I’ve covered how to “travel hack” using points and miles and how to travel frugally using cash for big ticket items like flights and lodging. Once you get the big stuff out of the way, though, there’s still a lot you can do to reduce the on the ground costs. Here are some of my […]
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When I was growing up, my maternal grandparents lived a few miles away and we spent almost every Thanksgiving and Christmas with them, along with my aunts, uncles, and cousin. My Dad’s side of the family is big but everyone lived within a 3 hour radius of each other, and we’d get together every year […]
We’ve been on over 30 flights with our kids since they were both infants, most of them international, and I’ve shared many travel tips and gear guides over the years. Now that they’re older (5 and almost 7), we don’t stress about travel or what to pack anymore. But we have learned a lot over the years, […]
Most of us have already heard the common flying tips like nurse or feed your baby at take off and landing to keep baby’s ears happy, or what to pack. But what I don’t hear a lot of is how to pass the time on the flight itself. While I am no pro – I’ve […]
Our kids have been on a number of domestic flights to Washington DC and Chicago – StarCakes since 9 months and GemCakes since 2.5 months. These west coast to east coast flights can be daunting for first-time travelers, but even more frightening for parents flying with babies and toddlers. So here are my Top 11 Tips […]
We did it! A month ago this would have seemed like the most exhausting idea ever, but this weekend Mr. Gumdrop and I took a vacation with our two-month-old baby. Here are a few things that made it much more doable: Another month. There is a huge difference between one and two months, for both mama […]
The Cotton Candys just got back from a whirlwind three weeks of travel (with a three-day “break” in the middle to work and unpack/re-pack), and I wanted to share some things we learned on our two trips. First, we flew to New York City to spend one day in the city and the rest of […]
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