The complete family packing list for Argentina, covering men, women, teens, and kids across Buenos Aires, Patagonia, and the subtropical north. Built from firsthand family travel experience. Argentina is the size of India. Packing for travel in the country isn’t a one-size-fits-all situation because there are three distinct regions across the country that all require …
Traveling to Argentina with kids? Everything families need: visas, the peso, Buenos Aires, Patagonia wildlife, and Iguazu Falls. My oldest son is fanatical about penguins. Not interested in penguins. Fanatical. The kind of obsession where he could tell you the difference between a Magallanes and a Humboldt penguin at four years old and had strong …
Everything families need to know to experience Arusha, Tanzania, properly during a safari trip. First-hand experience tips for the best things to do, where to eat, and where to stay. The first thing that hit me about Arusha was the Toyota Land Cruisers. I don’t mean that to say one of these massive safari vehicles …
Plan the perfect Meteora trip: monastery opening days, how to get there from Athens, the best hikes, where to stay, and when to go. A real family’s guide. The views from the Pindus Mountains were playing hard to get. Shrouding themselves in a veil of grey as we snaked our way up to Sunset Point. …
The best things to do in Nafplio, Greece: climb Palamidi, boat to Bourtzi, wander the Old Town, and use it as your base for Mycenae, Epidaurus, and Tiryns. Nafplio is a Greek story worth telling. This coastal town, deep inside the Argolic Gulf, is raw, beautiful, and packed with adventure. My family had spent the …
7,641 islands and a lot of moving parts. Practical family travel tips for the Philippines: visas, getting around, Palawan, Boracay, and more. My wife, Christina, was born in Manila. She left at eleven and never went back. Not once in twenty-five years. So when her cousin Jed got married, and the invitation arrived, it was …
One day in Santorini on a cruise stop: how to beat the cable car queue, see Oia and Fira, escape the crowds in Megalochori, and get back to your ship on time. Santorini in July. Something aching at the back of my jaw told me that this was going to be a terrible idea. But …
The best stops on the Toronto to Montreal drive, including giant robots, sand dune beaches, a free ferry, castles & Canada’s oldest rail tunnel. Plan the perfect road trip. You can drive straight up the 401 from Toronto to Montreal in about five and a half hours, white-knuckling it past a blur of transport trucks …
The best stops on the Toronto to Quebec City drive: dune beaches, Kingston, the Thousand Islands, Wendake, and Montmorency Falls. Plan the perfect road trip. The Toronto to Quebec City drive is one of the most heavily driven routes in the country, and most of the people on it are miserable. They’re commuters and business …
The complete family packing list for Jordan, covering men, women, teens, and kids across the country’s peak travel seasons. Built from firsthand family travel experience. Jordan is a destination that many families talk themselves out of visiting and then spend years regretting their decision. Jordan is one of the safest countries in the Middle East, …
An honest guide to picking the best cruise route for families in the Galapagos Islands. Everything you need to know, including when to go, choosing the right ship, and how to plan. There is no travel experience that is quite like a family cruise in the Galapagos Islands. 600 miles off the mainland of Ecuador, …