I am always saddened by reports in the media of parents being fined or discouraged from taking their kids out of school to travel. In fact recently I read about how police are being deployed to airports in Germany to look for parents taking their kids on holiday outside of school holidays. There is no question in my mind that …
Travel Gifts for Kids and Families
It will come as no surprise that one of our favourite gifts to give and receive are travel themed ones. I think in general we over-do holidays and birthdays in our consumer culture and I try to be thoughtful about the gifts I give. I like to choose quality over quantity; useful and practical over frivolous; and experiences over “things” …
Let’s Travel Family: Meet This Full-Time RV Travelling Family
This week on our Travel More case study series we speak to a family that sold everything and starting travelling around the USA in an RV with their four kids. Full-time travel is tough with new beds to sleep in each night and new routines every day, but travelling by RV allows you to have a home. Similarly to travelling …
Travel with Baby: Maternity Leave Travel
This week on our Travel More series, we are talking about maternity leave travel. Make sure you also check out our other Travel More Case Study series where we interview families using different strategies to travel more together. If you are in the pregnancy stage of life, this post is for you and it is one of the case studies I am …
Round-the-World Travel With Kids
One of the things I love the most about travel blogging is meeting other people that are equally as passionate about travel as I am. Even better when they are travelling families who understand the nuisances, joys and challenges of travelling with kids. Through my interviews for our Travel More Case Study series, I have gotten to know some incredible …
Our Globetrotters: Expat Life in the Middle East
If you are looking to travel more as a family, but don’t want to quit your job and want to maintain your income, living as expats overseas is a great option. Living in Malaysia and now Australia has allowed us to explore so much of these countries all while having the stability of a home base (and income coming in!). …