A Giveaway! I’m excited to be giving away an amazing package to Universal Orlando! It includes TWO 3-DAY TICKETS to Universal Orlando Resort parks including Universal Studios Florida, Universal’s Islands of Adventure and Universal’s Volcano Bay! Plus, a 3-NIGHT STAY FOR TWO at one of Universal Orlando Resort’s onsite hotels. How to Enter… Read More
Volcano Bay at Universal Orlando Resort: What You Need to Know
**A Giveaway! I’m giving away a three-night stay for two at a Universal Orlando onsite hotel and two three-day park-to-park passes. Head to my Instagram account and enter on one of my Universal Orlando posts from July 6 or July 12. Details are here. Contest ends July 13.** Volcano Bay… Read More
Why We Started our Around-the-World Trip at Universal Orlando Resort
Note: This post originally appeared on Universal Orlando’s blog. The Many Reasons Universal Orlando Keeps Impressing Us Earlier this year, my 10-year-old daughter and I flew around the world in two weeks, visiting seven destinations in six countries on four continents. The planning was fun—we created a list of our… Read More
Best of 2016: Favorite Things Around the World
It’s an absolutely amazing world, and I was lucky enough to see a lot of it this year, mostly with the kids. I started the year in Thailand, then moved on to the Philippines, Taiwan, the US, Tanzania, Kenya, Switzerland, Germany, Jamaica, China, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Hungary, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, the UK, France,… Read More
Why We Prefer Universal Orlando to Disney World
Universal Orlando vs. Disney World I’ve traveled to Orlando from Southern California with my kids four times the past few years, visiting Universal Orlando every time and the Disney parks twice. We had intended to visit Disney World/Epcot a third time, but the kids voted to spend the day at our hotel instead. I often get… Read More
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando
With three kids into Harry Potter, we’ve flown from California to Florida four times now to visit the Universal Orlando theme parks. The thing that’s impressed me is how much there is to do there beyond Harry Potter, and every year as the kids are taller we’ve gone on more… Read More
2015: A Look Back on a Record Travel Year
Such a fun travel year! Starting in Colorado and ending in Thailand, I flew 178,790 miles to 20 countries on 4 continents. I don’t think I had flown more than 150,000 miles in a year before? Five countries were solo – India and Japan for photo expeditions, Germany and Spain for travel conferences… Read More
Ten Amazing Things to Do with Kids Around the World
Ten Amazing Things to Do with Kids Around the World My oldest daughter just turned ten. In those ten years we’ve taken her and our other two kids (5 and 8) to 32 countries on six continents and have done a lot of amazing things. So I asked the kids to vote for their… Read More