You might also like our Essentials Packing Lists and Our Road-Trip Check list. A beach-house vacation is perennially one of the most popular types of vacations for families. And it’s easy to see why: The beach provides free entertainment for …

Have you decided to travel to Cambodia for a vacation, work trip, or visit to family? Cambodia is a remarkable country with a unique history and culture and plenty of attractions to appeal to tourists. From Cambodia’s low, flat plains …

For our first car trip with Tiny Traveler, we packed the car up bright and early, then transferred the 6-month-old from her crib to her car seat still in her PJs, more asleep than awake. We handed her her usual …

Being a parent is all about improvising. Travel is one of those times where you wind up improvising a more then usual. For example, when the key’s from dad’s pocket are far more enticing than any of the toys from …

There are certain New York experiences that native residents happily leave to the tourists. New Years Eve in Times Square is one (really, anything in Times Square) and for me, for a long time, meeting the Macy’s Santa in Herald …

It seems every holiday season and every summer someone predicts there will be more travelers than every flying. Fickle December weather, smaller planes filled to capacity and all that extra luggage people try to carry on these days can make getting …

The taxi cab thing… Yes, we know. You don’t need a rental car and you can’t deal with public transit with the kids in tow. You just need to get your family from the airport to your hotel and back …

We choose to travel by road trip far more now that we have a child (and our airfare costs have increased by 50%). We drive in snowy winter weather to ski and crazy summer traffic to get to and from our …

Read a concierge’s tips for holidays away from home. With holidays on the horizon, chances are good you have travel in your future and it involves your extended family. You’re traveling to them, or they’re traveling to you. Or maybe this …

Read 12 more Holiday Travel Tips Flying with your family can be a daunting but necessary evil to if you want to spend the holidays with your family. Road trips are also pretty draining. With the holidays fast approaching (and …

Holiday travel with kids isn’t much more stressful than any other holiday travel and is usually worth it in terms of family time, vacation opportunities and time with extended family.  This was the consensus at our Holiday Travel-themed #MOMtravelchat this …

You might also enjoy these holiday travel tips and these flying tips. Holiday Travel. There’s so much in it to look forward to, but so many logistics, hassles and landmines to navigate to get to the good stuff. Here are …

Plants are often the detail that gets overlooked in our house in the flurry to plan and get out of the house on vacation. But few things are more discouraging than coming home to a plant that’s brown and dead …

Check out more tips for stress-free flying with little kids It’s probably easy to believe I was not excited about the prospect of flying long haul to Australia from the U.K. with a 10 month old baby. In fact, I …

What do moms want in a great family beach resort? That’s the question we asked in September at #MOMtravelchat. The Twitter Party was sponsored by Grand Beach Hotel in Miami Beach, which is known for great family amenities like big rooms …

Rock climbing may seem out of reach (literally) and intimidating for a family outing, but my kids and I love it. It’s been rewarding to see them master the basic skills and scramble up a wall ahead of me. And …

Read 9 Staycation day trips and 20 staycation ideas. We decided to do a staycation this summer. Following two exotic trips over the winter (Guadeloupe and Senegal), plus our spring break jaunt to Pittsburgh, we opted to be relatively frugal and save …

Need ideas for a family cruise? Read our Review of an NCL Cruise. Cruising is an easy way to vacation with children, especially if you live in a city that’s an embarkation point. Whether you were an avid cruise-goer before …

Bonus: use the code “FamiliesGoTravel20” for 20% off and free shipping on your Picture Keeper. Having a camer on our phones makes it easy to take photos. Without the worry of running out of film we take a lot of photos, …

Share your expat stories and advice below. We’ve all had that moment where we’ve wondered what it would be like to live for a while in a different country. I’ve pictured myself in Hong Kong, Munich and London among other …

When was the last time you traveled without your family? I can count the number of times I’ve been away from my family for a night or two on one hand — and have fingers to spare. All these trips …

“Come out little guy. Are you in there?” My son Sam, 10 at the time, poked at a snail shell in Calais, France, glorying in the special mini-fork that came with his order. I was holding my breath, still disbelieving that …

Laundry on vacation? I avoid it at all costs. In my carefree younger days I would pack 14 pairs of underwear on a 2-week vacation and not think twice about it. But sometimes you can’t avoid it—you’ll just be gone too …

A family reunion can mean a lot of things. For some it might be three generations of siblings, their parents and their kids all in one place once a year. For others it might be once-a-decade meeting of their uncles, …

Traveling as a single parent? Read about 4 Resorts With Good Deals for Single-Parent Families. And about VIP services that get you easily through the airport with kids  As part of a married couple, I never expected to spend a lot …

Allianz Global Travel returned to sponsor a second #MOMtravelchat about safe travel, this one focusing on summer vacations. The travel insurer shared helpful statistics around safe travel, loss, and preventing things from going wrong. And our audience exchanged their biggest …

Like these road trip games? Read about managing road trips and prepping for them. For a lot of people, getting ready for a trip is half the fun. Even for overworked parents with too much laundry, preparations help to get …

For more safe summer travel tips, join us on June 16 at 9:00 pm EST for #MOMtravelchat on Twitter. A good summer vacation can generate memories that stay with you long after you’ve returned home to your everyday routine. When …

Not everyone is a natural traveler. If you don’t love traveling in general, traveling with kids can be doubly intimidating. You not only have to worry about navigating unfamiliar terrain and managing your own discomforts, you have your kids and …

Here are couple time ideas from parents who did it. Our #MOMtravelchat twitter party took on a romantic hue ahead of Valentine’s Day with a focus on parent-only getaways and tips for carving out couple time on family vacations. The Couple-Time Wish …