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Hello and welcome to Travel Babbo! I’ve added a lot of content to this website over the past few years. If you’re not sure where to start, here are some ideas.

If you want to know how to start a travel blog

• My one and only post on blogging is HERE.
• I write about a year in the life of a travel writer HERE.

If you want to improve your photography

• My tips on travel photography are HERE.
• I highly recommend taking a photo workshop or expedition. I describe them in THIS POST.
• A ranking of the top photo trips I’ve done is HERE.
• I talk about my camera gear HERE.

If you need travel ideas

I want this site to be all about travel inspiration. Sure you may have found my Volcano Bay post if you Googled “Volcano Bay”, but I want to show you places that you probably haven’t thought about taking your kids, and inspire you to book a trip somewhere new.

My Top Spots pages are lists of everything we love in the world, broken down by continent.

My two posts that talk about optimal age/destination combinations are:

• The Best Age to Travel Everywhere
• Where to Travel with Your Kids at Every Age

My posts that list our favorite family travel destinations and trips are:

• The Best Countries to Visit (Our 20 Favorite Countries Ranked)
• The Best Cities in the World (Our 20 Favorite Cities Ranked)
• Bucket List Family Travel: Our Top 10 Epic One-on-One Trips
• The 10 Best Places in the World to Get Your Kids Outside
• Spring Break Ideas for Families

My post that talks about where to travel by month is:

• The Best Vacations for Kids: Where to Travel When

Our favorite places in the world that we return to over and over with our kids are:

• Florence, Italy
• Naxos, Greece
• Bali, Indonesia
• Tokyo, Japan
• Universal Orlando

Other places that are really kid-friendly that should be on your list:

• Antarctica (seriously)
• Australia
• Budapest
• Chile (Patagonia and the Atacama Desert)
• Costa Rica
• Croatia
• The Faroe Islands
• The Galapagos
• Greenland (before everyone else goes)
• Ireland
• Kenya and Tanzania (on safari)
• The Maldives
• Morocco
• Nicaragua
• Oman
• Palawan, Philippines
• Panama
• Paris
• Qatar
• Turkey (Istanbul, Cappadocia and Bodrum)

Some of our favorite US destinations:

• Arches National Park in Utah
• Hawaii
• Ojai, California
• Vail, Colorado
• Universal Orlando
• Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Mammoth Lakes, California
• Monterey, California
• New York City
• New Orleans
• Door County, Wisconsin

If you have questions about how to make travel less expensive

• I talk about how to make family travel affordable HERE.
• My tips on how to save money while traveling are HERE and HERE.
• I write about maximizing your frequent flier miles HERE.

If you want tips on how to travel better

• My #1 Tip For Family Travel
• Our Ten Rules of Family Travel
• My Pre-Travel Checklist
• Tips for Jet Lag
• Tips for a Perfect Road Trip
• How to Get from the Airport to Your Hotel
• How to Survive the Airport
• Tips For Traveling to Europe for the First Time with Your Kids
• How to Have the World’s Great Sites to Yourself
• Tips for Peak Season Travel
• Flying with Kids – Tips
• Don’t Get Vacation Henna!

If you want to read what’s popular

My top fifteen most viewed posts in 2022 were:

• The Best Countries to Visit
• Europe with Kids: The 10 Best Family Holiday Destinations in Europe
• What Can I Take Into Volcano Bay?
• A Guide to the Best Ojai Restaurants
• The Best Things to Do in Paris with Kids
• The Hotel That Made Us Skip Disney World
• Our Favorite Restaurants in Florence, Italy
• Where Else Can You Go for the Cost of a Disneyland Vacation?
• How to Book an Affordable African Safari
• Where To Travel with Your Kids at Every Age
• The Best Age to Travel Everywhere
• Asia with Kids: A Crazy Three-Week, Six-Country Itinerary
• Two Weeks on Lake Como with Kids
• How to Get from the Airport to Your Hotel
• One Week in Morocco with Kids

If you want to know more about me

• I’ve done a lot of interviews. Links are on my About Me page.
• I talk about my travel writing journey in this post.
• I talk about my annual one-on-one trips with the kids HERE.
• Why was getting robbed in Spain the best thing to happen to me? Read THIS.
• I talk about the importance of studying abroad HERE.

 

You’re reading this website of your own free will. Anything you do or book based on my content is your choice and at your risk. Nothing here is to be considered medical, professional or legal advice. It’s entertainment.

Everything on this site is based on my personal travel experiences. I don’t allow guest posts or outside/sponsored content. I try really hard to make sure everything is accurate as I’m writing, and I try to keep posts updated, but things change: prices go up; places close; opening hours change; hotels change their policies. Please don’t book a trip based solely on anything you find on this site! If I did an activity two years ago, there’s no guarantee it’s still taking place.

If you find anything on this website that isn’t accurate, please let me know and I’ll fix it immediately!

We paid for the vast majority of trips, tours, activities and hotels mentioned in the blog. When I do accept free travel or a media rate, it is done without any expectation of positive coverage on the part of the sponsoring organization. I’m honest about everything. If my family loves a destination, hotel or activity, I’ll tell you why. But that’s NOT a guarantee that your family will love it too! Every family is different.

If you see advertising here, I’m not responsible for those companies, anything they do, or any information they provide. If you click through and something goes wrong, that’s between you and them.

Advertising Disclosure: I may have affiliate links in my posts. That means that if you click through and book or purchase, I’ll make a few dollars. That doesn’t increase your costs at all. I never recommend anything I don’t believe in because I could make money from it. That’s not fair to you. But if a company wants to pay me simply because you book through its site, I’ll take the money. My affiliate relationships may affect how offers are being presented. My site doesn’t include all companies or offers available, whether for financial services, tours, activities, airlines or anything else.

All content here is by me, Eric Stoen. It’s my family travel blog. The articles are mine and the photos are mine. It’s all copyrighted. Please don’t repost anything elsewhere without asking me first.

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