Planning for the Best USA Road Trips: Routes, Tips and Tools
Having gone on countless road trips as a family we love finding new places to explore together. It’s so easy to do the same trip you’ve done in the past …
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Escape Campervan: the coolest and easiest family camping. Ever.
Our new favorite way to explore the USA: in an Escape Campervan. We completed an incredible family road trip up Florida’s Gulf Coast in one and have since seen them …
Planning family travel to Turks and Caicos in the Caribbean
You know how much we love getting the kids into nature. Locally we can escape to the beach or the mountains within minutes or a few hours, but getting to …
Delta Vacations Promotions NOT TO MISS (and our favorite destination picks!)
We are pretty good about sharing our tips and tricks relating to travel booking with miles and rewards. We are partnering with Delta Vacations to share their new promotion they have going …
Couples Weekend in Las Vegas: how to plan and enjoy time away
We’re not the only Dads that find value in breaking away from the kids for a weekend. Our friends over at 2 Dads with Baggage also try to get some …
Spring Cleaning Anytime and 5 More Tips for Stress-free Travel Prep
When I was a kid I thought that Spring Cleaning was just something they did in cartoons or that my grama talked about. We didn’t do that in our house, …
Dads in Disneyland: family guide to fun inside the Happiest Place on Earth
Disneyland with kids is amazing. It might sound silly but when we first found out that we were going to be dads one of the very first thoughts that went …
Saving for the future: making travel and early retirement attainable
Our notes here about saving for the future originally appeared on GaysWithKids.com, which is a great resource for families and same-sex couples looking to take the plunge into parenthood. Recently, …
Voting with your dollars… your travel dollars
Following the shocking election of Donald Trump in the United States, our minds have been spinning out of control of what to do to ensure progress doesn’t slip backwards. We …
Making travel plans for the USA: an expat’s view of visiting home in America
We’ve written several times about what we look for in a destination, from activities to cost to previous visits. We’re pretty good at making travel decisions together to create the …
A friendly reminder about hiking safety and family travel tips
We always are traveling with friends or family, internationally and locally. Not everything we do is a group activity, but a lot of things are. Hiking as a group is …
A family travel adventure: Puget Sound itinerary
We get a lot of questions about visiting the Pacific Northwest with kids. People want to know the obvious like “what are the can’t-miss sights?” or “should we really pack …
How travel impacts kids: interview with a 4 year old
We travel a lot, right? Do you ever wonder what actually sticks with kids and makes a lasting impression? When you’re planning your own vacation, do you seriously talk to …
Seriously, just go travel: why you shouldn’t write off a destination
We travel a ton. That’s our family schtick: “2 dads raising their 2 sons and traveling the globe, giving the kids a broad world view. Traveling, parenting, and experiencing culture.” …
8 Reasons to Lose Your Shoes at the Hyatt Olive 8
Confession: we went somewhere without the kids. Yep. And we didn’t feel bad about it. Well, maybe a little bad. But, we showed up at the Hyatt Olive 8 and …
The Basics of Visiting the United States
As Americans, we’re always thinking about venturing out to other countries and planning a week long trip here and two weeks there. When we look at going back to France, …
Camping List Extras
We have migrated our camping list extras into a post instead of a page. We made this list because after you’ve camped with a child, you can walk away from …