A Family Travel Blog
How to Travel Cheap – i.e. How to Make Travel Affordable People ask me all the time how to travel cheap internationally. It’s difficult to answer since everyone has different circumstances. Some people have access to lower-cost airports. Some choose other priorities and wonder why there isn’t money left over… Read More
How Much Does an African Safari Cost? African safaris are expensive. Travel Africa magazine stated that the standard price of a 10-day safari in Botswana is £6000-8000 (US$8,500-11,000), or $850-1100 per person per day. Major international safari companies routinely quote $750-1000 per person per day for Tanzanian or Kenyan safaris. That’s… Read More
Thank you to Capital One for sponsoring this post. Introduction I’ve written a lot the past year on how important frequent flyer miles are in allowing us to travel as much as we do. When people contact me asking about how they can afford to travel, my first question is… Read More
Capital One Smart Money I’ve loved writing for Capital One‘s Smart Money series this year. This has included: Looking at Travel as an Investment How to Save for Travel (on Capital One’s blog) When to Skimp on Travel and When to Splurge The Ultimate Pre-Travel Checklist In those posts I… Read More
This year I’ve written four posts for Capital One‘s Smart Money series on how to save money for travel and tips for traveling with kids. The first three are: The Ultimate Pre-Travel Checklist When to Skimp on Travel and When to Splurge Looking at Travel as an Investment I’ve really… Read More
Thank you to Capital One for sponsoring this post – the second in my series of Smart Money posts. The first, with my Pre-Travel Checklist, is here. Getting Past My Backpacker Mentality I studied abroad three semesters in college, in Italy and Germany, and traveled around Europe as inexpensively as… Read More
Thank you to Capital One for sponsoring this post. Family Travel Planning I have a tradition with my kids that goes back eight years: starting at the age of four, each of my kids gets to choose any destination in the world every year for a one-on-one trip with me.… Read More
Your Pre-Travel Checklist Thank you to Capital One for sponsoring this post. If you’ve followed me for a while, you know I travel a lot. On average I’m flying somewhere every two weeks – mostly with my kids. That’s a lot of trips to coordinate, and a lot of details… Read More
Affordable Hawaii So Hawaii is a bucket list destination, right? A major trip years from now when you can maybe afford it? Think again! With Southwest starting service to Hawaii later this year, airfares should come down to the point where it’s far more accessible, and actually doable for a… Read More
Private Jet Trips The official tagline of my website is “Take Your Kids Everywhere!” The unofficial continuation of that is “…but never pay more than you have to.” I love finding the coolest experiences in the world and figuring out how to do the same things for less. With three kids, that’s… Read More
