New York City is one of the most expensive cities in the world for travellers – and it’s also one of the most popular to visit, especially for teens. If you’re exploring the Big Apple with teenagers, and you’d like to keep your costs down, I have some tips for you. There are plenty of […]
New York City 6-day cultural itinerary
I’ve enjoyed visiting New York City a few times with my family, but recently (thanks to my husband covering teen and dog care duties) I was lucky enough to be able to spend a few marvellous days there with friends. We spent hours in museums, art galleries and junk shops, and we tried different eating […]
Five things I’ve learnt about Fort Worth, Texas.
I‘ve never been to Texas (apart from changing flights in Dallas once, years ago, so that doesn’t really count) but the other day in London I met some real live Texans at a blogger lunch. They gave each of us a pair of excellent Justin Boots cowboy boots (I love my job) and told us all about […]
Family RV trips: the lowdown
Moya Slade Lifestyle photographer Moya Slade lives in Surrey, in the South of England, with her husband and their son and daughter. I went to meet Moya to find about about their family RV holiday on the USA’s West coast. RVs In case you don’t know, RV stands for Recreational Vehicle (otherwise known as a motorhome) and in […]
Things to do in Cape Cod with kids
This is a guest post by Shobha George who blogs and podcasts about family travel at Just Go Places. Cape Cod Cape Cod is in the state of Massachusetts on the Atlantic coast of the USA. The peninsula is shaped like a flexed arm: the Outer Cape faces the Atlantic while the other side forms a bay […]
Holiday snaps: Giraffe, Busch Gardens
I took this photo last year at Busch Gardens, a brilliant theme park in Florida. I was in the back of a truck on a Serengeti Safari tour of the African plain area. I’d just given this giraffe some iceberg lettuce and I think he wanted some more.
Tips on visiting Disney’s Hollywood Studios
As I sat in the tram and watched the flames devour the truck I could feel their power and heat from where I was sitting, a few metres away. Suddenly water poured into the canyon around us, the flames died and the tram carried us on to the next stage of the tour. I was […]
Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Florida
As a toddler my eldest ignored regular clothes and generally dressed herself as Tigger with wellies on, or occasionally as Cinderella or a mermaid. She’s now fifteen and adored Disney’s Magic Kingdom when we visited Florida this summer. She berated her Dad and me for not taking her there when she was younger, but was […]
Florida alligators: Boggy Creek Airboat Rides and Gatorland
Boggy Creek Airboat Ride Alligator meat tastes best ‘cooked slow’ according to Tyler, captain of our boat. He works as a Nuisance Alligator Tracker as well as a Boggy Creek Airboat Ride captain so knows a thing or two about Florida’s famous reptiles. The State is home to around 1.6 million alligators and my son […]
Cooling down at the Orlando water parks
As the current sweeps my ten year-old son and me along we’re both laughing. My husband and teenage daughter have already managed to escape the water and are waiting for us. My son’s laughing with joy while I’m laughing partly because this is really fun and partly to hide a slight fear that we may […]
