A Family Travel Blog
Affordable Hawaii So Hawaii is a bucket list destination, right? A major trip years from now when you can maybe afford it? Think again! With Southwest starting service to Hawaii later this year, airfares should come down to the point where it’s far more accessible, and actually doable for a… Read More
Holiday Inn I love the story of Holiday Inn. In 1952, Kemmons Wilson was driving from Memphis to Washington DC and utterly disappointed in the family-friendliness of the places he and his kids were staying. So he opened up a motel that would perfectly meet the needs of traveling families.… Read More
Having just returned from a quick weekend trip to Chicago with my 10-year-old son, my only thought is: why haven’t we done this before? We had an amazing time exploring the city and soaking up the holiday atmosphere! A Weekend Getaway to Chicago – From Anywhere We left Santa Barbara… Read More
It was another amazing year of travel! I didn’t quite match my 2016 statistics, flying 230,511 miles, or roughly 25,000 fewer than last year, but I couldn’t have fit another trip in if I tried! My 21 countries included (in order): US, UK, Oman, UAE, Costa Rica, Chile, Bermuda, Mexico,… 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
Universal Orlando Holidays We’ve visited Universal Orlando a lot over the past few years – eight times to be exact. We go the first week of September every year, when local schools are in session but our kids haven’t started yet. We’ve also visited in January and in March, and… Read More
Cleveland with Kids When the Ritz-Carlton Cleveland invited us to fly out for their grand re-opening, following an 18-month renovation, I jumped on it. I’ve always wanted to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and I had heard great things about all the things to do in Cleveland… Read More
Mammoth Lakes with Kids A confession: I had never been to Mammoth Lakes. I have friends who go all the time, and my kids’ school takes ski trips there, but for some reason, I hadn’t visited. When Visit Mammoth invited me to drive up, I accepted immediately. Mammoth Lakes is… Read More
Group Travel with Thomson Family Adventures For the longest time, one of the major gaps in my family travel knowledge was group travel. I’m not opposed to group trips – I’ve done 10 photography trips around the world the past decade – but I hadn’t gone on a family one… Read More
A California Road Trip This was going to be the year when we explored more of California, and the year when I finally took my seven-year-old daughter to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. But halfway through the year I still hadn’t planned anything, and too many other destinations were starting to… Read More
