Big City Hotels
The Best Big City Hotels This month Travelocity asked me to write about my favorite big city hotels, as a complement to my post on amazing destination hotels. I loved doing this post and thinking through everywhere we’ve stayed in the world’s largest cities, and which hotels really impressed us… Read More
Door County, Wisconsin with Kids
Door County with Kids Following a great two days in Milwaukee, my 8-year-old daughter and I drove to Door County for two days. I was planning on including Door County in an overall Wisconsin with Kids post, but I realized that Door County was so different from Milwaukee that, while… Read More
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