5 Simple safety tips for your summer road trip With summer the season for family road trips now officially upon us, we’d like to share a few simple safety tips and suggestions to avoid unwelcome surprises. We love this time of year in British Columbia. The weather is hot and dry. The days are longer. […]
Family Travel Tips
Family Travel Tips
Below you will find the most recent posts we've written about family travel.
If you're traveling with a baby, check out our other blog Tips For Baby Travel.
Top 10 Things to do in Palm Springs with Kids
Located in Southern California’s iconic Coachella Valley, Palm Springs is a desert resort city that’s become increasingly popular with Canadians looking to escape winter’s chill. Although it’s widely known for its golf courses, luxurious resorts and spas, and snowbird migration, there are also plenty of things to do in Palm Springs with kids. If sunshine […]
The perfect Ireland road trip itinerary for families
A few years ago, we took an unforgettable family road trip around Ireland and Northern Ireland. Shortly after returning, we wrote a blog post that shares the highlights from this road trip. However, I realize that we did not write a detailed blog post about the actual Ireland road trip itinerary. Let’s fix that today, […]
Using Aeroplan Points for Multi-City Flights from Vancouver to Europe
Using Aeroplan Points for multi-city flights Our flights are booked! We are excited to visit Scandinavia for the first time. It’s been on our travel wish list for a very long time. I love that freshly-booked-flight-feeling when you receive the confirmation email. This is a big trip for us, given that we live on the other […]
What we learned on our first RV Camping trip (RV travel tips for beginners)
RV Camping tips for beginners This summer we did something for the first time. We rented an RV and explored the northern part of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. We’ve used an RV once before, but that was before kids. This blog post shares RV camping tips and lessons learned from our first family RV […]
8 Things to do in New Brunswick with kids
Today’s post shares some of the fun things we did on our road trip around New Brunswick. Our hope is that one or two of these adventures will spark your curiosity about this under-rated Canadian province. Who knows, maybe you’ll find yourself in the presence of the world’s highest tides one day, too! This collection of […]
The Mystery Fever in Panama
It’s hard to believe we’re now 3 months into this global pandemic. So much has changed in such a short period of time. We haven’t felt motivated to write about travel, for obvious reasons, which is why it’s been a little quiet over here. We’re doing okay. Like you, we’re adjusting to the new normal. We’ve […]
Take a ride on the Polar Express to the North Pole!
This post was originally written in December 2016. Given that the Holiday Season is upon us, we thought we should re-publish this story about our trip to the North Pole on the Polar Express in Squamish. The Polar Express in Squamish, BC If you’ve watched the classic animated Christmas movie staring Tom Hanks, you’ll appreciate […]