Travel etiquette. Is it a dying art? This thought struck me on a recent overseas flight. The topic was front and centre in Air Canada’s En Route in-flight magazine, in the article The Ultimate Guide to Travel Etiquette. The article covered the ways in which travellers could be better, more polite human beings while travelling, and included tips …
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, …
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 …
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Your plane has been delayed for 2 hours and the kids are starving. You had planned to feed them with the breakfast service on the flight (rare these days, I know) – that’s out. But you are not worried because you’re a modern travelling mom who’s planned for every possible outcome. You’ve packed along healthy travel …
Recently, I’ve been looking back fondly at the freedom of baby and early-childhood days. From a vacation planning perspective, that is. Those were the best of times when planning a holiday and travelling with kids. No school schedules to worry about, organized competitive sports obligations, or critical peer network commitments to maintain. We could (and did) …
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Your fabulous holiday trip is over, and you’ve downloaded the 1000+ digital photos from your 1, 2 (or more) cameras. Now what do you do? The good news is that it’s easier than ever to save travel memories with digital photo books. The software that exists now is fantastic, and can be as sophisticated as …
I don’t enjoy going through customs. There’s nothing like the threat of a baggage or vehicle search to strike fear into the heart of any traveller. Every time I inch closer in the car or passenger line-up at customs, my heart rate goes up along with my body temperature. Yes. I have a fear of customs agents. …
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Planning a holiday? Don’t know where to start? The world is literally at your fingertips! The internet offers more information and travel planning sites than you can ever hope to read. Here are some of our favorite web resources and tools to get you started with our Holiday Travel Planning Tips. Trip Advisor Need to …
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Skiing and snowboarding for Spring Break is my idea of a fun and care-free family holiday. Sun Peaks Resort, located north of Kamloops, BC, and a five hour drive from Vancouver, is consistently voted as one of the top ski resorts in Canada. Three mountains and a quaint, pedestrian village are strong reasons why you should …
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Yes, this is enough luggage for five weeks of family travel. I was taught the Art of Packing a suitcase by my mother. She was a master at filling every nook and cranny to ensure every item found a place in our bags. It’s a simple system that incorporates many common sense elements, and I swear …
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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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