The flight attendant’s announcement brought a giggle from the plane. Traveling with children can be an adventure. Traveling abroad even more so. As we approached the border on one such trip, it occurred to me that my child, at three years, was arriving at an age where there was no predicting what might issue from his mouth at the worst possible moment.

Written by Sascha Zuger

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ side·track (sīd´trăk): n. 1. A diversion from the main course. 2. A detour taken with children that you would never, ever take without them. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Who: Travel Savvy Mom founder Jamie Pearson, her 10 and 7-year-old kids, another travel writer and her family,......

Written by Jamie Pearson

It doesn’t have to be a treasure island or a pirate hideout -- kids just naturally get a thrill from visiting any place that’s surrounded by water, reachable only by bridge or boat or airplane. Here are five islands where my family has had some magical vacations:

Written by travelsavvymom

I have a confession to make:  I love books.  Seriously.  I *love* books.  If I have a single vice outside travel, it's books.  I read about a new novel or non-fiction book on Salon.com or NPR and immediately order it. ......

Written by Kayt Sukel

There are days I look at Chet, so close to turning 5, and can't believe he was once small enough to reside inside my belly.  I can't help but feel a little nostalgic.  And then there are days, usually when......

Written by Kayt Sukel

Like most families, my family has plenty of strange habits. I devour Jane Austen fan fiction by the pound, my husband subscribes to cooking magazines but does not actually cook, and my daughter collects business cards.

Written by Jamie Pearson

Call me unimaginative, but I've never done much more than ski on a family ski vacation. Oh, I've occasionally dragged a saucer to the top of a hill for a bone-jarring ride down or relaxed for five minutes in a hot tub (if the kids haven't made it tepid with snowballs), but that's really it.

Written by Jamie Pearson

If you've taken more than a handful of flights with your kids (especially award travel), this has probably happened to you: you buy your ticket (or redeem miles), and then find out you can't get seats together.

Written by Jamie Pearson

[caption id="attachment_10658" align="alignleft" width="210" caption=" "][/caption] It was bound to happen.  I'd been too smug. Over a year ago, I wrote a post about why I travel with my son.  In it, I talked about why I wasn't taking my kid to......

Written by Kayt Sukel

We here at Travel Savvy Mom are passionate about travel - we think taking our kids to distant lands is an education in itself, an opportunity to show the younglings the world all around them and learn so many great......

Written by travelsavvymom