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Category Archives: Family Travel

AmazonFamily Travel

Amazon Prime Day: Traveling Family Picks

Carly Stewart Posted onJuly 17, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a Comment
Amazon Kindle

Amazon holds their Prime Day once per year which offers Black Friday-level discounts on participating products. I wanted to share my picks for family travelers. This year Amazon Prime Day has been extended, starting at 3PM Eastern on July...

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Family Travel

A Father’s Day Reflection: Travel Moments with Dad

Carly Stewart Posted onJune 17, 2018June 17, 2018 4 Comments

As we celebrate Father’s Day this weekend in Key West, I am reflecting on moments throughout Lucy’s travels where her dad has shared with her so much more than just the entire world. A Collection of Moments There are...

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Family Travel

Uber For Kids: Good Idea or Not?

Carly Stewart Posted onMay 20, 2018January 3, 2019 7 Comments

A new ride service for kids, HopSkipDrive, is growing on the west coast and in Denver, but if I had the chance to use their service, would I? If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us...

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Family Travel

Celebrating Mother’s Day With Travel Reflection

Kyle Stewart Posted onMay 13, 2018September 15, 2021 5 Comments
Mother and daughter walk in Colombia

On Mother’s Day this year I wanted to reflect and recognize the special relationship that my wife and daughter have developed as they travel the world.  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please...

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Family TravelHotel ReviewsHyatt

Hyatt Regency Cartagena Spa: Mother/Daughter Massage

Carly Stewart Posted onMay 13, 2018April 30, 2021 Leave a Comment
Hyatt Regency Cartagena Spa

In my final post from our last-minute trip to Cartagena, Colombia, my four-year-old daughter and I had the chance to try the Aqoral Spa at the Hyatt Regency Cartagena. It was better than expected for both mommy and daughter. ...

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Family Travel

Flying By The Seat Of Our Pants

Carly Stewart Posted onApril 8, 2018April 8, 2018 10 Comments
Walking the beach

The more points and miles we have and the more we travel, the finer we cut our trips. However, the trip we took this last week was booked in part while we were on it, leaving surprises at every...

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Family TravelTravel

Five Unconventional Places I Hope To Visit This Summer

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 29, 2018March 29, 2018 9 Comments

Summer is the time of year I usually stay home: it’s when most people have time to travel and therefore the perfect opportunity for me to take a break from traveling and avoid the crowds. This year, due to...

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Family Travel

A Family Holiday in Beautiful Borneo

Carly Stewart Posted onMarch 18, 2018March 19, 2018 7 Comments
Manukan island

One of our favorite family holidays was to Beautiful Borneo over Christmas. We spent most of our time in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia as our port of entry to the nearby islands, and a side trip to Brunei. While no...

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Family TravelHiltonHotel Reviews

The Hilton Waikoloa: A Family Paradise

Carly Stewart Posted onMarch 11, 2018January 2, 2019 11 Comments
Hilton Honors Gold members can save more than $100/day on breakfast charges at the Hilton Waikoloa in Kona, Hawaii.

On a past trip to the beautiful Island of Hawaii, we stayed at the Hilton Waikoloa. My husband previously stayed here as a teenager after his mother won an all-expenses-paid giveaway from Sargento Cheese. Yes, people really win those...

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Family TravelLufthansa

Family Accounts Coming to Lufthansa Miles & More

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 7, 2018March 7, 2018 6 Comments

Lufthansa Miles & More will introduce mileage pooling for families starting in May. I’m excited about this for one reason in particular. Joining the ranks of ANA, Asiana, British Airways, Emirates, Etihad, JAL, and Qantas (and JetBlue and Hawaiian...

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Family TravelPhotosTravel

Our Best Souvenir: Professional Vacation Photography

Carly Stewart Posted onMarch 4, 2018January 2, 2019 11 Comments
Lucy at Wat Pho

Photos capture unforgettable memories and quality is important. Hiring a photographer on your vacation can give you the greatest souvenir of all. While you may think it’s out of your budget, you might be surprised to find that vacation...

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Family Travel

Utter Failure and Complete Success at Disney World

Carly Stewart Posted onFebruary 25, 2018February 25, 2018 19 Comments
Disney World price

We’ve been to Disney just once in Hong Kong and consider ourselves novices at this type of family vacation. However, we found an opportunity to take the family and my in-laws to Walt Disney World and did it completely...

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Family TravelVietnam

Getting to Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

Carly Stewart Posted onJanuary 28, 2018January 28, 2018 6 Comments

We ended our summer of slow travel through Asia in Vietnam. One of my long time “Bucket List” destinations, my family was excited to visit the lush and beautiful Ha Long Bay. We weren’t let down. Getting There We flew in...

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Family TravelSouthwest Airlines

Southwest Companion Pass Is On The Way

Carly Stewart Posted onJanuary 14, 2018January 14, 2018 3 Comments
Southwest

My husband has held the Southwest Airlines Companion Pass before and we missed it once it expired. When the opportunity came up to get it again early in the year, I jumped at the chance. Previous Experience A few...

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Family Travel

Seven Travel Lessons Learned in 2017

Carly Stewart Posted onJanuary 7, 2018January 7, 2018 3 Comments
Beach

The end of the year and beginning of the next is the perfect time to reflect on what’s transpired in 2017 and how to apply those learnings to 2018. Here are the lessons I’ve learned in the past year...

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Family Travel

Vacation Roulette: Life Is Better Without Plans

Carly Stewart Posted onDecember 31, 2017January 14, 2021 4 Comments
Casco Viejo, Panama City

We decided to play Vacation Roulette 2017 and didn’t plan a trip until a week prior to departure. We decided to try a new country, Panama, a new hotel chain, Waldorf-Astoria, and a new airline home for myself and...

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Family Travel

Vacation Roulette: We’re Going to Panama!

Carly Stewart Posted onDecember 24, 2017December 24, 2017 7 Comments
Lucy poolside in Cartagena

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about playing vacation roulette and just going wherever was available or nothing at all as opposed to previous years with heavily-planned trips far from home. We shopped a few options but none...

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Family TravelReview

Anti-Review: Valeto Carry-on High chair? What?

Carly Stewart Posted onDecember 17, 2017January 2, 2019 6 Comments
Just no

As a frequent traveler and occasional blogger I am always on the hunt for products that could make our lives easier. When products come recommended by Condé Nast Traveler, Forbes and key members of various traveling mom Facebook groups...

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Family Travel

Playing Vacation Roulette for Christmas Abroad

Carly Stewart Posted onDecember 10, 2017December 10, 2017 5 Comments
Park Hyatt Sanya

Usually, we have a trip planned for our Christmas holiday well in advance but this year, we hesitated. I am not sure if it was due to Kyle’s extreme influx in work travel, our constant time away from home...

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Family Travel

Helping a Toddler Beat Jet Lag

Carly Stewart Posted onNovember 26, 2017January 3, 2019 1 Comment
747 wing

Jet lag is hard enough on adults, but children have it the worst. They don’t understand why they are tired, awake and may want to fight it but don’t have the strength. There are some easy ways to avoid...

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