Travel
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How to Gate Check a Travel Stroller Bag
To be honest I’d always turned up my nose at people packing the large clunky stroller with them at the airport and swore by this stroller but I now fancy myself a jogger and travel with a much larger stroller when traveling domestically. Take these steps to gate check your travel stroller bag and ensure it gets to your destination in one piece, even if your sanity doesn’t. Reasons to use a stroller bag when you travel Protects Stroller from Damage from bag handlers | The number one reason strollers get broken in transit is that they pop open en route and a baggage handler has to try to fold it back down…
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Simple Ways to Help the Environment on your Next Family Trip
They say the most sustainable form of travel is scrolling your Instagram feed. The carbon emissions of jet fuel is the absolute worst. I don’t know about you, but I for one want to continue traveling the world, seeing new places and experiencing new cultures. As a mother ensuring Mother Nature in all her glory is there for my daughter to wander on her own when it’s time is of the utmost importance to me. The only way to preserve Mother Nature and all her glorious secrets for the future is to do what I can to save her now. If resisting the call of adventure isn’t in the cards…
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Traveling with Toddler | Bumbleride Jogging Stroller Travel System
It’s important to take time for yourself and if that means staying in shape with a morning jog, try the Bumbleride Jogging Stroller Travel System on your next trip. Previously I’ve always traveled with a collapsible stroller, but have recently tricked myself into believing I’m a jogger. For this reason, I really wanted to try out packing my gifted Bumbleride Jogging Stroller Travel System along, on my recent trip to Cali. To be honest I’d always turned up my nose at people packing the large clunky stroller with them at the airport but boy did I love traveling with my toddler and our Bumbleride Jogging stroller travel system. To be…
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I want to travel the world with my family
People ask me all the time why I want to travel the world with my family and if they have a moment, I tell them about my in-laws. They have the cutest relationship, my mother in law was raised in Benin, West Africa where the official language is French. My father in law, on the other hand, was raised in Nigeria, a neighboring country in West Africa where the official language is English. Neither of them speaks the other language, they converse solely in their tribal tongue of Yoruba. Their children speak a mixture of three languages to varying degrees in addition to all the other languages they know. My…
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Family Travel Blogger | Daniela Parenting Toddlers and Traveling as a Family
I’m so glad I got to sit down with Daniela to pick her brain on what it’s like for her to travel as a family on Chilean Pas ports. I’ve loved having her lend her voice to the perfect travel clothing for women in the past and I’m so glad to dive into her family travels even more. Read on to see how Daniela of @a_baby_abroad experiences traveling as a family. How much did you travel before kids? Where had you been?We traveled lots before kids although not as much as we do now. We went to India, Argentina’s, Venezuela, Canada, and the USA, among others. When did you get your…
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Family Travel Blogger |Montoya and the art of the Family trip
I fell in love with Travel Mama Montoya, following her family’s epic Springbreak travel destinations. Learn how to plan a family trip with a blended family during school holidays, from an expert travel blogger and have your kid’s vacations be the stuff of legend. How often did you take trips before starting a family? Where had you been? I traveled quite a bit before kids – even more so when I got a job that required travel. My trips were entirely domestic before I started a family though. San Francisco, Albuquerque, Louisville, St. Louis, New York — pretty much any and everywhere. When did you get your first passport? –…
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Family Travel Blogger | Astrid, Overseas Travel and Safety Essentials when Traveling as a Family
Get to know Family Travel Blogger, Astrid an expert in both flying while pregnant and overseas travel as a Family. This week I got he chance to interview Astrid about her extensive overseas travel experiences that started as a child. When it comes to traveling while pregnant Astrid from the family travel blog The Wandering Daughter. I first “met” Astrid three years ago when searching the internet for examples of traveling mothers of color and hitting the jackpot with her thorough roundup. Astrid experienced overseas travel while pregnant with both of her daughters and has learned many travel hacks along the way. How much did you travel before kids? Where…
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Shopping in Cotonou Benin Republic
Among the many things the city of Cotonou, Benin Republic has to offer the shopping is by far one of the best. Benin is a shopping paradise of everything from fabrics to food. I travel for clothes. Five years ago I moved to Byron Bay, Australia because of a pair of leopard print bell bottoms, that spoke to my soul. Motherhood didn’t change my desire for fashion-centric travel, two years ago I dragged my family to Montreal for a mud cloth bathing suit from Nanawax and to worship at the altar of its globe-trotting founder Maureen. Maureen is from Cotonou, Benin Republic and I knew that if a powerhouse like…
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Travelling Essentials | Travel List For Women and Children
Consider this the ultimate travel list of packing essentials for travelling with kids. Ten Travel Moms, who have experience travelling with kids all over the world dish on what they wont leave home without. Travelling essentials, whats on your travel list? Sunshine Abou Bakar | jg Jasmine Crumby | Deodorant, Extra credit card, ID Daniela Kemeny | WIFI! I never step foot out of an airport without having purchased a SIM card first, mainly for security. Using a GPS, being able to google the nearest emergency center, and being able to call your hotel in case you get lost are fundamental things I need to be able to do. (And…
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Travel Mama | Monet, Vacations for Kids
Monet is an expert travel mama whose blog The Traveling Child is a treasure trove of tips and tricks on planning vacations for kids. This week I had the opportunity to chat with Monet about being a lifelong traveler and traveling with small children. I first came across Monet after giving birth ad being inundated with people telling me my life as a traveler was over, and traveling as a family is rarely done. Her thirst for adventure and expertise about vacations for kids had me hooked. How much did you travel before kids? Where had you been? Quite a bit, prior to kids I had traveled to China, Botswana,…
