“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 my picky eater had asked for snails instead of pizza. …

Paris is a city built on a a grand scale, but kids like things on the smaller side, built on a scale they can relate to. Here are six small things 6YO Tiny Traveler liked in this big city. If you’re taking a Paris vacation with kids, be sure to …

Paris parks are green, full of fun things to do and present kids with well-needed breaks from site seeing. They also provide a taste of local Parisian life. But, these city parks will present opportunities for your kids to separate you from your money more than local U.S. parks. Be prepared to …

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 saved us a few thousand euros in hotel fees and made the trip very affordable for us. Since returning, several friends have asked how we …

We finished out our summer with a 2-week home swap vacation in Paris with our 6yo. We covered a lot of ground and did much more than we hoped we would. And while lots of guides will tell you what to do in Paris with kids. I thought it would be …