…I want to be honest with you. Jamaica has never been on my top Caribbean destination lists but here they sit as winners of numerous awards from the 2011 World Travel Awards…there are some hard truths that families need to know about traveling to the island.
Traveling without kids: The check-in
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, as much as I love traveling with my kids and hubby, I love traveling without them. My pre-trip preparation is cut down by 75%, I only have to worry about entertaining myself, feeding myself, I can sleep in as late as I want, I’m not obligated […]
Traveling with the GFCF diet
Yesterday I took a 35 minute ride with my youngest to a health food store, recommended to me for having plentiful gluten free, casein free food options. In my previous post, where I spoke about traveling with a special diet, I mentioned that the stress of it all would be ensuring that the foods my […]
Vacation from Technology
I’m always talking about physical vacations but I thought to address the notion of taking a digital break – a vacation from technology – after reading a New York Times article “When phones interfere with Flight Safety”. If you’re reading this post, you’re probably like me – digitally wired. Your computer is always up; your phone rarely leaves your […]
Travel Agent or D-I-Y travel?
A friend asked the other day why didn’t I do family trip planning for people and my simple response was that it’s just not what I do. He wanted to do one-stop trip shopping where he could say, “hey I want to go here on this date with this number of people. Just tell me how much it […]
Traveling with special diets
I considered myself to be a pretty healthy eater until this past Tuesday when I attended a lecture called “Special Diets for Special Children.” As if traveling and eating healthy wasn’t hard enough, now I’m faced with traveling and supporting a special diet for my kids. Talk about pre-planning. Let me just say that as I listened to […]