A Family Travel Blog
Havana, Cuba My story starts in Cuba. I was in Havana for a week on a US-approved cultural trip through Santa Fe Photo Workshops. Each morning at 6am there was an optional photo walk around a different section of the city. The first morning I went and didn’t capture anything that… Read More
How to Travel for Less We travel a lot with our kids – 15 countries or so most years. We couldn’t do it if we were paying full prices for everything, or getting gouged by avoidable fees. These are the top 10 things I do to travel for less, and… Read More
Mexico City Walking through the streets of Mexico City, we knew we were being followed. There were three or four men, dressed only in black and white, staying a steady distance behind us. They followed us for over a mile. When we slowed down, they slowed down. When we sped… Read More
Europe with Kids We’ve taken our three kids (at the time of writing this 4, 6 and 8) to Europe every year since they were born. Some years we stay in one place for several weeks and really get to know the area. Some years we do the opposite, moving… Read More
Blog PostsGiving the Gift of TravelJanuary 28th, 2026 Originally written December 2015 for Outdoor Families Magazine. Reading in Santorini Giving […]The Beauty of Unplugging in South GreenlandJanuary 26th, 2026 Reading at our cabin in Igaliku Note: I wrote this post for Visit Greenland’s website, where it […]Things to Do in… Read More
Take Your Kids Everywhere!® Welcome to Travel Babbo! I used to work in healthcare, but was (not so secretly) addicted to travel. I would always post about family trips on Facebook, trying to inspire my friends to take their kids to crazy places too. Then in 2014 I quit my… Read More
Venice with Kids – Getting Away from the Crowds When we booked a Disney cruise departing in July from Venice, my immediate thought turned to how to give my young kids (4, 6 and 8) a great introduction to the city. The conventional wisdom is that July is a bad… Read More
