September 2nd, 2010 | by Jamie Pearson 1 comment
Now that temperatures are regularly dipping below the 100-degree mark, it will soon be safe to venture back into the Mojave Desert. If your travels take you anywhere near Los Angeles, consider squeezing a day trip to family friendly Joshua Tree National Park into your itinerary. It's just 140 miles away, but a world apart.
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August 30th, 2010 | by travelsavvymom 1 comment
It is an axiom of family travel that that which works at home does not always work on the road. No one wants to buy an extra stroller just for travel. But, let's face it, no one wants lug the fully featured model (or hand it over to the baggage handlers) either. Trust us on this.
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August 26th, 2010 | by Julie Breitigan Comment
Simple math: Rainy Saturday morning + energetic children = day at aquarium. Unfortunately, many others shared this brilliant idea.
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August 23rd, 2010 | by travelsavvymom 8 comments
Tales2Go is an app that puts an enormous library of children's audio stories at your fingertips for a very reasonable subscription price of $24.99/year. Play them over your car's speakers or pass the phone on back.
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August 19th, 2010 | by Traci Suppa 2 comments
The Thomas Edison Center in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Edison's laboratory was located on this tract of land from 1879-1884, before he moved to a more well-known site in West Orange, NJ.
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August 16th, 2010 | by Jamie Pearson Comment
A comprehensive guide to the best and most comfortable travel pillows for everyone. While no travel pillow is perfect, some are better than others.
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August 12th, 2010 | by Amy Whitley 2 comments
You could throw a stone anywhere in Glacier National Park (not that you would, of course!) and hit a beautiful place in which to hike, bike, swim, or boat. The following, however, made our kids’ top activities list.
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August 9th, 2010 | by Julie Breitigan Comment
The OBI carrier is a lifesaver when traveling by air in that you can simply toss this into your carry on and go rather than paying extra to check a traditional back carrier.
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August 5th, 2010 | by Kayt Sukel 6 comments
Sure, I know the World Cup is over. But the fever remains. Part of that continued obsession involves Paul the Octopus, the so-called World Cup Oracle, who resides in the Oberhausen SeaLife Aquarium, about 20 minutes outside the city of Duesseldorf in the Ruhr region of Germany.
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August 2nd, 2010 | by Jamie Pearson Comment
Much as it pains us to admit it, we at Travel Savvy Mom can't personally go everywhere, do everything, and then report back to our readers. Not a week goes by that we don't get an email asking for family travel advice that we aren't qualified to give.
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