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. Selfies for days in Iceland. 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 adulthood, you can put a virtual checkmark next to the biggest “to-do” of your life. As someone currently on the precipice of getting to the other side, I can tell you …
Is Tahiti Good For Families? A Parents Guide to Paradise
Is Tahiti good for families? It’s a question many parents ask and with good reason. The Islands of Tahiti are not a quick trip from anywhere on the globe. In addition, even with the strictest of budgets, it’s still going to cost you more than your typical family vacation. I’ve been to the Islands of Tahiti twice now, and I can confirm that not only is Tahiti good for families, it should be ranked high above your planned trip to any theme park. Here’s why. Is Tahiti Good For …
What Is TICO and How Can They Protect Your Next Vacation?
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, we seek to hold someone responsible. Sometimes our response is rational, and other times, because we’re so emotionally invested in our holiday, it’s possibly a little …
Three Essential Tips for Travel with Kids
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 have to go far. Just exploring a neighbouring city can open up new possibilities and experiences for your kids. There are three things you need though to travel with kids that are …
The Best Tropical Hues to Fight the Winter Blues
There’s a whole lot of winter left on the other side of Blue Monday, so it’s time to fight fire with fire, or in this case, blue with blue. Get inspired with the best Blue Monday travel destinations in the Caribbean below. Best Blue Monday Travel Destinations The Blue Hole – Jamaica I’m on a personal mission to visit as many waterfalls in Jamaica as I possibly can. To date, I have been to five and the one that left the biggest mark was undoubtedly The Blue Hole. This blue gem in …
