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Le Boat House Boat at Bevridges Lock

 Heading Out on a Le Boat Trip? Here’s What to Pack (and What to Leave Behind)

by Candace Sampson

This Le Boat packing list is a little like packing for a cottage—if your cottage could float and had a steering wheel. I’ve been lucky enough to do five Le Boat vacations now, and every time I go, I fall a little more in love with this slow, scenic way to explore Ontario’s Rideau Canal. …

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tips for travel with teens

Tips for Travel With Teens – Surviving Raging Hormones on The Move

by Candace Sampson

This is a post filled with tips for travel with teens, or as I like to call it, making it through your next family vacation alive. Potato, potahto. Raising teenagers is the final frontier in parenting. If you can just get them through the next few years of their life and safely deliver them into …

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Tahiti good for families, Moorea excursions

Tahiti with Kids: What I Learned from Two Trips to French Polynesia

by Candace Sampson

Planning a trip to Tahiti with kids is one of the best decisions you can make as a family, but the island you choose, the resort you book, and the experiences you prioritize make all the difference. I’ve been twice with my kids, across Moorea and Taha’a, and here’s what I’d tell every parent planning …

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What is TICO

What Is TICO and How Can They Protect Your Next Vacation?

by Candace Sampson

There are few things we purchase in life that hold more meaning to us than travel. When we purchase a vacation we are buying memories, connection, and experience. Those feelings simply don’t appear when you’re buying toilet paper at a local box store. It’s only natural then, that if things go wrong on our vacation, …

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Three Essential Tips for Travel with Kids

by Candace Sampson

Disclosure: This post has been sponsored by BMO Insurance. All opinions expressed are mine. I have a philosophy for travelling with kids that goes a little something like this: do it early, do it often, don’t stop. Travel is one of the best things you can give your children and it doesn’t necessarily mean you …

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travel during hurricane season

Travel During Hurricane Season; A Few Things to Consider

by Candace Sampson

Travel during hurricane season is statistically, uneventful for most travellers. That being said, considering what we just witnessed in the Caribbean with Irma, Katia and Jose all wreaking havoc at the same time, there is no better time than the present to get everyone up to speed on what it means when you travel during …

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Here Today, Gone To Maui

by Nicole MacPherson

If I could only visit one place for the rest of my life, that place would be Maui. My family and I have been to the paradisaical island five times, and while our activities have changed as the children have grown, one thing remains constant: we love it. There are a ton of things to …

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places to blow your resolutions

Four Places to Blow Your New Year’s Resolutions

by Heather Greenwood Davis

Sooooo….how are those “New Year! New You!” fitness resolutions working out for ya? Still on track? Great job! Covering the mirrors and eating ice cream from the tub? Welcome to the club. C’mon this cannot be a surprise. I mean it’s mid-April! We knew what this was when we went into it. Celebrate keeping your …

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