Disclosure – This post about safety tips for your upcoming family road trips is sponsored by OK Tire. 5 Simple safety tips for your summer family road trips With summer road trip season now officially upon us, we’d like to share a few simple safety tips and suggestions to avoid unwelcome surprises. We love this […]
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.
Traveling to Ireland for the first time? Here’s what you need to know
Ireland Travel Tips – Here’s what you need to know Ireland is arguably one of the best all around travel destinations for families. We spent 2 weeks driving around Ireland that included a few days in Northern Ireland. Today, we’re sharing a few of the Ireland travel tips we learned while on our first Ireland […]
Riding the overnight train from Vancouver to Jasper with VIA Rail
We originally published this post back in the summer of 2014, when our boys were still quite young. We’re re-publishing this post today because this is the time of year when many first time visitors to Canada are exploring the Via Rail from Vancouver to Jasper. Riding the overnight train is a memorable way to […]
10 Common Family Travel Mistakes (and how to avoid them)
Family travel mistakes and how to avoid them As we put thought into our upcoming trip to Europe, we’re reminded of the lessons learned while traveling with young children – also known as our family travel mistakes. We’ve taken our boys to quite a few places over the last few years and each trip has […]
Should you bring a car seat when you travel with kids?
Do you need to bring a travel car seat with you? We are often asked the question, “Do I need to bring a travel car seat with me on my trip to XYZ destination?” We also asked this question many times when we first started traveling with young kids. It’s a tough question to answer because […]
Mexico through the eyes of a 6 year old boy
Braydon’s photo story from Mexico Last Christmas, Braydon got his first digital camera. It’s a durable kid’s action camera with all the accessories (here’s the model). He was excited to bring his little camera to Mexico to capture his vacation, just like Mommy and Daddy do when we travel. It was super cute. We returned […]
How Back-to-School Shopping is helping us save for our next big trip
How our Back-to-School Shopping is helping us save for our next big trip It’s hard to believe that come September we will have TWO boys in school. It’s amazing to think that only a few years ago we were changing diapers and struggling with sleepless nights. Last week we were sitting on a dock in the Algonquin […]
8 Things to do in New Brunswick with kids
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 […]
