Affordable dream trips for real families

We had a ton of people read our last post on how much our trip will cost. It seems to have hit a real nerve. I got a couple emails / comments about how much money it was and it would never be [...]

People keep asking me, How can you afford to do this?  How much is this trip going to cost?  Budgeting for a one week trip is hard. Budgeting for a 2+ year trip is impossible. It took me a while [...]

All the luggage from our European Cruise I always want to be one of those people who is packed up and ready days before we need to leave for any trip. I make lists and mentally plan what clothes [...]

Three SIM My family recently went on a European Cruise. We were going to visit Spain, Italy, and France. We wanted to have data to use Google Maps to navigate and for our larger group of 7 to [...]

My boys love going to theme parks and have been begging us forever to take them to Universal Studios in Orlando. I haven’t been eager, because who wants to go to Universal Studios with kids who [...]

This month, we visited Keith’s family and Universal Studios.  We also went to Barcelona, Naples, Rome, Lucca, Pisa, Cannes, and Mallorca over Thanksgiving.  Since it was a busy travel month [...]

What are we doing for School for the kids? Lots of people are asking us this question. This is the area I’m worried about most on our trip. I want our kids to still get a top notch education, but [...]

Room at the Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Studios We have stayed at the Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Studios twice in the last year. Our visits were in April and November of 2015.  My [...]

I used the numbers from www.priceoftravel.com to give me an idea of what we should / could budget for our Family Europe Spring Break trip. There are 2 numbers on that site, a budget and a 3 Star [...]

Covered Gallery in Brussels As a family we really liked Brussels and Bruges. Both places were really walkable and felt very safe all the time. I have heard people say that Brussels isn’t worth [...]