This summer, many families across the United States are embarking on road trips – both long and short. Road trips can be a great way to save money on your vacation (no airfare or car rental fees!) and have some extra flexibility with when you leave. However, if you want to plan a road trip …

Sick of hearing “Are we there yet”? If you are headed out on a family road trip (Need inspiration? Check out these road trip ideas) you’ll probably want to bring along a few road trip games to keep the kids occupied. While my kids will often play their electronics for much of our road trips, they …

When I started planning my 2020 summer vacation last year, I had no idea what would happen to travel this summer. Like most families, our plans for a summer family vacation have completely changed. Depending on your circumstances, there may still be the option for some sort of travel this year, however. Travel in 2020 …

I’ve never minded flying – whether it’s a short distance flight or a longer, cross-country or international trip. But, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve valued having more space and in-flight amenities during my flight. On my recent trip from LAX to Boston Logan Airport, I decided to upgrade to JetBlue Mint to experience it for …

Group travel isn’t anything new in the world of family travel – from student travel groups to senior travel groups, people have traveled in packs for many years. However, recently, there’s been more of a travel trend toward family group travel – as multiple generations of families are now going on vacation together for multigenerational …

With all of the traveling that my family has done over the years, I’ve collected a lot of maps and brochures. From park and attraction maps to those fun illustrated maps of popular tourist towns, we end up with lots of paper celebrating our trips. One of our favorite projects is to recycle a bunch …