Air travel days are busy travel days often beginning with a frenzied blur of activity. Last minute packing, excitement for the upcoming trip, and a general “wrapping things up,” combined with early morning flights may mean sleep deprivation is the foundation and first impression of the family journey. With our limited holiday travel time, it may…
If you’re a city mom, you know how public transportation can be daunting. Our friend Brianne Manz from Stroller in the City shares her tips for navigating the urban maze with kids in tow! Wearing your little one on the subway or bus also makes it that much easier to get around. For starters, it…
Love this adventure in Los Angeles piece on the Little Hip Squeaks blog from our friend Chandra of Oh Lovely Day! Raising a family in Southern California allows for a lot of adventures. From a mother’s perspective, it is ideal because the weather is almost always beautiful, so being outdoors is almost never an issue….
Holiday Travel Days are here. Why not ENJOY them… no matter what? Enjoy the Journey! Airport, airplane, car, hotel, train…any holiday moments are still family time. Holiday travel time is time spent together. After circling the globe with my family, I have found the best itineraries are simple, flexible, and often formed as we go to capture unique…
For as long as I could remember, I was a traveller. Transatlantic flights to visit grandparents bookended our summers and the romantic sound of the night train clattering through stations remains a vivid memory from my childhood. The trips of my 20’s were those I took alone, to places where I knew no one and…
Whether it’s Spring Break, Summer or the holidays, travel with baby can be hectic, with crowded airports and frazzled nerves. But a flying with a baby during the busy times like the holidays doesn’t have to be stressful, according to MiniTime.com, the family travel website that provides parents with travel recommendations based on the ages of…
Traveling with children can be a fairly daunting task, a friend once told me it could be compared to swimming in a pool of sand. You just don’t get very far, very quickly. Just like so many other things in life change when you become a mom, so does the way you travel. Gone were the days of one…
We’re walking through a tunnel of coastal tea trees. The end of the tunnel is black, until sunlight pokes through, leaving the silhouette of a big wallaby, furiously jumping straight towards me. A second passes as both the wallaby and I realise what the two-headed creature we’re facing is. When I do, I grab my…
Our trip lasted for 71 days, across 5 countries with a wide range of climates: chilly summits, heavy rains, dry deserts, rainy cities and sunny beaches. We planned on living in hotels, houses and a motor-home. I needed to pack for two adults and two children, aged 2 and 6, keeping in mind that we…
For years, I have dreamed of visiting Chicago and spending the day in The Shedd Aquarium. I never really thought it would come to fruition but I continued to dream. This summer my dream came true when our family drove through Chicago on our way to a preacher’s conference in the Detroit area. It was…