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Letting Your Kids Plan Your TravelFamily Travel Planning I have a tradition with my kids that goes back fourteen years: starting at the age of four, each of my kids gets to choose...
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A Twist of Fate: Why Getting Robbed in Spain Was the Best Thing to Ever Happen to MeI’m married today because I got robbed in Spain. In retrospect it could have been a lot worse. The man across from me was bleeding. A woman was...
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How To Fly Qatar Airways Qsuites with Points and MilesThe Qatar Airways Qsuite I’ve flown thousands of flights on dozens (hundreds?) of airlines and the Qatar Airways Qsuite business class is my...
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Europe with Kids: The 10 Best Family Holiday Destinations in EuropeBest European Cities with Kids We’ve traveled throughout a lot of Europe with kids the past 18 years – 70+ cities in 20+ countries – and I...
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What We Always PackI’m writing this post from the Park Hyatt Tokyo, here with my 7-year-old. Japan is my 48th country with kids, and in the course of all of...
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When to Skimp on Travel and When to SplurgeGetting Past My Backpacker Mentality I studied abroad three semesters in college, in Italy and Germany, and traveled around Europe as...
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Where to Travel with Your Kids at Every AgeFamily Travel Inspiration I created my family travel blog to inspire people to take their kids everywhere. It’s why I post to social media...
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Tips for Optimizing Your Frequent Flyer MilesFrequent Flyer Miles My relationship with frequent flyer miles, or points, changed forever around 6pm on February 16, 1999. Up until then, I...
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How to Travel CheapHow 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...
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Study Abroad: The Best Decision I Ever MadeStudy Abroad – My Story Growing up in Colorado in the ’70s I traveled on planes maybe once a year. Most years we traveled...
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Holiday Gifts for Travelers – 2023My Annual Holiday Gift Guide I love doing this post every year! As always, this gift guide includes things that we like and use. It’s not...
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The Benefits of TravelingTravel with Young Children We’ve been traveling with our kids since they were born. It simply made sense. Both my wife and I grew up traveling,...
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When It’s Fun Not to Travel Deeper: Flying Around the WorldTraveling Around the World I’ve traveled around the world, in one itinerary, four times now. The first was when my eldest daughter was 10. We flew...
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Visiting Arches National Park with KidsArches National Park Utah Prompted by the pandemic, we switched from international travel to domestic road tripping, and we gravitated to the...
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Colorado Springs with KidsThings to Do in Colorado Springs with Kids / Colorado Springs Kids Activities Growing up in Colorado Springs, I don’t remember ever being...
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Hokkaido: Adventure in Northern JapanPrevious Travels in Japan We love Japan. I’ve visited Kyoto and Tokyo twice with my daughter. I’ve traveled around Hiroshima, the Iya...
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10 Cities That Should Be on Everyone’s Bucket ListTop 10 Cities in the World Creating a bucket list of the top 10 cities in the world to visit is tricky! The world is full of amazing cities. It...
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5 Reasons to Visit Glacier National Park This SummerGlacier National Park with Kids A few summers ago, in conjunction with Visit Montana, my 7-year-old daughter and I flew to Whitefish, Montana and...
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10 Amazingly Cool Hotels For Your Bucket ListCool Hotels I spend an inordinate amount of time choosing hotels when we travel. My criteria: But no matter how amazing a hotel is, it’s...
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Is a Disney Cruise Right for Your Family?Introduction Seven years ago Travelocity asked me to write about Disney Cruises, and how to decide if one is perfect for your family. At the time...
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A Review of Our Disney Fantasy Caribbean CruiseA Disney Fantasy Cruise in the Western Caribbean When I posted to Instagram that we were booked on a spring break Disney Fantasy Cruise, a lot of...
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Flying Around the World (Literally) for Spring Break at Six Senses Yao NoiSix Senses Yao Noi Our first Six Senses stay was in Oman. I was traveling around the world with my 10-year-old daughter and we included a stop at...
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An Antarctica Packing ListAntarctica Packing List I’ve now been to Antarctica twice, first with National Geographic Expeditions with my 8-year-old, and most recently...
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Adventures By Disney Antarctica: A Magical ExpeditionA Second Trip to Antarctica with Kids Nine years ago I took my 8-year-old daughter to Antarctica. It was an amazing trip, and it was the reason I...
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An Amazing Week at Live In The Vineyard with Southwest Rapid Rewards® Credit Cards from ChaseThis post is sponsored by Southwest Rapid Rewards Credit Cards from Chase. Exclusive Events for Cardmembers If you hold a Southwest Rapid...
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