A Family Travel Blog
2020 2020 isn’t going to be on anyone’s shortlist of favorite years. That doesn’t mean it’s a lost year though. For every cancelled trip, concert and sporting event, there was an opportunity to enjoy a slower way of life, and plenty of time to improve ourselves. In Southern California we… Read More
The Best Christmas Presents Welcome to my holiday gift guide for another year! Given that we traveled far less than normal because of the pandemic, I have a mix of travel and non-travel items this year. As usual, no one has has paid me to include them on this list,… Read More
This post is sponsored by Ecolab. Road Trip Tips The past few months we’ve driven over 12,000 miles and spent more than 200 hours in the car, road tripping between California and Colorado. We’ve never been a road trip family before, but with virtually no international travel options this year, and… 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
Travel Photography So you love travel and you love to photograph while you go. But are you always a little bit disappointed at the ability of your photographs to capture the spirit of your destination? Do you want to improve your photography while you’re in amazing destinations? Have you thought… 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
What to Expect at Volcano Bay with COVID-19 Restrictions Volcano Bay at Universal Orlando just reopened on June 5th, 2020. As with all of travel and life as we’re figuring out best practices for the coronavirus and COVID-19, there are changes. And there will be more changes in the future.… Read More
Things to Do in Tokyo I’ve traveled to Tokyo a lot over the years, including two trips with my youngest daughter (her annual trips at 7 and 8) and an AFAR Experience where we went below the surface. It’s gone from being a city that intimidated me to one that… 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
Doha, Qatar with Kids Last year I flew to Doha with Qatar Airways and did absolutely as much as possible in Doha and out in the desert over three days. It was a great trip and I was impressed with Qatar and its people, but I wished that I had… Read More
