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How to take kids to an art museum

Family travel tips: How to take kids to an art museum

it showcases the Eiffel Tower, one of their favorite travel memories. And at the National Gallery in Washington, DC Teddy especially loved this painting because the mother is nuzzling the nose of one of her children, just as he likes to do with …

Skiing on a holiday weekend

Family travel tips: Skiing on a holiday weekend

If you're a downhill skier with school-age kids, you know that one of the challenges is finding time to ski. School holidays are the obvious choice, but unfortunately that's true for everyone else as well, leading to crowds and long lines. But before …

Harley Johnson skiing with her daughter

Family travel tips: How to get kids ready to downhill ski

As we get ready for a long weekend of skiing and other fun at Smugglers' Notch I thought this would be a great time to continue my series of posts focusing on the "how-to's" of family travel. Today I share tips on preparing your child for downhill …

Christmas tree at the Brandywine River Museum

Family travel tips: Planning holiday fun

So we're all in the thick of it now, preparing for the holidays. Whatever and however you and your family celebrate, you are likely headed for some vacation from school and work next week, an ideal time for some fun family outings. Better still, with …

Airline breakfast

Family travel tips: Traveling with a food allergy

This post is part of an new not-quite-weekly series at The Mother of All Trips focused on the “how-tos” of family travel. Rachel Alembakis is an expat American living in Melbourne with her husband and two daughters (you may remember her posts …