When budgets and schedules are tight for travelers, it’s time to think micro. Adventure that is. While trips to far-flung parts of the world are incredible and fulfilling, curious adventure seekers can find amazing things to see and do close to home and well within reach. In fact, from red rocks in the desert to …
As travellers, we can at times fall into the habit of dreaming that the travel grass is greener across a border or in a distant land. Adventures in far-flung parts of the world are incredible, filled with unknowns, new landscapes and people eating strange foods and speaking in strange tongues. But what if we can …
While the act of travel is on hold for many of us during this challenging time, the dream of travel remains alive and well. Despite the current worries and stress, it can be helpful for our mental health to think about and plan for better days ahead. Personally, I’m finding pleasure thumbing through my back …
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The late fall on the west coast of Canada can be a dark and stormy time of year. There’s driving rain, wind that blasts the last leaves off of trees, and it’s dark early. Like really early, we’re talking 4:00 PM. It can all wear a parenting couple down just as the stress of the …
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We were hanging off of a cliff somewhere deep in Whistler’s scenic Callaghan Valley. I couldn’t see the ground below from behind the wheel of our luxury Porsche Cayenne. Our Porsche Driving Experience guide Mike was gesturing to continue but surely, it was madness to accelerate into open air, wasn’t it? I could do this. …
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Have you ever thought about what kind of traveller you are? Everyone has differing views on what travelling is all about. One person may be the explorer type and wants to discover new things every single day of their life. Others may just want to unwind someplace and “get away from it all” at an …
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As a traveling mom with teens, I can vouch for the fact that it’s a world apart from traveling with kids of the pre-teen and variety. One of the keys to success in traveling with teens is to find destinations with enough attractions and ‘cool stuff’ to keep them happily engaged. Cities like New York, …
I have more incredible memories than I can count from my journey to the Middle East. One of the most special was the opportunity to enjoy an authentic Bedouin experience in Jordan, at the Feynan Ecolodge in the Dana Biosphere Reserve. The Dana Reserve is the largest natural reserve in Jordan, with over 300 km of …
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As our floatplane lifts away from Vancouver, the landscape changes. Gleaming high-rises fall away in favor of towering green pine trees that cover the mountains of Vancouver Island. Small towns dot the valleys, but it’s mostly trees, lakes, and more trees as we fly west towards a small bay north of Tofino. The float plane …
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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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Claudia
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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