My advice to families planning their visits to Vancouver, B.C.? Block out an entire day for a visit to Granville Island. Here are five tips to help you get the most from your time there: 1. Arrive by Ferry – One of our favorite outings in Vancouver was our visit to Granville Island. We arrived…
Today I’m very pleased to share this guest post written by a mom who not only loves to travel—but decided to make a permanent arrangement of living in the place she and her husband loved visiting most: Costa Rica. Dahlia Nahome, mother of two young children (above), offers her advice here for parents considering making…
“…when you’re huddled together in a thatched shack as a troop of howler monkeys scream like banshees on your roof in the middle of the night, it’s quite a bonding moment.” – P. Voelkel While doing research for their new Jaguar Stones series of children’s novels (you may have seen the first in the series,…
Last week I had the honor of joining Rona Renner for my third radio appearance on Childhood Matters–how time flies! If you missed the live broadcast on San Francisco’s 98.1 FM, you can listen to it here perhaps while you start packing your bags or work on your pre-trip shopping lists. Also, this is the…
I remember the first time an airline tried to split our family on a flight. Even though I had taken my own advice and called ahead to reconfirm our reservation and remind them we’d be flying with a lap child on our return home from the Big Island, the helpful people at check-in had a…
Here is a question from a reader in Australia that I’m sure many of you may share. While I’ve addressed some of these issues in various parts of Travels with Baby, here are some tips specific to travel with a baby around 13 months, and a few new ideas. Hi Shelly, I live in…