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Wagon Queen Family Truckster stop one: Virginia Beach

Oh spare me, Clark, I know your brand of family fun. Tomorrow you’ll probably kill the desk clerk, hold up a McDonalds, and drive us 1000 miles out of the way to see the world’s largest pile of mud! – Ellen Griswold, National Lampoon’s Vacation So I know you’ve been waiting to hear about my [...]

Mondays are for dreaming: Future nomads

Yes, I realize that it’s Tuesday and even almost Wednesday in some parts of the world, but since I actually had this dream on Monday and just didn’t find time to record it, I’m going to give myself a pass. This past weekend I was at a conference with many other travel bloggers. One of [...]

Mondays are for dreaming: Your family travel questions answered

This Monday is actually a day of realized dreams for me, as a project I’ve been working on behind the scenes for some time has finally come to fruition. I’m so pleased and proud to announce the launch of Best Family Travel Advice – the place online to get your family travel questions answered by [...]

The birth of a traveling mom

It might seem obvious that I didn’t enter this world as a traveling mother, although sometimes even I forget that fact. No, first I was a kid who traveled not too much (except that year in Italy), then an adolescent and young adult who got around a bit, finally someone who was gainfully employed and [...]

What my mother taught me about travel

Note: I originally published this post last year, but share it with you again today in honor of my mother. Much of the advice I offer about traveling is actually the opposite of what my mother would have done. When planning for a trip, a good rule of thumb is to consider what her approach [...]

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