I wasn’t looking forward to the crowds at Disneyland and California Adventure. We went with our daughters on December 24th and 26th, expecting major crowds, and there certainly were. But with a bit of strategic planning, we were able to do everything we wanted to do, including all of the rides with the longest wait […]
It’s 5am and my Lyft driver has come to pick me up at my hotel in Atlanta. I have a 6:30am flight to catch. With boarding starting at 6am, I figure I can get to the airport in thirty minutes and get to the departure gate on time. Still bleary-eyed and exhausted from keeping up the […]
The sobering reality of airfares is that everyone on the airplane has paid different prices. One person paid $500 for their roundtrip tickets from San Francisco to Shanghai, while you paid $1,500 for the same tickets. So how do you not become the person who paid 3x more for the same flights as the person […]
Your house has everything in it: your photo albums, keys, credit cards, furniture, clothes, jewelry, electronics, and everything you deem valuable. The things that are most important to you need to be protected. Whether you’re on a trip for a few days or a few months, these are the top 10 things you need to […]
Life is a product of our choices. One of the most important choices we make in life—on a daily basis—is what we spend our money on. I choose to spend a disproportionate amount of my money on travel for myself and my family. Spending lots of money on family travel is an investment in my family’s […]
Slow travel is the only way to travel with kids. Logistically, it’s impossible to drag around all your luggage and your kids to different parts of the world every week. Plus, if you want to keep your sanity intact as a parent, you’re better off slowing way, way down when you travel with your kids. […]
When you travel, exercise normally becomes one of your lowest priorities. You have limited time in a destination and you’ve got other things to do than exercise. If you’re traveling for leisure, you’ll want to go sightseeing, shopping, and eating. If you’re traveling for business, you’ll have meetings and social functions to attend. If you’re […]
Slow beats fast. Recall the children’s story about the race between the hare and the tortoise: the hare sprinted as fast as he could at the beginning of the race, while the tortoise took slow and steady steps. The hare seeing how slow his competitor was moving decided to take a nap on the side […]
Time is the most precious thing we have in this world and it’s the most valuable currency of life. Our time in this world is short, and our time as parents with our children is even shorter. Children grow up really fast and the window of opportunity for family travel gets smaller as they grow older. […]
Travel fees will kill any travel budget. Baggage fees, flight change fees, and rental car alternate location drop-off fees, hotel reservation cancellation fees, etc…All these fees add up quickly and make travel more expensive than it should be. But sometimes your travel plans change and these fees just cannot be avoided. And what was supposed […]
