A Family Travel Blog
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
A Month by Month Guide to the Best Vacations for Kids The most frequent request I get is for a list of suggested destinations by month (i.e. the best vacations for kids by month). I could easily do posts for Where to Travel in January, Where to Travel in February,… Read More
South America I’ve been to South America a LOT the past few years – for family trips, for one-on-one trips with my kids, for conferences, and with friends. It’s simply easy. From the US there’s virtually no jet lag, and you can get to a lot of South American destinations… Read More
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
National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World There are a handful of hotels around the world that have earned the distinction of being called National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World. It would be easy to think that it’s is all about branding, except that three of our absolute coolest… Read More
The Galapagos When we have a one-week school break, my mentality is always to plan the coolest trip possible that’s not more than a few time zones away. My kids love animals, so Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands were an easy choice this year – it’s a unique destination, it’s warm in… Read More
