A Family Travel Blog
Top 10 Cities in the World Creating a bucket list of the top 10 cities in the world to visit is tricky! The world is full of amazing cities. It would be easy to put together a list of unique cities that are off the beaten path, or a list… Read More
Glacier National Park with Kids A few summers ago, in conjunction with Visit Montana, my 7-year-old daughter and I flew to Whitefish, Montana and explored Whitefish and Glacier National Park for four days. It remains one of my favorite trips – it was an easy destination from Los Angeles, the… Read More
The Epic Pass I grew up in Colorado and learned to ski at Vail and Breckenridge. When I moved back to Colorado after college I purchased a Vail Resorts season pass (well before the Epic Pass existed) and skied all the time at Vail, Breckenridge and Keystone. Then I had… Read More
San Luis Valley, Colorado I grew up in Colorado Springs and have been all over Colorado, but I’ve spent very little time in the San Luis Valley. When Visit Colorado reached out wanting to send me back to my home state, it seemed like a perfect opportunity to travel south… Read More
Spring Break Ideas – Introduction I receive a lot of emails asking for ideas for family spring break trips. Some emails give me enough to work with, but many don’t. For those shorter emails, I respond with several questions to help them in narrowing down destination options: Before I list… Read More
Alternatives to Disneyland 2022/2023 I first did this post three years ago and was confident in my pricing of both Disneyland vacations and international travel alternatives. It’s time for an update! Disney prices go up every year, but in this era of inflation other travel costs have gone up as… Read More
Ocean View Hotels I’ve been getting a lot of requests from people for ocean view hotels – either in specific locations or anywhere in the world. We love hotels with good views, especially with kids. If we’re somewhere with young kids and they need downtime in the middle of the… Read More
Ojai Restaurants in 2023 – an Introduction We’ve lived near Ojai, California for over a decade and we’re pretty knowledgeable when it comes to Ojai restaurants. Having said that, there have been a lot of changes lately, with some favorite places closing and new restaurants popping up at their locations.… Read More
Things to Do in Colorado Springs with Kids / Colorado Springs Kids Activities Growing up in Colorado Springs, I don’t remember ever being bored. I lived a block from the Broadmoor Hotel and walked over frequently, reading comic books in the drug store, playing at the playground or grabbing day-old bread from the Tavern kitchen… Read More
Hawaii and COVID-19 As I write this post about things to do in Oahu, Maui’s mayor has asked for reduced tourist numbers and Hawaii’s governor has asked people not to visit until the COVID situation is far better. So please bookmark this for future travel. We booked our latest trip… Read More
