Traveling with baby can be a challenge. With good planning and these nine tips, you can enjoy a better travel experience with your wee one.
Travel Tips

Motherly Advice about Traveling with Baby

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My friend and fellow travelling mom Isabel recently returned from a trip to Austria, Croatia, and Slovenia with her husband and 8-month old baby. It was a wonderful trip, but it wasn’t without its challenges and trying moments along the way. Isabel has some very good advice for other moms travelling or thinking about traveling with baby, and I’m pleased to share her thoughts with you. Motherly Advice about Traveling with Baby 1. The quality of jarred baby food in Europe is amazing. Delicious, fresh tasting…

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The Beaty Biodiversity Museum has opened at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. It includes not only a whale, but a whale of a tale. (via thetravellingmom.ca)
Vancouver

The Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC

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On a rainy Vancouver day (and there are a few), pack up and take the kids on a scientific adventure at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC. This is one of the best family-friendly museums in the city, and it includes not only a whale, but a whale of a tale. The Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is Vancouver’s Natural History Museum. Located on the large campus of the University of British Columbia (UBC), this family-friendly…

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Take an exciting walk in the trees with your family at UBC's Greenheart Canopy Walkway, at UBC Botanical Garden. (via thetravellingmom.ca)
Vancouver

Walk on the Super Natural Side at UBC Canopy Walkway

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Walking? Sixty-five feet up in the air? When we were invited to tour the Greenheart Canopy Walkway at the UBC Botanical Garden, I was a bit nervous. I have a fear of heights, and the thought of being that high up, walking on very bouncy, see-through metal bridges attached to large Douglas Firs didn’t thrill me at first. But, I am an adventurous mom. With enthusiastic family in tow, we proceeded to introduce ourselves to our guide for the 45 minute, 308-metre Canopy Walkway tour…

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Travelling green is possible. Tips on how to go carbon neutral on your travels.
Planning

How to Use Sustainable Travel Tips to Lessen your Travel Footprint

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There is a big debate in travel circles about the challenges in travelling ‘green’. How can we reduce our carbon footprint and our impact upon our natural world? Is such green, or eco-travel even possible when we need to drive or fly across vast distances to visit landmarks? We need to reconcile our desire to be eco-friendly travellers with the desire to visit and experience the marvels that the world has to offer. These sustainable travel tips will help lessen your…

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The stunning Sorrento coastline has beckoned travelers for thousands of years. Travel tips for Sorrento, Capri, and the Amalfi Coast, Italy.
Italy

Sorrento, Capri + the Amalfi Coast, Italy

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Just saying the names of Sorrento, Capri and Amalfi Coast conjures up images of a warm Italian sun, steep sea-side cliffs, and the blue, inviting waters of the Mediterranean. This beautiful part of Italy has inspired artists, poets and travellers for centuries, and with good reason. The countryside, houses and topography of southern Italy are a stark contract to the more industrial north of the country. The south is more arid and the air lemon-scented; the landscape becomes hilly and…

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