Category: Travel Tips
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What to Know About Traveling During the Covid 19 Pandemic
Traveling during the Covid-19 pandemic is not for the faint of heart, but if you do decide to travel, you can mitigate risk through some careful research and planning. The reality is that these precautions are probably going to be necessary for quite a while, even after the vaccine comes out and things open up a…
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The 5 Stages of Pandemic Travel Anxiety
Yes, during the Covid-19 pandemic we are advised not to travel. Also not to eat in restaurants, gather with more than five people, do anything with anyone outside of our household indoors, or any number of things. But some people choose to travel anyway. This post is for you because, make no mistake, traveling in…
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Safe Ideas for a Family Vacation During a Pandemic
Taking a vacation during a pandemic may feel like a risky proposition, but sometimes getting the kids out of the house before everyone seriously maims each other feels very necessary. If that sounds like you, here are some ideas to help you plan a (relatively) safe family vacation during the Covid-19 pandemic. Visit a National…
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Road Tripping in the Time of Covid-19
COVID-tripping? Pandemic on the road? Corona-in-the-backseat? I am failing miserably at coming up with a clever term for road tripping in the time of COVID-19, but since lots of us are doing it this summer, I wanted to offer some tips from my recent multi-state road trip during the pandemic. This post may contain affiliate…
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Google Arts and Culture: Travel Virtually During the COVID-19 Pandemic
One morning during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, after I woke up from a dream about going to Target (because I really miss going to Target, but I’m being a socially responsible person and I don’t NEED to go to Target so I’m not), I was cruising around on my phone and made a…
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Traveling with a Toddler: All the Tips You Could Ever Need
Traveling with a toddler is a bit of a crapshoot. One trip you’ve got a little angel who quietly watches his or her screen the entire flight. The next you’ve got meltdowns around every corner. And, really, all the tips in the world probably can’t change that aspect of toddlerhood, but for everything else –…
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How to Say Thank You in 25 Languages
It’s a fact that learning to say a little (or a lot!) in the local language when you travel goes a long way. It can be as simple as saying “hello,” but when you’re traveling with kids, “thank you” is one of the most useful phrases ever – not only can your kids learn a…
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How to Manage Your Flight Anxiety When Traveling with a Child
I have been flying since I was six months old, but I still kind of hate it. It’s just not natural to go hurtling through the air in a little metal tube at hundreds of miles per hour (or knots…still hurtling). It gives me anxiety. I don’t really like to admit to that, but for…
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Why I Got a Lockable Travel Toiletry Bag for Traveling with My Child
For just about my entire life, I’ve thrown my toiletries into a basic zip-able toiletry bag. Nothing fancy required. This included shampoo, makeup, and whatever else, but also any medications I happened to be traveling with. It’s just handy to have it all in one spot. And this is where I tell a story that…
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Icelandair Review: Economy to Europe with Kids
I feel compelled to write about our family’s trip on Icelandair to Norway after overhearing an acquaintance complain about the Iceland airport last week. Maybe it was due to low expectations — the airfares on Icelandair were far lower than anything else we could find for a summer trip to Europe — but I was…