Planning

Castelnau Bretenoux castle

“Smarter” family travel: A tale of two castles

“I don’t think we can drive across that!” Matt stared through the windshield at the narrow suspension bridge, glinting in the summer sun. The car would fit – just – but the bottom of the bridge was made of wooden slats. Could it possibly …

Tracing a Metro map in Paris

Smarter family travel: Using MiniTime to plan

This post was sponsored by MiniTime, and I was compensated for writing it. You can always count on me to share both when I've been paid and my honest opinions. I don't know about you, but I find that weekends make a great time for travel dreaming …

Pirate in Japan

Smarter family travel: An interview with a Family on the Loose

Last week I reviewed Family on the Loose: The Art of Traveling with Kids by the traveling husband-and-wife team Bill Richards and Ashley Steel. It's chock full of excellent advice about traveling with kids - everything from how to plan to what to do …

Smaller planning fail: They were sold out of most snacks on the high-speed train. We made do.

Smarter family travel: The importance of planning

Last week I spent some time drawing up our family travel plans for 2013. I’m not quite ready to share them yet as they are still a work in progress, but I will tell you that we currently have at least one trip planned for every month of the year …

Family on the Loose: The Art of Traveling with Kids

Smarter family travel: Review of Family on the Loose

Happy 2013 from me and Venus! I’m sorry to be almost a week behind on my New Year’s greeting, but a horrendous virus has taken me (and the rest of my family) down this past week. I’m happy to say that before it felled us, we were able to enjoy …