Family Travel with Points and Miles
I’ve briefly gone over the plans for the trips I took with the boys in 2017 and 2019. The 2020 trip was going to be a little different due to this whole COVID thing, but I would leverage what I learned from the previous trips to see what I could pull together. Staying Outside the… Continue reading Florida 2020 – Disney Planning Part 3
I had learned a lot about planning a Disney trip from taking Tomatico on his trip when he turned 8. When my youngest turned 8 he was ready to go and I was back at it planning an even bigger and better trip! Disney with my Youngest At the time of his trip, Tomatico was… Continue reading Florida 2020 – Disney Planning Part 2
Planning for Disney is complicated. It's unfortunate that you have to do so much planning to best ensure you get the most out of your vacation, but it's a reality. Fortunately I love the planning part almost as much as the trip itself and over my previous two trips I had learned a few tricks.… Continue reading Florida 2020 – Disney Planning
We've got four destinations planned in our California "road trip". We've been to all of them before with the exception of Palm Springs so we have some idea of things we want to do, but there was still a lot of research to do. San FranciscoThis was by far the easiest to plan for. I've… Continue reading Christmas 2019: Activities
Today was our beach day. There was another Ritz Carlton about 25 minutes away and there was a complementary shuttle between the resorts. Guests at the beach resort could visit the desert resort and we could visit the beach resort. The shuttle left at 11:00 to go to the beach and returned from the beach… Continue reading February 2019: Dubai Diary – Day 9
We had to wake up slightly earlier than usual as we had a 10am nature drive we needed to be ready for. We had breakfast at the buffet as per usual. We ended up walking to breakfast while the kids rode their bikes. My wife had given up trying to use her bike. The seat… Continue reading February 2019: Dubai Diary – Day 8
Today was our last full day in Dubai before relocating to the desert resort we now knew was in a different Emirates. We had booked a half day walking tour of the old part of the city. Walking Tour of Old DubaiAfter breakfast we caught a taxi to the designated meeting spot for the tour.… Continue reading February 2019: Dubai Diary – Day 5
With nothing scheduled for the morning we slept in a little later but still got up in time for breakfast. The plan for the day was to spend the morning back in JBR Beach before heading to the Dubai Mall for lunch and our early evening tickets to go up the Burj Kalifa. Morning in… Continue reading February 2019: Dubai Diary – Day 4
As an over-scheduled family that squeezes in as much travel as we do, free weekends or weekend days are few and far between. That said, by mid-winter we're often "between family trips" due to heavier work travel and sports activities on the weekend. This often gives us a free afternoon day or weekend day that… Continue reading The Hidden Gem that is the “Boat Show”
Christmas had arrived! Santa had somehow figured out where the kids were and left them each a present. I’m not sure how he got in our room but he’s been doing this for years and he’s perfected his magic! The ship was decorated for Christmas the whole cruise, but on Christmas morning they had Santa… Continue reading Christmas 2018 Diary – Day 5
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