A Family Travel Blog
Originally written December 2015 for Outdoor Families Magazine. Giving the Gift of Travel Memories last forever. It’s a cliché usually printed over inspirational Instagram photographs, but it’s also true. As a family with three kids under age 10, we’ve taken it to heart. And we’ve done so with travel. Unlike… Read More
Note: I wrote this post for Visit Greenland‘s website, where it resided for several years. I’m now reposting it here. My primary blog post on our Greenland adventure is HERE. Traveling Unplugged I love traveling with my phone, and I use it all the time. If I’m in a taxi,… 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
Your Pre-Travel Checklist If you’ve followed me for a while, you know I travel a lot. On average I fly somewhere once a month – mostly with my kids. That’s a lot of trips to coordinate, and a lot of details to think through. I’ve always used spreadsheets to track… Read More
The Best Age to Travel the World A question I get a lot is: what is the best age to take my kids to _______. Fill in the blank with anywhere: Hawaii; Europe; Africa; Australia. The answer is to some extent specific to the place, but it’s also specific to… Read More
Airport to Hotel Transportation A reader recommended that I write a post with options for traveling from the airport to a hotel. So here you go! Obviously a post like this can’t be specific, but we’ve flown into hundreds of airports and had to get to our hotel every time,… Read More
Things to Do in Tokyo, Japan I’ve traveled to Tokyo a lot over the years, including two trips with my youngest daughter (her annual trips at 7 and 8), spring break 2025 with two kids, and an AFAR Experience where we went below the surface. It’s gone from being a… Read More
Rating Every Country We’ve Traveled To During the COVID-19 shutdown we were at home and looking for ways to stay entertained, so I asked my wife and kids to rate every country they’ve been to from 1 to 10. I added in my votes and ranked every country that had… Read More
Credit Cards for Kids and Teens I wanted to get credit cards for my kids well before they were teens. There were several reasons for this: Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card Several years ago, Capital One reached out wanting to work with me. I ended up partnering with them… Read More
Tips for Jet Lag I get asked about jet lag all the time but I’ve never written about it. I’ve always thought of it as a necessary evil. When flying across multiple time zones, it simply takes your sleep patterns a while to adjust. I’ve flown several million miles at… Read More
