Trips With Tykes

As a frequent visitor to Disney destinations around the world, I’m always looking for ways to make my trips a little easier and a little cheaper. At Walt Disney World in Florida, one of the ways I’ve found you can really maximize the value of your time and money is to book a split stay. …

This is a really hard article to write. I woke up this morning on the West Coast to find the news cycle already churning. The other shoe finally dropped on my favorite airline. Southwest Airlines is making multiple major changes to its policies and procedures, and I won’t sugar coat it. It’s pretty ugly. We …

While there are plenty of things that stand the test of time at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, the theme parks there are a constantly changing and evolving place. If you haven’t been to Disneyland in awhile and are planning a trip this year, it’s important to get up to date! The closures of …

Southwest Airlines travelers woke up to an unpleasant surprise on the morning of March 4, 2025: an unannounced devaluation of the airline’s Rapid Rewards loyalty program. The airline has devalued Rapid Rewards points before, but the changes it is making this time are quite different than the previous way in which it made changes to …

Planning to fly to Mickey’s home in Southern California for a vacation? Even though my family lives within driving distance to Disneyland in Northern California, we fly to Anaheim the vast majority of the time. I’ve now flown into and out of each and every Southern California airport multiple times (and through the ones closest …

My dear friend and fellow travel blogger Dia Adams wrote a post last week for Fortune magazine that stirred up a fair bit of controversy in the Disney travel space. Her contention? It in a world of ever increasing prices at Walt Disney World, it may be cheaper for American travelers to go to Disneyland …

Disney California Adventure park at the Disneyland Resort hosts several festivals year round. One of the lesser known but growing events is the Disneyland Lunar New Year celebration. This yearly multi-day festival of Asian culture features food, entertainment, and merchandise fused with an authentic spirit of prosperity and hope for the new year. Disneyland Lunar …

For the last 20 years, I’ve been lucky enough to call the San Francisco Bay Area home. San Francisco is a destination that travelers from all over the world yearn to visit, and all of it is in my backyard. But don’t be too jealous! As great as the city is, I also know firsthand …

With the Oakland Airport just 12 minutes from my front door, my family flies Southwest Airlines a lot. Southwest is often a favorite airline of other frequently flying families as well, and with good reason. Since Southwest has different rules and practices than other airlines, however, it can sometimes trip up inexperienced flyers, especially travelers …

I love visiting Disneyland, but hate standing in line. As a result, I’ve spent the better part of the last decade thinking through and testing strategies to optimize my days to dodge the crowds when visiting the Happiest Place on Earth. If you are planning to visit the two theme parks at the Disneyland Resort …

Lines at Disneyland – who needs them? Not me. I have made it my mission since I started regularly visiting the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California to stand in as few of them as possible. A key part of my line avoidance strategy is starting early in the morning when lines are shortest. This time …