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 …

One of the first things I did when we started traveling as a family was to buy a very large suitcase. For many of our trips, it’s easier to manage one big suitcase than keep track of several smaller ones, …

Need more packing list? Look at out our basic packing lists and cruise packing list. Download this printable summer essentials packing list Moms pack for the kids, for the plane or car, and ready the house. Somewhere amid all that, they hope …

Who doesn’t love puzzles? They’re hard to beat to while away time in a car or on a plane and they are great learning, tools, too. But not all puzzles are easy to travel with (all those pieces!). Here’s an …

When you start traveling with a child or two or three your budget expands pretty quickly. Additional airplane tickets, larger hotel rooms and bigger restaurants tabs add up. If you don’t plan your budget well and stick to it, you …

Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the product links!  Handheld video games. For some parents they are genius inventions that make long trips with kids possible. For others, they are a dreaded last resort. Still, when you’re traveling …

Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the *product links!  It’s gift-giving season. In our house we think about where we’ll be going and how we’ll be traveling in the next year before we shop for gifts. A laptop travel desk, …

I was asked to review IntelliGlass by IntelliArmor and I admit this was a challenging assignment. I mean, what does the protect coat on your phone do? Not much, it just sits there, right? Then again, maybe not. I tried …

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, …

I have come across (and also created) endless lists of travel essentials moms need to pack for vacation. and do you know what most of them have in common? They’re lists of things for kids! What are mom’s travel essentials? Those …

Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the *product links!  I love the beach. I grew up being carted to one of Long Island’s many long stretches of beach once a week. And try to head there with my own child …

Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the *product links!  I always travel with ziplock plastic bags (often Ziploc but other brands, too). Some leave the house filled with things, but I usually toss 3 or 4 empty ones in my …

Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the product links!  I went to the NY Baby Show this week. It was fantastic collection of brands and products for recent and expecting moms. We, of course, focused on the travel products, particular strollers …

Every trip I’ve ever taken has begun with a decision about what I will carry. Will I take a big old suitcase or carry-on, or is this a backpack kind of trip? Will my purse be a stylish purse or functional—do …

Read more about my fun at the  New York Auto Show Being a lifelong New Yorker—and growing up in the city when it was far less safe than it is now— I have a very practical view of cars. They get …

Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the product links! My ideal travel crafts are versatile, easy to pack and inexpensive. I spend a lot of time actively seeking out good ideas (our Take section is proof of that). But sometimes I just stumble …

What are your favorite kids’ apps? Share your suggestions below! When we travel, handing the tablet or iPhone over to Tiny Traveler is a last resort. But on long drives or flights, we eventually run out of other things to …

Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the product links!  I love books. So do my husband and my daughter. We use travel books to learn about places we visit.  And we rely on them to learn about places we have not …

 Like these  gadgets? Here are 12 More! Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the product links! My mission as a traveling mom is to pack as little as I can get away with (which sometimes isn’t little at all). But I …

Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the product links!  For better or for worse, your holiday plans are made. The bags are mostly packed, the presents mostly bought and wrapped (unless you’re my husband, who probably hasn’t started his shopping yet), …

Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the product links!  Travel is never far from my mind. Even when it comes to birthday and holiday presents I’m always on the hunt for gifts that will make our next flight or drive a …

I don’t know what your car looks like when you return from a family road trip. But ours is a disaster. We might take a short trip to New England but it looks like we’ve been on wildest safari. Windows …

Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the product links!  Keeping hungry kids sated gets a little easier as they get bigger—and new products come out all the time to help parents traveling with little ones. Here are some products and ideas …

Try these other beach essentials including more sun protections! Sunscreen is a necessary and expensive accessory for summer travel and staycations spent largely outdoors. If you reapply more often than necessary and you waste money—and your kids roll their eyes at …

Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the product links!  Being cooped up on a plane is hard for all of us, but flying is especially hard for toddlers and preschoolers, who have bundles of energy and short attention spans. Be prepared …

Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the product links!  Nothing keeps my kid occupied like good craft kits. Get her involved in designing, cutting, pasting, painting and glittering and an hour or two can roll by. So I love finding crafts …

Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the product links!  There’s no such thing as traveling light when you travel with kids. So we value anything that allows us to carry less, carry smaller, carry lighter or that keeps the kids comfortable …

Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the product links!  Why We Need Travel Toys When you’re flying or driving with little kids, entertainment to happen in 20-minute increments. Bigger kids can get engrossed for longer periods But still, anything that gives …

Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the product links!  Few things absorb a child’s total attention like a good puzzle. So you’d like to bring them with you in the car or on the plane. But all those pieces–egad! Well, here …

Want to Buy an item you read about? Click the product links!  Last week, our family hit the road for a 10-hour round trip drive to Lake Placid, NY, up in the northern Adirondacks. We are one of those crazy families that tries to …