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Have you ever started your family vacation nicely organized with each item for your child (or each child!) cleverly packed and stowed, only to find that one day later all…

Half of the battle in being able to enjoy traveling with a baby or toddler is figuring out how to keep them safe in completely new surroundings. In addition to my…

I know many of you have already enjoyed the benefits of an Amazon Kindle at home and also during travel. For those of you who already own the kindle Fire,…

It’s been like Ask Shelly: Paris whack-a-mole around here lately! 😉 I always love to hear your questions, and of course I love France, so before I return to some…

Here we are, my firstborn and I, on the ferry to Koh Phi-Phi, just before we were instructed to climb down a ladder into a wooden longtail boat bobbing beside…

If I’ve learned one lesson over the past few years, it’s this: It doesn’t hurt to ask for what you want from the universe. Sometimes it — and a whole…

Three weeks in Argentina? Not envious. At all. 😉 Robin writes: Hello Shelly, I had a question about apartment rental.  We are planning a big trip in November with an…

Having just recently flown from San Francisco to Paris with 4 out of 5 of us using AA miles, I had to smile when I saw this email waiting for me:

Hi Shelly,

I am planning a trip to see my grandmere in France with my husband and toddler.  Chase will be 15 months when we plan to travel in April.  We have AA points we would like to use.  Unfortunately (click here to continue reading)

The great thing about dragging your three kids to Paris in winter? There is much to do inside! And no, thankfully, it didn’t rain the entire time. On this day, we took some obligatory photos by the Iron Asparagus before heading to… (click here to continue reading)

On the surface, a first getaway with baby may seem more about what the parents want and need–and if you’ve been doing battle with the evening fussies, various post-partum adjustments,…