Smart Travel Advice

College campus tours take time and cost money. Here are 13 tips to make the most of these visits. Plus, how to organize a tour of Boston Colleges.

A reader asks FamiliesGo! how to save money on a family vacation on a popular new Royal Caribbean cruise ship. I provide my best tips and resources for saving money on any new and popular cruise.

Bring your kids along on your honeymoon to make it a familymoon? It sounds like a lost episode of the Brady Bunch.  But 17% of men …

Many families who never thought they would consider long-term travel or homeschooling have been pricing RVs and mapping out cross-country route in the past few …

A common mantra in family travel circles is that you get 18 summers with your kids. That is, you have 18 summers before the leave …

In 5 easy steps we help your family decide on a dream vacation, figure out the cost and make a plan to save month-by-month to pay for it.

33 safe and healthy travel tips from experts to help you protect your kids, health, money and documents on vacation, plus tips on travel insurance.

19 tips and tricks for traveling with kids over the Thanksgiving or Christmas holidays. How to pack, and keep your cool while flying, driving and spending a lot of time with your relatives.

On any city vacation we take, admission fees to museums and other cultural institutions are one of our biggest expenses. For art, history and even …

Having a camera on our phones makes it easy to take pictures. So we take a lot of photos these days, especially vacation photos. But …

We took quite a flew flights with Tiny Traveler when she was a toddler and preschooler and were lucky enough to never have a meltdown. …

Keeping kids well fed is part of keeping them healthy on vacation. Here are tips for healthy snacks and making sure kids eat enough of the right foods to keep everyone happy and fit.

Flying cheaply over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday travel is not easy. Familiesgo! offers 6 tips for saving money and avoiding crowds.

Short-term vacation rentals are popular with families. You’ve probably rented someone else’s house or apartment for a vacation with your kids somewhere along the way …

Is it possible to share a hotel room with a baby or toddler and not got to bed with them at 7:00? How do you make sure you’ll get some sleep when you actually need to, and where does the baby sleep anyway? I have all answers

5 Facts about RV travel that might surprise you. and inspire you to plan a campervan vacation this year!

I love bicycle riding. From the moment we began teaching Tiny Traveler to ride a two-wheeler I have been dreaming of family cycling trips through …

Updated May 2020 Few things scare new parents like the thought of *flying for the first time with a baby or toddler. There is the …

Updated August 2020 Who couldn’t use apps that help you to plan and save for vacations and spend wisely while you’re off traveling. When you …

Motion sickness in kids can make even the shortest trip fraught with worry. Here are 8 ways to keep kids from getting car sick, and to avoid a big mess when it happens anyway.

The Trouble With Kids and Taxis Yes, I know. You need to get your family from the airport to your hotel and back again as …

Here are my best safety tips — plus a printable checklist!– to get your family ready to hit the road for winter vacation, summer road trips or holiday season family visits.

Here are 5 rules for sharing a vacation rental with extended family. Tips for sharing cooking, shopping, cleaning, and compromising on your kid rules.

We put a surprising amount of time and effort into keeping our houseplants alive. We make sure they get the right amount of sun and …

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 …

Updated march 2020 Following two exotic trips over the winter (Guadeloupe and Senegal), plus spring break jaunt to Pittsburgh, we opted to be relatively frugal …

Updated February 2020 Cruising is an easy way to vacation with children, especially if you live in a city that’s an embarkation point. Whether you …

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 …

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 …

As part of a married couple, I never expected to spend a lot of time traveling with a toddler as a single parent. But my …