Smart Travel Advice

Read about planning road trips and prepping for them. For a lot of people, getting ready for a trip is half the fun.  Then comes the …

I caught the travel bug from my parents, who love to travel and always made it a priority to explore the world. I knew I wanted …

Ski trips are expensive and require a lot of planning. Here are 7 tips to make sure your family has an awesome time on your next ski vacation.

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, …

In the fall Tiny Traveler and I were flying coast-to-coast on Jet Blue. Of course, given the current stranglehold airlines are putting on seats that don’t cost extra, it …

I started FamiliesGo! because when Tiny Traveler was small it was incredibly difficult to find out whether a hotel, even one that bills itself as a kid-friendly, had the amenities …

There’s always one week of summer where everyone is home from camp and work but we aren’t going away. We need things to do so …

This is Ask FamiliesGo!, where we answer our readers’ questions about family travel. We add new questions as our readers pose them, so keep checking back. You …

Theme parks are go-to vacation destinations for some families and places to avoid at all costs for others. But if you have kids, you’ll wind up spending …

I admit I chuckled a little when the editor at FamiliesGo! asked me to write about my most ambitious family vacation. As a father of …

I love to travel and being a filmmaker has given me all kinds or reasons to go many places. But as my family grew I …

We recently did our first home swap vacation, staying in the 15th arrondissement in Paris while a French family lived in our Brooklyn home. It …

The toddler years are the hardest when it comes to taking a vacation. But with these 5 smart tips you can have fun and maybe even relax.

I wish I’d had these diaper tips the first time I flew with my first baby. It’s a whole new world flying with the not-yet-potty …

You might find our planning and packing lists helpful for your first vacation. Your first vacation with your very small child won’t be least bit …

Clomp, clomp, clomp. My legs are aching, my arms feel like they will be pulled from their sockets and I can’t even see the river …

Like many parents with young kids we have—with cautious optimism—become cruise-goers! It’s one of the many things I thought I would never do–until I became …