I’m delighted to introduce you to a brand new magazine dedicated to showcasing a fresh new spin on family travel. Bonjour Twist Travel Magazine! Twist is bursting with articles from fabulous family travel writers from around the world, including yours truly. From kid-friendly recipes to Rome gelato tips and destination advice, the premiere spring edition of Twist is your …
For many parents, there’s nothing more terrifying than the thought of being on a 10-hour plane ride with a baby or toddler. Even road trips with wee ones can send rational adults into a tizzy of stress and anxiety. Are we there yet? Parents of every generation have worried about risk, safety, convenience and whether …
Cruising with kids is a great way to travel as a family. After all, meals and rooms are taken care of as part of your booking. There’s no schlepping suitcases and bags from hotel to hotel, and you can visit as many ports of call as you wish on your itinerary. Whether you have babies or toddlers, …
Lonely Planet has just released a brand new city adventures eBook for family-friendly city trip inspiration. The 25 City Adventures for Families is a free eBook, now available for download from Lonely Planet Kids. Cities can be a challenge: expensive, chaotic and often cultural overload for small people. But they are also exciting, fascinating and above all, …
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A global education. A better perspective of the world. Respect for nature. Compassion for how other people live. An appreciation and gratitude for what we have. These are some of the reasons we justify travelling with our children. And while all of these are possible outcomes of family travel, I speak from experience when I …
Twitter chats are fun and informative events, but sometimes the timing just doesn’t work out with one’s schedule. Last week I took part in the Lonely Planet Kids #LPTakes5 chat, and in case you missed out on the fun and great travel tips, I’ve included the Q & A session below. Enjoy! Question #1: Tell us a bit …
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You know how much we love Lonely Planet Kids travel books here at the Travelling Mom! My kids STILL fight over their favorite LP Kids books for a bit of bedtime reading and travel dreaming, and they’re both teenagers now. So to say that I’m excited to participate in the Lonely Planet Kids #LPTakes5 Twitter Chat on Tuesday, April 21st, would be …
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For some of us, the idea of planning multigenerational travel and spending weeks together in a foreign land with our parents and children sounds like a new circle of hell in Dante’s Inferno. But, if your family relationships are solid and you can ride out the occasional emotional storms and historical family member behavioral patterns, …
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How far in advance do you plan your family vacation? Are you ‘spur of the moment’ travellers, or do you prefer travel planning well in advance, even up to a year ahead? We’re in the midst of some heavy trip planning going into spring, with solid travel plans for spring and summer 2013 already booked …
Ever since our first family trip with our five-month old son, I have, for the most part, enjoyed travelling with kids. ‘Well I should hope so’, you’re thinking, ‘you have a travelling with kids blog, don’t you?’ That’s certainly true. I may not have enjoyed the tiredness & jet lag (affecting one and not the other), …
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I’m Claudia, an adventurous mom who loves to explore the world and travel with my family. This site shares modern-mom-tested family travel sanity tips, destination advice, and inspiration to stay ever curious and create lifelong travel memories.
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