We won’t be playing Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” in the car this summer. He’s been stripped from our playlist. In fact, I’m banning a long list of pop tunes, and I bet you will too.
Wanna know why?… Read more
We won’t be playing Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” in the car this summer. He’s been stripped from our playlist. In fact, I’m banning a long list of pop tunes, and I bet you will too.
Wanna know why?… Read more
If this story catches your eye while you’re washing your car or clearing out the trunk or vacuuming the back seats in preparation for the Memorial Day holiday, you’re not alone: 89 percent of travelers — that’s more than 31.2 million people — say they plan to travel by car this weekend, according to AAA.
That’s up slightly from last year, when 31.1 million motorists took to America’s highways for the traditional start of the summer travel season.
(If you’re flying, you might be in luck. Air travel will be down, but let’s face, it once you land you’re probably going to hit the highway to get to your final destination. And the roads will be full.)
What’s the best way to survive your the trip?… Read more
We’re thrilled to be doing our first Away is Home #Familytravel reunion about summer road trips.
The event will take place right here. On this page starting at 6 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 23, 2013.
It’s happening across all major social media, from Twitter to Google Plus to Facebook. But you can see most of the action right here if you just want to watch. Which is fine with us.
Right after the reunion, we’ll live stream our after party with special guest Charlie Leocha from the Consumer Travel Alliance.
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Which came first the red warning light on our car’s dashboard or the ominous click, click, bang near our right front wheel? I don’t remember. All I know is that we were in the middle of the New Mexico desert and had about six hundred miles to go before we could stop for the night… Read more
We’ve always joked that our kids are six, going on sixteen, or eight, going on eighteen. But this year, it actually happens. Our oldest becomes a tween. Our son, Aren, turns 11 on May 23rd. What do we do now?… Read more
When you think of Daytona Beach, betcha Spring Break is the first thing that comes to mind. Many people still equate the world center of racing with the raucous seasonal college tradition, if not with its drivable sandy beaches. Oh, and did I mention racing? Yeah, there’s the Daytona 500, the annual NASCAR race that… Read more
Kids say the strangest things. Don’t believe me? Click on the video. Of course we’d never resort to threatening our kids in the car. Nuh-uh.… Read more
I’m not a hang-out-at-the-pool kinda mama. I don’t like being hot. I burn. So when we checked into our Orlando hotel recently, and my three kids caught a glimpse of the the massive “lazy river” that wound around our condo, I suspected my goose was cooked. (A lazy river, for the uninitiated, is an artificial… Read more
When we told the kids we were attending a conference and would be staying on International Drive in Orlando for a few days, they cheered. As a rule, the children think our conferences are boring. They’re filled with boring meetings where they’re expected to be “good.” Did we mention they think it’s all boring? Unless,… Read more
We didn’t have to travel very far to get to this year’s TMS Family Travel Conference. It was held at the Hilton Orlando, which is only about half an hour from our home in Winter Springs, Fla. But you know us, don’t you? Even if you live close-by and know exactly where you’re driving, the presence… Read more