By: Courtney Byrne This week you can enter to win an island. A whole island! Ok, you don’t get to keep it but you get to enjoy it with 7 of your favorite people. Right now VRBO is hosting a Win the Island Sweepstakes where you and the 7 you choose to join you could be the first to stay… Read More
By: Caren Villareal Cheerio! Traveling to London with a young family? Below are some practical tips that can help you find you trip Spit spat. Be prepared ; carry on. Here are the top 10 tips for visiting London with kids: Tips for Visiting London with Kids 1. Carry rain gear. They don’t call it the London Fog for nothin.’… Read More
By: Courtney Byrne People often ask me if traveling with kids is worth it: will they remember it? Is it totally exhausting? Does it even slightly feel like a vacation? I asked my girls if I could share the gift they got for Christmas this year because I think it helps explain why I think travel is important and why… Read More
When I was planning our trip to Italy with kids, Florence was the city I knew we would stay in the longest. It’s where I lived when studying abroad and where I knew I’d feel very comfortable with this kids. While I was comfortable getting around the city and knew many spots to take the kids, I also knew there… Read More
I’m going to be totally honest, I did not want to add Venice to our Italy itinerary. I was there many years ago and remember it being hard to navigate and I didn’t have 4 kids in tow. I also heard it was VERY hot and VERY crowded in the summer. But when I asked my husband one spot he… Read More
By: Keri Hedrick Welcoming back as a guest Keri Hedrick – an Aussie expat mom of three. She is the blogger behind Our Globetrotters – Adventurous Family Travel and also the co-founder of city travel planning tool Little City Trips, a great new website established as a go-to planning resource for all things CITY TRAVEL with your kids! After extensive… Read More
It’s been a week since we “moved out” of our Florence apartment and we still miss it so much. Maybe because it’s the longest we ever rented one HomeAway vacation rental, but it really started to feel like home! It was one of the best rental experiences we’ve ever had and I would highly recommend this family vacation rental in… Read More
First off, the reason I left Tuscany off the itinerary was that it seemed unreachable without renting a car or hiring a car. Second, I underestimated how crowded and hot the cities would be in the summer. Don’t get me wrong, we are loving Florence (it will always be my favorite city!) but the kids… Read More
Can you believe I am writing about our Italy trip now and not 8-10 months from now? I promised myself I would write and share photos along the way because a month long trip would have way too many details to remember if I don’t write them down. I’ll share some memories and photos along the way with some info… Read More
It’s June 1st. That means we leave for Italy THIS MONTH. Tonight I’m sharing a list of Italy books: travel books and kids books we’ve been reading all the time. I am so excited and also getting really nervous: how on earth am I going to pack for 4 kids for a month? Have I planned enough? Have I planned… Read More