With my husband being from New Zealand and me being from Ireland, it’s inevitable we need to fly a lot with our two kids. We've been to six continents with our children, visiting 40+ countries. I am a travel enthusiasts at heart and couldn't imagine giving up exploring once we became a family! Needless to [...]
Car seats have to be one of parents clumsiest over sized nightmares. I get asked the question daily, should I take my car seat on holiday? They are heavy, arm breaking pieces of baby paraphernalia that leave us parents in a state of guilt for not wanting to bring them with us. Not to mention I’ve [...]
Guest post from The Stork and I about travelling as a solo parent - Over the past 10 years I’ve been a massive travel enthusiast. Ever since I got the opportunity to live in Mumbai for a year, I’ve had the travel bug, always hunting out the next adventure, looking for the next amazing place [...]
Say you were going on a family beach holiday for a week, would you ever think it would be possible to pack for a family of four - for a whole week away - into just one piece of checked luggage? I assure you, we’ve been to Majorca for a week with the kids, [...]
Over the last year, we have driven thousands and thousands of miles with our baby and toddler in tow. Literally across continents, up mountains, four wheel driving, on the road less travelled. Starting in Canada, we pretty much did the majority of the journey to Argentina by road. From driving on dirt roads in Guatemala, [...]
My number one panic on holiday has to be my baby or toddler getting overheated. Will they get sun stroke? Or sun burnt? Will they get dehydrated? Maybe they will shrivel up into a dried prune? "OMG, look there is a bit of sun on her head! Quick, quick get in the shade". My husband [...]
Travel for free? Come off it. That seems like a ludicrous idea to most. There have been a couple of desperate moments throughout our family gap year, where we've almost had to book a flight home because of financial strain. We've travelled a lot, more extensively than what we probably should have done. I guess [...]
I am one of those people that gets travel envy of others, even when I am travelling full-time myself! I take so much destination inspiration from other family travel bloggers to plan our trips. I am so grateful for social media. Gone are the days of buying a travel guide and trying to work out [...]
As inherent backpackers, cruising with kids is not something I had considered as a way of travelling. Although the concept of moving from place to place, see as much as possible, is quite similar. Travelling full time with two young kids comes with its challenges. The main concern is keeping our three year old happy and [...]
WHAT DID WE BRING WITH US FOR A YEAR? When we tell people we are on a family gap year, they always ask us about our luggage. How did you pack? What did you bring? How did you decide what to take? Predictable questions because everyone wants to know how it's possible. Let me tell [...]