I wanted to find out what travel destinations were the most baby-friendly for our first baby’s first international trip. So I asked Google, “what are the most baby-friendly countries?” Looking back, I laugh at myself a bit for this. After that first trip, we brought him to Cuba. Next, we brought our second baby to…
Daydreaming about travel is one of my favorite pastimes, especially right now when we need to stay home. I’m dreaming of our future travel days. Eventually, we’ll get back to travel, so now I’m working on adding to and cleaning up our family travel bucket list. As the years go by, even though we travel…
Years ago, someone at the front desk would circle the hotel on a paper tourist map and slide it over to us. From there, we would circle additional places of interest and stumble around the city trying to navigate the old school way. Part of me is nostalgic for this unplugged, low effort approach toward…
Call me crazy, but I’ve always been excited by the idea of having a really long flight delay. One that’s long enough to get out of the airport and see some highlights of another place. Of course, this is extremely rare. Reality looks more like being delayed 10 hours, but overnight when it doesn’t make…
Pitstop on the way home from the hospital? A celebration when the baby is one month old? Some people travel with a newborn, and some people don’t travel until their child is 1, or 7, or 16. People’s customs and comfort levels vary widely when it comes to going out and traveling with the littlest…
NOTE: This post is written for USA citizens applying for their baby’s passport while in the USA. Both USA citizens and non-USA citizens residing outside the US may have different requirements and experiences. If you have plans to travel abroad, your baby will need a passport. Typically it takes 4-6 weeks to get it back…
We use a variety of travel (and non-travel) websites to research, book and plan a family trip. Check out the list below to make sure you’re up to date and using these helpful sites. Not all are travel-specific, but they are all useful for travel planning. 1. Google Flights Google’s flight search feature is simple and…