traveling with kids

How-To

How to plan a family cruise

Planning a family cruise can be stressful. However, if you've ever been on a cruise, you'll know that it's one of the best ways to...

Parenting Tips & Advice

Finally! Trauma-free toddler holiday travel

Does the idea of flying with your toddler give you heart palpitations and sweat rings — and this is while you're nowhere near an...

Family Travel

A survival guide to traveling with young children

With the holidays right around the corner, you may be traveling to visit friends and family. And if you have toddlers, be prepared...

Family Activities

A magical family adventure on Disney Cruise Line

October was a big month in our household. We finalized our son's adoption (our fourth adoption from foster care) and the next day,...

Baby & Toddler

Know before you go: Baby's first camping trip

Family camping trips can be a whole lot of fun -- roasting marshmallows, hiking through the woods and sleeping under the stars....

Family Activities

Go RVing: Fun family travel

One of the fastest growing markets for RV travel is families with children. If you have never gone on an RV trip, you might be...

Parenting

Families around the world: Life in Abu Dhabi

Can you imagine packing up your family and moving abroad? The thought may very well give you a slight panic attack or it may induce...

Family Activities

8 Hints for a happy family vacation

Happy family vacation is not an oxymoron. Yes, traveling with kids can be a nightmare, but the vacations you take together make...

Baby & Toddler

Baby's first road trip

If you're headed on a road trip this summer and you have a baby 12 months old or younger, you may be anticipating a difficult...

Family Activities

Kid-friendly vacation rentals

With summer fast approaching, families everywhere are lining up vacation rentals and debating on which locations are best with kids...

Tweens, Teens & College

5 tips for traveling with tweens

The road to raising a tween can be filled with bumps, but hitting the road with your tween can be filled with even more challenges....

Family Travel

5 Tips for a fun family road trip

Road trip! You’ve planned the ultimate vacation for your family and half the fun is going to be getting there, at least that’s your...

Family Fun

Families hit the road: Extended trips with the kids

Have you ever dreamed of traveling full time? The idea might sound impossible, but more and more families are going on extended...

Family Travel

Family adventure vacations you never knew existed

If your definition of "family adventure vacation" is limited to crisis mode when you forget the portable DVD player, maybe it's time...

Mom & Dad

Tips for healthy travel

'Tis the season to travel, which means our immune systems will be bombarded with an endless amount of illness-causing enemies....

Family Travel

Holiday travel: Avoid these top five airport security mistakes

Getting through the security line is stressful enough when you’re traveling alone -- add a few kids, a spouse and the holidays, then...

Family Recipes

Dovetailing meals on vacation

Dovetailing is the art of taking leftover ingredients from a previous meal and using them to create a fabulous meal the next day --...

Family Recipes

Delicious on-the-go meals & snacks

Sometimes, a quick summer vacation isn’t as relaxing as it should be. Beat the stress and create a mobile meal that has staying...

Grandparents

Traveling with a gang of grandkids

Some grandparents do it to be fair to all the siblings. Some grandparents do it so cousins get to know each other. Some grandparents...